BS 4800 Colour Chart
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00 A 01 00 A 05
Ash grey / Oyster grey / Portland Goose grey / Sea mist / Goosewing
00 A 09 00 A 13
Flint grey / Flint Storm grey / Greyfriar
00 E 53 00 E 55
Black White
02 C 33 02 C 37
Lupin pink / Candy floss / Pink wafer Clover pink / Corinth / Fontana
02 C 39 02 C 40
Victoria plum / Aubergine / Plum Deep plum / Loganberry
04 B 15 04 B 17
Rosepetal / Pastel pink / Dawn pink Dusty pink / Tea rose / Tearose
04 B 21 04 C 31
Sable / Sierra Pink
04 C 33 04 C 37
Orchid pink / Parisian pink / Shell Autumn brown / Rosevale
04 C 39 04 D 44
Brick red / Copperbeech Misty red / Tawny
04 D 45 04 E 49
Dark cherry / Russet / Monarch Rose pink / Petal
04 E 51 04 E 53
Salmon red / Lobster / Azalea Poppy / Carnival red
04 E 55 04 E 56
Red Carnival red
04 E 58 06 C 33
Purple Peach / Cameo
06 C 35 06 C 37
Light orange Leather brown / Brownstone
06 C 39 06 C 40
Saddle brown / Saddle Brown
06 D 43 06 D 45
Mid tan / Kalahari / Cinnamon Teak / Mace
06 E 50 06 E 51
Mellow apricot / Apricot Mandarin orange / Clementine / Calendula
06 E 56 08 B 15
Maori brown / Nectarine Magnolia
08 B 17 08 B 21
Honey beige / Fawn / Sandstone Antelope
08 B 25 08 B 29
Beaver brown / Beaver Bitter chocolate / Vandyke
08 C 31 08 C 33
Honeysuckle cream / Blush stone Beige
08 C 35 08 C 37
Fudge / Butterscotch / Bamboo Caramel / Bracken
08 D 41 08 E 51
Yellow Golden yellow / Amber / Goldcup
08 E 55 10 A 03
Orange Dawn grey / Sink grey / Flake grey
10 A 11 10 B 15
Charcoal grey / Storm / Rhino Creamy white / Ivory / Gardenia
10 B 17 10 B 25
Oatmeal / Greystone / Hopsack Turtle green / Turtle
10 B 29 10 C 31
Vandyke brown / Ironstone Ivory / Champagne / Buttermilk
10 C 33 10 C 35
Vanilla / Pollen Wheat / Golden bronze / Savannah
10 C 39 10 D 43
Dark olive / Saluki / Seaweed / Riverbed Golden maize / Banana / Capricorn
10 D 45 10 E 49
French mustard / Florida Pale primrose / Pale lemon / Jonquil
10 E 50 10 E 53
Light grapefruit / Forsythia Sunflower yellow / Canary / Aztec
10 E 55 12 B 15
Canary Yellow Sea foam / Seafoam
12 B 17 12 B 21
Green Mist / Willow Mineral green / Opaline / Moorland
12 B 25 12 C 31
Spruce green / Thyme / Chive Light yellow
12 C 33 12 C 37
Green haze / Catkin Green
12 C 39 12 D 41
Ivy green / Orchard Green
12 D 43 12 D 45
Greengage / Sapling / Springleaf Dark laurel / Tundra / Sherwood
12 E 51 12 E 53
Pale lime / Citrine Linden green / Linden
12 E 55 14 C 31
Green Glacial green / Alpine
14 C 35 14 C 39
Iceplant green / Braemar Holly green / Hollybush
14 C 40 14 E 49
Moss green / Conifer Light green
14 E 50 14 E 51
Green Bright green / Goblin / Garland
14 E 53 16 C 33
Irish green / Avarice / Verona Duckegg / Duck egg blue
16 C 37 16 D 45
Reef green / Orion Dark jade / Scarab
16 E 50 16 E 53
Turquoise Aquamarine / Seafarer / Lido
18 B 17 18 B 21
Blue mink / Silver haze / Heron Squirrel grey / Tideway
18 B 25 18 B 29
Dark admiralty grey / Merlin Raven
18 C 31 18 C 35
Ice blue / Spindrift Corvette blue / Pigeon
18 C 39 18 E 49
Fathom blue / Deep river / Dolphin Crystal blue / Astral blue / Pinefrost
18 E 50 18 E 51
Ribbon blue / Cirrus Delphinium Blue / Mermaid / Larkspur
18 E 53 20 C 33
Tartan blue / Cobalt blue / Regatta Porcelain blue / Pompadour
20 C 37 20 C 40
Larkspur blue / Viking Duchess blue / Midnight
20 D 41 20 D 45
Powder blue Sapphire blue / Maritime / Trafalgar
20 E 51 20 E 53
Cornflower blue / Corfu / Cornflower Blue
20 E 56 22 B 15
Blue Pearl grey / Swansdown
22 B 17 22 C 37
Pale lavender / Haze / Dove Purple heather / Heather
22 D 41 22 D 45
Purple Deep purple / Pageant
24 C 33 24 C 39
Pale lilac / Mallow Regal violet / Regalia
24 E 53
Purple
