Colours of printing and ink
Inks for books, banknotes, posters and packaging.
Brown
Aniline
A colourless oil that darkens with air and launched the first synthetic dyesPigment · 🇩🇪 Germany
#704214
Sepia
A reddish-brown colour named for the ink of the cuttlefishNamed shade
#4A412A
Pantone 448 C
A dull brown shade chosen to discourage smoking by making packaging unattractiveStandard colour · 🇦🇺 Australia +5
#664228
Van Dyck brown
A deep, earthy brown once made from German peat and soilPigment · 🇩🇪 Germany
Brown
Iron oxide
Earthy pigments made from iron and oxygen, found in nature and used since prehistoryPigment
Brown
Juglone
A plant compound that gives deep brown-orange colour to cloth, ink and foodPigment
Brown
Earth tone
A palette of colours inspired by soil, stone, and natural landscapesColour named from nature
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Aniline: Smokefoot, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Pantone 448 C: The RedBurn (picture on the packaging, Public domain, source
- Iron oxide: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Fuzic&action=edit, Public domain, source
- Sepia: Santiago Perdigó, Public domain, source