Color Abbreviations

[tomd]

Color Abbreviations that will be a useful aid.

Information taken from the 2009 Scott Catalog.

Amb     amber

anil     aniline

ap     apple

aqua     aquamarine

az     azure


bis     bister

bl     blue

bld     blood

blk     black

bril     brilliant

brn     brown

brnsh     brownish

brnz     bronze

brt     bright

brnt     burnt


car     carmine

cer     cerise

chlky     chalky

cham     chamois

chnt     chestnut

choc     chocolate

chr     chrome

cit     citron

cl     claret

cob     cobalt

cop     copper

crim     crimson

cr     cream


dk     dark

dl     dull

     deep

db     drab


emer     emerald


gldn     golden

grysh     grayish

grn     green

grnsh     greenish


hel     heliotrope

hn     henna


ind     indigo

int     intense


lav   lavender

lem     lemon

lil     lilac

lt     light


mag     magenta

man     manila

mar     maroon

mv     mauve

multi     multicolored

mlky     milky

myr     myrtle


ol     olive

olvn     olivine

org     orange


pck     peacock

pnksh     pinkish

Prus     Prussian

pur     purple


redsh     reddish

res     reseda

ros     rosine

ryl     royal


sal     salmon

saph     sapphire

scar     scarlet

sep     sepia

sien     sienna

sil     silver

sl     slate

stl     steel


turq     turquoise


ultra     ultramarine


Ven     Venetian

ver     vermilion

vio     violet

yel     yellow

yelsh     yellowish

When no color is given for an overprint or surcharge, black is the color used.
Abbreviations for colors used for overprints and surcharges include: “(B)” or “(Blk),” black; “(Bl),” blue; “(R),” red; and “(G),” green.

[tomd]

If any one has the same information from the Stanley Gibbons, Michel, or Yvert catalogs please add and label where it comes from.

This is a reference thread so please no non subject chat.

And no color abbreviations other then that used in stamp catalogs please.

And Admin and or Mod's, if I put this thread in the wrong spot please move.

[Deleted]

Stanley Gibbons catalogues - or at least those I have - do not use abbreviations for colours: they spell out the colour name in full.