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LadyVictoria
Baroness of the Manor Joined: 05 Mar 2007 Posts: 648 Location: Goshen, NY	Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 4:09 pm    Post subject: Colors   I seem to remember there being a list of regency colors somewhere but I cannot find it for the life of me. What I mean specifically is colors when describing clothing. Like. it wouldnt be green but something like "boxwood sage". Any ideas? I am looking for something in the "maroon" area. _________________ ___________________ Live up to your potential instead of imitating someone else's. ~ Martha Burgess
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KeiraSoleore
Moderator Princess Joined: 03 Oct 2006 Posts: 5898 Location: Seattle	Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 5:12 pm    Post subject:   How about plum for maroon? _________________ Medieval & Regency Writer keirasoleore.blogspot.com
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Atherley
Lady of the Order of Bluestocking Joined: 17 Apr 2007 Posts: 494	Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 5:17 pm    Post subject:   Good question, Lady Victoria. It's making me wonder about the early 19th century "fashion industry" and the use of color names in marketing fabrics. There's got to be a textile resource out there somewhere! _________________ Ath Bed in a Bog has Runned Away
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LadyVictoria
Baroness of the Manor Joined: 05 Mar 2007 Posts: 648 Location: Goshen, NY	Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 5:18 pm    Post subject:   I was actually thinking more toward claret because the hero sees it as "blood red", but just saying claret didn't seem quite enough. _________________ ___________________ Live up to your potential instead of imitating someone else's. ~ Martha Burgess
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KeiraSoleore
Moderator Princess Joined: 03 Oct 2006 Posts: 5898 Location: Seattle	Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 5:47 pm    Post subject:   Kalen is THE expert in clothing, textiles, and fashions. _________________ Medieval & Regency Writer keirasoleore.blogspot.com
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Atherley
Lady of the Order of Bluestocking Joined: 17 Apr 2007 Posts: 494	Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 6:19 pm    Post subject:   KeiraSoleore wrote: Kalen is THE expert in clothing, textiles, and fashions. Excellent. Thank you, Keira! _________________ Ath Bed in a Bog has Runned Away
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Candice
Queen of the Board Joined: 14 Sep 2006 Posts: 2731 Location: Minneapolis, MN	Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 9:16 pm    Post subject:   Dee Hendrickson included a list of colors in her Regency Reference Book, but I don't know of an online site as comprehensive as her book. In glancing at it, the only one besides claret and scarlet that might be appropriate is mulberry. And just beause we're on the subject of color, here is a nifty little page that I keep bookmarked: http://hibiscus-sinensis.com/regency/colors.htm _________________
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AndreaW
Lady of the Order of Bluestocking Joined: 22 Sep 2006 Posts: 389 Location: Atlanta, GA	Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 6:22 am    Post subject:   Candice wrote: And just beause we're on the subject of color, here is a nifty little page that I keep bookmarked: http://hibiscus-sinensis.com/regency/colors.htm Thanks for this link, Candice. For some reason, I always pictured primrose as a rose color, not a yellow, so thanks! _________________ ...a proud Bluestocking!!
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Atherley
Lady of the Order of Bluestocking Joined: 17 Apr 2007 Posts: 494	Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 6:58 am    Post subject:   Candice wrote: here is a nifty little page that I keep bookmarked: http://hibiscus-sinensis.com/regency/colors.htm Wonderful link, Candice. Thank you! Puce, by the way, is a specific blue-red combination used as the basis of shadowing in classical painting. I can still hear Mr. Maynard telling us how it was used by "The Old Masters" as he went around our easels, masterfully slopping globs of puce on all the right spots on our canvases! _________________ Ath Bed in a Bog has Runned Away
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KalenHughes
Viscountess of the Manor Joined: 20 Sep 2006 Posts: 1100	Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 10:24 am    Post subject:   Puce. Come on, you KNOW you want to use puce!!! Heyer uses it in almost every book, and I made sure to work it into my book as an ode to her. LOL! Here's another site you might find useful: http://romancereaderatheart.com/regency/timeline/index.html But "maroon" is perfectly period: maroon (n.) Sense of "very dark reddish-brown color" is first recorded 1791, from Fr. couleur marron. _________________ -Kalen w/a Isobel Carr Ripe for Pleasure, May 2011 Book 1: The League of Second Sons www.isobelcarr.com
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Atherley
Lady of the Order of Bluestocking Joined: 17 Apr 2007 Posts: 494	Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 10:33 am    Post subject:   KalenHughes wrote: Here's another site you might find useful: http://romancereaderatheart.com/regency/timeline/index.html Another terrific link! Thank you, Kalen! I especially like the term "dust of ruins" for the color "squirrel!" _________________ Ath Bed in a Bog has Runned Away
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kat
Moderator Princess Joined: 24 Sep 2006 Posts: 4175	Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 12:55 pm    Post subject:   AndreaW wrote: Candice wrote: And just beause we're on the subject of color, here is a nifty little page that I keep bookmarked: http://hibiscus-sinensis.com/regency/colors.htm Thanks for this link, Candice. For some reason, I always pictured primrose as a rose color, not a yellow, so thanks! I did too. Thanks for the link Candice _________________ Blog: Wit and Sin
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LadyVictoria
Baroness of the Manor Joined: 05 Mar 2007 Posts: 648 Location: Goshen, NY	Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 7:59 am    Post subject:   Candice wrote: Dee Hendrickson included a list of colors in her Regency Reference Book THAT'S where I saw it, thank you!! God, it was driving me nuts. I will have to pull out the disc when I get home and check it out. So, what say you, Kalen? Any good replacements to use for blood red? _________________ ___________________ Live up to your potential instead of imitating someone else's. ~ Martha Burgess
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BriarRose Kildare
Baroness of the Manor Joined: 27 Oct 2007 Posts: 527 Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2007 9:15 pm    Post subject:   WOW!!! Thanks for the wonderful sites. And Puce....lol....can never forget the color Puce. How about Ruby red? _________________ Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all.
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