Period Name

Description

DMC

Period Name

Description

DMC

Claie-colour

Cream or gray

 

Carnation

pinkish-brown (meat)

223

Sheep

Undyed wool

712

Lustie-gallant

Light Red

 

Ginger

Powdery yellow-cream

 

Ventre de biche

reddish-white

 

Cane Colour

Yellowish Tint

 

Pincke

Pink

776

White

White

White

Drakes Colour

?  Red or Green

 

Clodie Colour

Off White/Grey

 

Nacarade

Pale orange-red

 

Crane

Grayish white

 

Pimpillo

Raw Umber/Raw Sienna

 

Dove

Grey

 

Tawny

brown, orange

435

Ash Colour (Cendre in France)

Grey

 

Lion-Tawny

yellowish tan

 

Isabelline also called Flax-seed)

Grayish buff

644

Orange-Tawny

brownish orange

 

Willow

grey, light and green

524

Blecche

Orange

 

Dying Spaniard

gray, light and greenish

3023

Marigold

Orange-Yellow

 

Rat Colour

Black, Heather

3799

Peache

Yellow flushed with pink

 

Heare Colour

Brown, the color of a hare

 

Bright New Tan

Tan

729

Brown Bread

Brownish tan

 

Maidenhair (hair)

bright tan

 

Meal

light brown

 

Straw

Light Yellow

 

Puke

Brown, Rusty, dirty

 

Primrose

Yellow

726

Peahen

Brown, reddish

632

Canary

Canary yellow

 

Russet

Reddish brown

300

Gozelinge

Pale Yellow-Green

 

Murrey

Purplish Red (Plum or Mulberry))

3685

Popingay (Popinjay, Popingay-blue)

Green, yellowish

943

Amarante

Amethyst-purple

 

Virli

Vivid Green

 

Zinzolin

Red-violet

 

Lincoln Green

Bright Green

 

Gingerline

Reddish violet

 

Watchet

blue, greenish

806

Crimson

Red

816

Seagreen(Celadon)

greenish blue-courtesan

561

Maiden's blush (also called Ladie Blushe)

Fuscia

3350

Pease-porridge Tawny

Brownish-green

 

Strammel

Red

 

Goose-Turd Green

green, yellow-brown

470

Bristol Red

Pleasant Red

 

Verdigris

Oxidized copper

 

Sangyn (Blod)

Blood Red

 

Milk and Water

blue, pale light

747

Ox-Blood

Blood Red

 

Whey

Pale whitish-blue

 

Ruby

Red

 

Plunket

Light Blue

 

Incarnate

Red

 

Biche

Pale blue

 

Scarlet

Bright Red

347

Inciannomati

Intense light blue

 

Horseflesh

Darker than Carnation

316

Azzuri

Deep Blue

 

 


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