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summary reconstruction of Postage Stamp
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by William H. Beck
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Color Name NBSISCC color number
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apple green 115 117 131
B GO TO TOP
57 63 71 72 74 76 77 79 80 85
bistre 87 88 89 90 91 93 94 95 102 109
112
bistre brown 29 57 63 76 77 94 106
black 113 264 265 266 267
black brown 61 62 63 64 110 113
black violet 229 230 259 260
163 164 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 177
blue
178 179 181 182 183 184 186
blue black 191 192
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deep lake 259
deep magenta 254
deep olive green 125
deep orange 26 53
deep plum 258
deep ultramarine 176 182 194
deep violet 206 218 223 238
dull blue 178 179 181 182 186 192 204
dull buff 31 32 70 71 73
dull green 127 135 137 144 145 151 163
dull lilac 211 227 262
dull orange 10
dull red 35
dull rose 2 18 250
dull vermilion 37
dull violet 228 245 259 261 262
dull yellow 70 71
E GO TO TOP
emerald 129 130 131 132 139 140 144
F GO TO TOP
fawn 29 43
G GO TO TOP
93 112 149 154 155 156 189 192 232 264
gray
265
gray bistre 76 79 94
gray black 63 112 113 155 265
gray blue 182 185 190 203 214 232
gray brown 45 63 94 112
gray green 112 120 122 136 144 145 163
gray lilac 22 63 226 232 249
gray violet 233
green 117 120 129 130 131 132 135 136 139 140
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141 142 143 144 145 148 149 150 154 159
163 164
greenish black 149
greenish blue 164 169 173
H GO TO TOP
henna brown 13
I GO TO TOP
indigo 179 204
L GO TO TOP
lake 15 16 19 39 258
lemon 82 83 84 85 97
lemon yellow 85 100
light blue 162 163 164 168 172 173 178 181 184
light brown 32
light green 131 135 140
light olive green 106 117 119
light red brown 42
10 209 210 221 226 227 228 231 232 233
lilac
241 244 252 253 261 262
lilac brown 10 22 63
lilac gray 232
lilac rose 3 18 237 248 249 258
M GO TO TOP
magenta 205 218 237 242 255 258 259 262
maroon 16 259
mauve 241
milky blue 172
myrtle green 164 165
O GO TO TOP
51 53 57 67 71 73 74 83 84 86
ochre
87
olive 95 110 122
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olive bistre 69 72 74 77 85 87 88 89 90 91
93 94 106 112 122 264
olive black 110 113
olive brown 58 63 78 80 81 95 110 113
olive gray 107 112 113 122 155 156
88 89 90 91 93 100 106 107 109 110
olive green 112 113 117 120 122 123 125 127 150 151
155 156
olive yellow 31 33 73 86 87 89 93
25 26 28 29 34 35 37 48 49 50
orange 51 52 53 66 67 68 69 70 71 72
73 76 83 84 86 87 89
16 37 39 40 51 53 54 55 57 58
orange brown
60 79
orange buff 29
orange red 6 35 37
orange vermilion 37 51
orange yellow 48 49 50 52 67 68 69 70 71
P GO TO TOP
pale blue 186 232
pale brown 53 57
pale gray green 121
pale green 119 120 143
pale lilac 252
pale olive green 120
pale yellowgreen 116 119 130
peacock blue 169
pink 2 3 26 246 247 248 258
plum 236 238 256
prussian blue 170 174
prussian green 160 161 164 170
purple 197 200 207 211 215 216 218 219 223 241
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242 245
purple brown 228
purplish bistre 33
R GO TO TOP
3 5 8 12 19 26 27 28 29 35
red
36 37
8 16 18 19 22 31 32 37 38 42
red brown
43 51 53 54 57 58 74 77 95
reddish brown 46
red lilac 8 258 262
red orange 11 25 34 35 50
red purple 238 259
216 218 219 222 223 237 238 240 241 249
red violet
250 253 262
1 2 3 4 5 6 12 13 15 19
rose 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 37 227
247 248 249 250 251 254 255 258 262
rose brown 11 13 14 256 257
rose carmine 3 254 255 258
rose lake 5 259 262
rose lilac 237 240 250 251 258 262
rose pink 254
rose red 3 15 16
rose violet 237 238 241 256 258
royal blue 179
S GO TO TOP
salmon 26 28 29
salmon rose 2 4 26 28 29
scarlet 3 11 12 15 34
sepia 63
149 151 155 156 187 188 191 192 201 204
slate
266
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