POPPY TANGO FURNACE CARNIVAL RED SCARLET CANTON RED FLAG RED UNION JACK RED COCHINEAL CERISE CARDINAL CAROUSEL HUNTING SCARLET CHERRY SPECTRUM RED BRONZE ROSE ENGLISH RED P.O. RED BORDEAUX WINE RED FUCHSIA SYRIAN RED TOMMY RED CLARET MEDICI CRIMSON CERISE GALA PINK BACCHANTE NEYRON ROSE ROUGE FIESTA PINK SUGAR PINK FUCHSINE SUGAR PINK PINK ROSE PINK ROSE PINK PINK WINE SPECIAL PINK BABY PINK DAISY PINK AURORA PINK VENETIAN PINK PINK NOUGAT CAPRICE CAMY PINK CYCLAMEN BLUSH APPLE BLOSSOM AZALEA BLOSSON PINK BUSH ROSE GUAVA PINK STRAWBERRY PINK ROSE PINK DAWN OLD ROSE REGENCY ROSE CONCH PINK DAWN RED CORAL SADDLETAN CHESTNUT RUST SPECTRUM ORANGE CORAL FLAME ORANGE FLAME NASTURTIUM ATTIC BROWN MANDARIN INCA GOLD TARTAN YELLOW INDIAN YELLOW MANGOLD NEW MANDARIN TANGERINE GLORY GOLD CHROME YELLOW TIGER YELLOW CROCUS YELLOW NEW GOLD SOUCI GOLD SAFFRON MARIGOLD GOLD SUNFLOWER DANDELION ORIENTAL GOLD POMANDER CELTIC GOLD GUINEA GOLD CORN GOLD TAPIS GOLD KESWICK GOLD ROE GOLD SATINWOOD AURELIA POLLEN DESERT GOLD LAGER WHISKEY GOLD LEAF GOLD PLATE MIKADO YELLOW MUSTARD MALINA GOLD MEDALLION SOVEREIGN HUNTING GOLD CELADINE AMBER YELLOW GRAIN GOLD MAPLE MADDER SUNRAY KINGCUP BUNTING YELLOW MIMOSA SUNRAY YELLOW DAFFODIL HARVEST GOLD YELLOW LEMON BUTTERCUP HONIG REEF GOLD SUN GOLD ACONITE YELLOW MOONBEAM BRASS CITRON CANARY JASMINE PRIMROSE MIDAS GOLD CORNISH GOLD NEBRASKA GOLD DUCAT SULPHUR AMAZON YELLOW GREEN MUSCAT BRONZE GREEN AVOCADO CEDAR GREEN SEAWEED OLIVE GREEN DARK GREEN ALMOND MARJORAM TUSCAN OLIVE ALGAL GREEN RESEDA GREEN CHARTREUSE LIMEFLOWER MINT GREEN LIME TROPIC PASADENA CITRUS LARCH GREEN MACAW PASTURE GREEN SPINNEY GREEN EVERGLADE BRIAR GREEN MIST GREEN MOSS GREEN OAK LEAF APPLE PERI GREEN TYROLEAN GREEN KELLY GREEN SPECTRUM GREEN GRASS GREEN SEA GREEN AQUATIC GREEN CELADON GREEN LINDEN GREEN NIL GREEN NILE GREEN WILLOW BRACKEN GREEN THYME NIL GREEN PALE GREEN BOTTLE GREEN GOSFORD GREEN JUNGLE GREEN SHAMROCK EMERALD RACING GREEN LEAF ERIN GREEN GREEN GEORGIAN GREEN HEMLOCK CYPRESS RIFLE GREEN TARTAN GREEN LINCOLN GREEN IRANIAN GREEN GLADE COPPER GREEN EASTERN GREEN VERDIGRIS BILLIARD PINE JEWEL GREEN CARNIVAL GREEN PIXIE ELFIN GREEN OPALINE GREEN MEDIUM GREEN MONACO GREEN TURQUOISE GREEN AZURE GREEN VIRIDIAN SEA BLUE NEPTUNE JADE MYRTLE GREEN GLOUCESTER GREEN DIOPTASE OCEAN GREEN AQUA MINOAN BLUE BERYL BLUE ARCTIC BLUE MIST BLUE PERIWINKLE ZENITH BLUE CHINESE GREEN KATHOM PEACOCK BLUE TROPIC BLUE AQUAMARINE BALTIC BLUE ATLANTIC SEA JADE HONEYBIRD TURQUOISE BLUE BLUE SHASTA GROTTO BLUE SIRIUS GLACIER BLUE HORIZON ROSEMARY BLUE ALEXIA BLUE BEAU BLUE BORDER BLUE SKY BLUE COOL BLUE CHERUB BLUE PIGEON BLUE CELESTE LIGHT BLUE CLIFDEN BLUE CELESTE FORGET-ME-NOT JAY BLUE CERAMIC BLUE CANDY BLUE DRESDEN BLUE POWDER BLUE COSMOS BLUE KINGFISHER PEACOCK GREEN SAPPHIRE NATTIER BLUE ELECTRIC BLUE AIRFORCE BLUE PACIFIC AZURE GUILD BLUE HYACINTH ADONIS BLUE COLLAR BLUE BLUE LOBELIA MEDIUM BLUE KASHMIR MINERAL BLUE LARKSPUR GARTER BLUE SMALT APOLLO GALA BLUE SPECTRUM BLUE NANKING BLUE LAGOON BLUE EMPIRE BLUE ULTRAMARINE BALTIC BLUE STEWART BLUE IRIS BLUE ROYAL BLUE PRUSSIAN BLUE MATELOT LIDO DARK BLUE MIDNIGHT BLUE VICTORIAN BLUE RAVEN BLUE CORNFLOWER BANNER BLUE KESWICK BLUE WEDGEWOOD PURPLE MAUVE LAVENDER CHELSEA LAVENDER HELIOTROPE BELLADONNA AFRICAN VIOLET VIOLET PETUNIA ORCHID THISTLE CLEMATIS LILAC HEATHER ROMAN PURPLE PURPLE SILK BILBERRY PLUM FLORENTINE RED HENNA MAROON FOREST BROWN AUTUMN BROWN HAZEL COPPER BEECH SIENNA COFFEE DARK OAK MOCCA BROWN BEAVER BROWN BITUMEN PEAT BROWN CLOVE BROWN LIGHT BROWN NATAL BROWN FILBERT BROWN JACOBEAM NUT BROWN AMERICAN TAN MACE CURRY SPICE BROWN HAVANA HIGHLIGHT WALNUT NUTMEG TUDOR TAN SANDSTONE BRANDY BUFF CINNAMON BASANE GOLD SKIPPER BROWN GILT BRONZE MIKADO GOLD SUNBEAM VICEROY GOLD EXCALIPUR BAMBOO COPRA NUGGET BRUSHWOOD MASTIC BRAN SAND CORN HUSK STRAW VELLUM HONEY STRING BISQUE BEIGE OATMEAL PALE STRAW PARCHMENT ECRU MAGNOLIA SEMI MATT P.W. CREAM KIWI CREAM WHITEWOOD SKINTONE RAFFIA LIGHT GOLD REGENCY GOLD SAUTERNE MAIZE HONEYSUCKLE BUTTERSCOTCH CHAMPAGNE VANILLA APRICOT SABLE BEIGE GEORGIA PEACH PALAMINO BANANA SALMON PEACH SHRIMP MELBA PINK SHELL PINK CORAL MULBERRY PINK PINK BEIGE TUSSAH FRENCH BEIGE PINK BEIGE OAT BEIGE HESSIAN BISCUIT PUMICE SILVER LIMESTONE GREY AMOUR GREY BIRCH GREY GREY SQUIRREL CHANCEL GREY KENTUCKY GREY LAVENDER GREY SQUIRREL IRON GREY GUNMETAL GRANITE GRAPHITE LEAD GREY GREEBE FLYING GREY LANIER GREY COLOMBE SMOKE STEEL WINDSOR GREY PLATINUM SLATE RUE BLUE PEWTER MINERAL GREY SQUIRREL WARWICK GREY INTERLININGS GREY MOUSE GREY IRON CLAD CHARCOAL MOLESKIN BLUE BLACK BLACK NAVY AFRICAN BROWN
THE COLOURS OF COURTAULDS
Throughout the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s Courtauld’s factories in the North-west of England produced hundreds of shades of artificial silk for textile manufacturing. Samples of each shade were stored as wound swatches in binders, each with a number and name, creating a diverse and expressive collection of colours and colour terms. The range of hues touches the full breadth of the spectrum, and also includes a significant number of non-spectral shades, from browns to beiges to pinks. The body of accompanying colour terms is equally as varied with names ranging from basic and technical to imaginative and poetic. Through my involvement with the Colours, Community and Chemistry exhibition I was able to work with reproductions of the collection of original samples saved by
Tony Boyle when the Lancashire Courtaulds factory closed in 1980, though the original swatches are now at the Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston. This poster is a result of the project and presents all of the names of the swatches arranged by hue. Each word is coloured by taking a digital colour sample of the photographic reproduction of the swatch. The resulting arrangement provides an additional dimension to the project, displaying the name with a digitally manipulated impression of the colour. By isolating the names from the original swatches, it allows viewers to respond to the words in their own way. It provides the freedom to create their own understanding and interpretation of the colour names, reinforcing the connection between colour and language.