Color Commentator

[Vintagecatcher]

As my collection has grown, I realized the importance of being as actuate as possible in cataloging my inventory. Correctly describing an item's color can be quite subjective.

With the S74 colored silk set, labeling the correct color of a silk can be maddening. Some are unique colors as issued, whereas others have faded with time. Even describing the 3 colors of ink used to create the images on the silk is open to interpretation. Some are created with blue ink, others with a brown ink, and still others with burgundy or maroon ink.

Sometimes I simply don't agree with the color listed in previous checklists.
One of George Gibson's B18 varieties has always been described as "red pennants," and the pennants are clearly pink! I'd like to see that error corrected some day!




Lastly, the 4th color that appears in the PX-7 Sweet Caporal Domino Disc set has never been correctly described in my opinion. The discs with this color can have back background colors of the other three colors in the set: red, green, and blue.

This 4th color has sometimes been called: brown, purple, violet, and sepia.
I call it deep purple.



What best describes this color?

Back to cataloging my collection as best I can!

Patrick