I had the most frustrating experience the other day. While on the drive home from a craft fair I was trying to describe the shade of purple I that had been most popular in my inventory. I was describing it to someone who is familiar with my work and has a good eye but is not familiar with the various clays I might use. My Mom suggested the colour was lavender and I was pretty sure it was more of an indigo.
It made me wonder what was in a colour name.
Name that Colour
So a bit of research was called for and I found out that the colour I wanted was, indeed, ‘Lavender’. At least according to a chart I am familiar with, the one used for web developers and computer graphic artists.
You can find it on the list here:
http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_colornames.asp
A lot of the colour names don’t match up to what you’d think but I was just happy to have a starting place!
I will go back through my colour chips and charts and match up some names to my chart colours so we’re spared more of the embarassment I had – admitting my Mom was right!