Results for "protective"
7 colours found.
Black
Kohlكُحْل
A dark eye cosmetic made from minerals like galena and stibniteTraditional colour · 🇪🇬 Egypt +5
Turquoise and cyan
Haint blue
A pale blue-green paint used on porch ceilings in the Southern United StatesNamed shade · 🇺🇸 United States
#FF4203
Minium
A bright orange-red pigment made by heating lead, once common in medieval manuscriptsPigment · 🇨🇳 China +5
White
Anti-flash white
A special white paint used on nuclear bombers to reflect heat from nuclear blastsNamed shade · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom +4
Blue
Blue
A colour long prized in art, faith and dress, from ancient Egypt to modern flagsBasic colour · 🇪🇬 Egypt +5
#C0362C
International orange (Golden Gate Bridge)
A distinct orange-red shade made for the Golden Gate Bridge and used on other bridgesNamed shade · 🇵🇹 Portugal
#EED202
Safety yellow
A bright yellow chosen for safety signs and high-visibility gearNamed shade · 🇺🇸 United States +1
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Minium: Torii Kiyonobu I, Public domain, source
- Haint blue: Lake Lou, CC BY 2.0, source
- Kohl: Camila Zanon., CC BY 2.0, source
- Anti-flash white: Alex Beltyukov, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Blue: Marie-Lan Nguyen, Public domain, source