Colours of textiles and dress
Dyed, woven, printed and worn.
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Saffron
A yellow-orange shade named after the colour of saffron crocus threadsNamed shade 路 馃嚠馃嚦 India +1
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Bleu de France
A vivid blue long linked with France and its national identityNamed shade 路 馃嚝馃嚪 France
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Savoy blueblu Savoia
A bright blue between peacock blue and periwinkle, a symbol of Italy since the Middle AgesNamed shade 路 馃嚠馃嚬 Italy
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Feldgrau
A green-grey shade long used for military uniforms in Germany and beyondNamed shade 路 馃嚛馃嚜 Germany +5
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UCLA Blue
A clear blue shade worn by UCLA's teams and tied to the Pacific coastNamed shade 路 馃嚭馃嚫 United States
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Air Force blue
A medium blue-green shade linked to air force uniforms and flagsNamed shade 路 馃嚞馃嚙 United Kingdom +3
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Mexican pinkrosa mexicano
A vivid purplish pink seen throughout Mexican art and traditionNamed shade 路 馃嚥馃嚱 Mexico
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Cambridge Blue
A spring green shade worn by University of Cambridge sports teamsNamed shade
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Horizon blue
A blue-grey shade famous for French army uniforms in World War INamed shade 路 馃嚝馃嚪 France
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Palatinate
A purple shade long tied to Durham University and its traditionsNamed shade
Black
National colours of New Zealand
Black, white or silver, and red ochre as New Zealand鈥檚 national coloursNational or team colour 路 馃嚦馃嚳 New Zealand
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Bleu de France: Lars-G枚ran Lindgren Sweden, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Mexican pink: Mark Mitchell, CC BY 2.0, source
- Palatinate: AlexD, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- UCLA Blue: mark6mauno, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Air Force blue: Mick, CC BY 2.0, source
- Savoy blue: El Gr谩fico, Public domain, source
- National colours of New Zealand: Mehdi Nazarinia, GFDL 1.2, source
- Horizon blue: Paul Castelnau, Public domain, source
- Saffron: Albert Bridge, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Feldgrau: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, source