Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 105, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 May 1919 — Forty-Two Standard Colors. [ARTICLE]

Forty-Two Standard Colors.

The Textile Color Card association announced the issuance of a card of 42 standard colors for the manufacture of fall fabrics, the majority making their appearance for the first time. A departure was the Inclusion of ten colors in wool, the association's efforts formerly having been devoted exclusively to the silk trade. Nut and elk browns, and trooper blue were said to be striking features of the wool tones.. Of the silk colors, it was stated, blue* predominate, led by the Introduction of novelties named Louvain. Bruges and Ghent, while peanut and pelt browns; embr., “representing light and fire," and burnt orange were given special mention. >