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Colours made from streptomyces collinus

1 colour that our sources say are made from streptomyces collinus.

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KindBasic colourNamed shadePigmentDyeColour named from natureTraditional colourNational or team colourHeraldic colourStandard colourScreen colour
Made fromMineral or earthPlantAnimalSyntheticLight only (no pigment)
Yellow Naphthomycin A A yellow pigment isolated from Streptomyces collinusPigment

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