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"Blow the Wind Southerly" sequenced by Barry Taylor.
A sailing song popular throughout the 1800's

Common Colors throughout the Victorican Era

  • APOLLO: bright gold.(1823)
  • AUBERGINE: reddish brown.(1892)
  • AURORA: shell-pink. (1829)
  • AVENTURINE: murrey.(1831)
  • BAGDAD: pinkish, brick dust. (1886)
  • BALTIC: blue, same as Eau de Nil.(1887)
  • BIRD OF PARADISE: straw. (1830)
  • BLE TURC: deep maize. (1866)
  • BLUES: Adelaide (steel) 1831, Amilie (bunting) 1832, Azure/Aetherial/Clelestial(sky blues) 1820s, Corinth (calamine) 1833, de Berri (forget-me-not) 1831, de France (adonis) 1840, De Roi (delphinium) 1835, Eugenie (pale cornflower) 1860, Gobelin/Goblin (grey-blue) 1887, Mexico (larkspur) 1868, Napoleon (larkspur) 1853, Niagra (turquoise-ish) 1887, Porcelain (wedgwood) 1840, Raymond (powder) 1834, Victoria (alice) 1840.
  • BOUFFON: darker blue than Eau de Nil. (1895)
  • BROWNS: Alma (copper) 1854, Bismarck (nutmeg) 1867, Bois de Rose (light reddish brown) 1866, Egytian (mace) 1809, Orleans (rose beige) 1832.
  • CAMELEON: raspberry shot with blue. (1843)
  • CAMELOPARD: French beige. (1828)
  • CARMELITE: reddish plum. (1872)
  • CASTOR: brownish grey. (1872)
  • CENDRE DE ROSE: grey with pink shading. (1872)
  • CLEOPATRA: magenta. (1893)
  • CONGO: burnished copper gold. (1883)
  • CREMORNE: faint reddish brown. (1872)
  • DUST OF PARIS: ecru. (1851)
  • DUST OF RUINS: squirrel. (1822)
  • EAU DE GANGES: gault. (1846)
  • EMINENCE: crushed strawberry. (1829); violet with deep red (1893).
  • ESTERHAZY: silver grey. (1822)
  • FLEXINE: red slate. (1892)
  • FLORENTINE: yellow with bronze tint. (1892)
  • FLY'S WING: graphite. (1843)
  • GREENS: Adriatic (bluish) 1873, American (mistletoe) 1830, Azoff (shade of mistletoe/almond) 1857), Bosphore (sea) 1854, Chinese (malachite) 1830, Corinthe (light) 1854, Gas-Green (dioptase) 1868, Indian (opaline) 1831, Metternich (beetle/bottle) 1868.
  • GRENAT: burgandy. (1868)
  • HAVANNAH: cinnamon/olive brown. (1860)
  • ISABELLA: cream. (1821)
  • JAPANESE ROSE: crushed strawberry. (1826)
  • JAQUEMAR: rich red (1898).
  • JOSIE: light yellow olive. (1872)
  • LAVENDER: heliotrope/parma violet.(1824)
  • LAVINIA: wedgwood. (1830)
  • LILACS: Grey (violet grey) 1836, Princess Elizabeth (alice) 1812, Red (heliotrope) 1832.
  • LONDON DUST: French grey. (1830)
  • LONDON MUD: dull dark brown. (1827)
  • LONDON SMOKE: squirrel. (1836)
  • LUCIFER: brick dust (1880)
  • MAGENTA: raspberry.(1859)
  • MANDARIN: bright orange. (1877)
  • MARRON: chestnut. (1873)
  • MARSH MALLOW: old rose. (1829)
  • MARYLAND: nutria.(1873)
  • MODENA RED: fuchsia. (1828)
  • MONTEBELLO: dark garnet. (1872)
  • NARCORAT: dark claret.(1854)
  • NAVARINO SMOKE: a shade ligher than London Smoke. (1828)
  • OISEAU: yellow chartreuse. (1837)
  • OPHELIA: red violet. (1868)
  • ORPHELIAN: claret. (1862)
  • OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE: two shades of iron grey. (1885)
  • PALESTINE: pink mauve.(1883)
  • PALISANDRE: purple brown. (1835)
  • PENSEE: deep, dark purple. (1829)
  • PRUNE DE MONSIEUR: pansy. (1871)
  • PRUNE DUMAS: dark blue violet. (1883)
  • PUCE: amythest. (1830)
  • PUNCH: blue-grey smoke. (1884)
  • RAMONEUR: brazil nut. (1833)
  • RED CAROUBIER: peony. (1869)
  • RESEDA: same as grey tint today. (1872)
  • ROSE DE PARNASSE: cyclamen pink. (1830)
  • SAMSON: grass green. (1893)
  • SOLFERINO: fuschia. (1860)
  • TERRE DE CUBA: rose beige. (1833)
  • TERRE D'EGYPTE: brick red. (1824)
  • TERRE DE POLOGNE: rust. (1831)
  • TILLEUL: sky green. (1877)
  • TOURTERELLE: mushroom. (1829)
  • TROCADERO: between orange and flame. (1824)

Victorian Fashion Periodicals

  • The Lady's Magazine
  • The Ladies' Monthly Museum
  • La Belle Assemblee
  • Ackerman's Repository
  • The Ladies Pocket Magazine
  • The World of Fashion
  • The Court Magazine
  • The Royal Lady's Magazines
  • The Ladies' Cabinet
  • The Maids', Wives', and Widows' Magazine
  • The Weekly Belle Assemblee
  • Punch
  • Mrs. Leslie's Magazine
  • Illustrated London News
  • Nouveau Beau Monde
  • The Pictorial Times
  • London and Paris Ladies Magazine of Fashion
  • The Lady's Newspaper
  • Ladies' Gazette of Fashion
  • Graham's Magazine
  • Godey's Lady's Book
  • The Ladies' Companion
  • The Illustrated Times
  • Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine
  • Magazin des Demoiselles
  • The Ladies' Treasury
  • La Mode Illustre
  • The Queen
  • The Young Englishwoman
  • Fun
  • The Young Ladies' Journal
  • Tinsley's Magazine
  • Young Ladies of Great Britain
  • London Journal
  • The Graphic
  • Journel des Demoiselles
  • Bow Bells
  • Journal des Modes
  • Judy
  • The Milliner's and Dressmaker's Gazette
  • Cassell's Family Magazine
  • Syvia's Home Journal
  • Ladies' Gazette of Fashion
  • LeFollet
  • Girls' Own Paper
  • Burlington Magazine
  • Letts' Magazine
  • The Lady
  • The Woman's World
  • The Gentlewoman
  • Fashion of To-day
  • Home Notes
  • Home Chat
  • Woman at HOme
  • Woman's Life
  • The Ladies' Realm

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