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The Inter-Society Color Council records Archived 2015-01-03 at the Wayback Machine at Hagley Museum and Library contain records from the British Colour Council including dictionaries of colour standards and seasonal colour cards; and royal colour cards, correspondence, press clippings, swatches, and commemorative publications celebrating ...
Example of colours used in British Admiralty w:nautical charts. Date: 18 August 2007: Source: Self-made in Inkscape, based on en:Image:Nautical chart colour.PNG. Author: Mysid (original PNG by en:User:Mark.murphy)
Some primers can be tinted to match more closely with the color of the finishing paint. If the finishing paint is a deep color, tinting the primer can reduce the number of layers of finishing paint that are necessary for good uniformity across the painted surface. Primers are also used to hide joints and seams to give a finished look.
Paying tribute to the small British roadsters of the 1960s that inspired the Mazda MX-5 (such as the Triumph Spitfire, Austin-Healey Sprite, MG MGB and the Lotus Elan), Mazda produced a limited edition version of the model in 1991 and 2001 called the "British Racing Edition", which included green paint. [10]
New ship being prepared for launch, showing fresh anti-fouling paint Ship hull being cleaned of fouling in drydock. Anti-fouling paint is a specialized category of coatings applied as the outer (outboard) layer to the hull of a ship or boat, to slow the growth of and facilitate detachment of subaquatic organisms that attach to the hull and can affect a vessel's performance and durability.
Color chips or color samples from a plastic pellet manufacturer that enables customers to evaluate the color range as molded objects to see final effects. A color chart or color reference card is a flat, physical object that has many different color samples present. They can be available as a single-page chart, or in the form of swatchbooks or ...
There is also a British Standard paint colour BS381C 114 called Rail Blue, which was introduced in 1964. The new British Rail double arrow symbol on locomotives (or leading vehicle, as was the case on multiple unit stock) and the vehicle number and other ancillary markings written in the Rail Alphabet typeface were other integral parts of the ...
Farrow & Ball maintains an updated colour card of 132 colours, [12] [13] plus 12 new paint colours and 3 new wallpaper patterns created with Christopher John Rogers. [14] The company has worked with the National Trust in formulating near-exact matches of colours used in the restoration of the interiors and exteriors of historic buildings.