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Colour Challenges

Colour Challenges

Royal Britannia

The Royal Yachts were traditionally black in colour, but Queen Elizabeth II decided to go for a very dark blue for Royal Yacht Britannia (1954-1997)   Hex colour reference:  #414A4C […]

Colour Challenges

Orchid or Ballockwort

  Hex colour reference:  E6A8D7 A colourful note:  The first recorded use of orchid as a color name in English was in 1915, though the actual shade referred to can vary […]

Colour Challenges

Best Mate, Best Hat

  Hex colour reference:  #FF7538 A colourful note:  orange, an original 1903 Crayola crayon,  is named for the fruit, and represents amusement, energy, activity, danger, joy, fire, warmth and Irish.  Standing behind […]

-Singapore

Olive Shutters

  Hex colour reference:  #BAB86C A colourful note:   the yellowish-green shade known as olive green, appeared in crayon form in Crayola’s 1903 range.  Named after unripe or green olives, it is […]

-Salzburg

Summer Greens in Salzburg

Hex colour reference:  #30BA8F A colourful note:  Mountain meadow appeared on the Crayola crayon labels in 1998, a truly descriptive name for an actual shade that had appeared as a True […]

-London

Greenery and Pinkery

    Hex colour reference:   EF98AA A colourful note: mauvelous is the name of a 1993 Crayola crayon, a company with rather traditional colour terms until the public naming competition […]

-Sweden

Mango Tango with Pippi

The super-strong, super-assertive and red-headed child, Pippi Longstocking, is loved around the world. The first book featuring her was published in Sweden in 1945 and her creator, Astrid Lindgren (1907–2002), rapidly earned fame. […]

-Sweden

A Colourful Snowdrop

Per Hasselberg (1850-1894) was a Swedish sculptor, known for his delicate plaster sculptures of naked women.  Born in Sweden, he moved to France as a young man and studied at the […]

-Sweden

Warm Colours on a Cold Day

Hex colour reference:  #ffbd88 This very light orange colour became an unusually named Crayola crayon in 1993.  One of the 16 winners of the 1993 naming competition created a lively impression […]