Last updated on August 27th, 2023 at 11:50 am
First posted November 17, 2017.
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Chart of Known Fleisher Yarn Colors by Name and Number
Color Number |
Color Name, if known |
Approximate description |
Image |
Type of yarn, if known |
Date if known |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Black |
Black |
|
Dresden Saxony, Knitting Worsted, Crepe Boucle |
1916, 1929, 1932 |
|
Cream White |
Eggshell |
|
Dresden Saxony (pictured), Crepe Boucle |
1916, 1932 |
|
Snow White |
Bright White |
|
Dresden Saxony, Knitting Worsted |
1916, 1929 |
|
Blue White |
White |
|
Dresden Saxony |
1916 |
|
Lilac |
Pale light purple |
|
Dresden Saxony |
1916 |
|
H24 |
Pale grey-blue |
|
Heather Knitting Worsted |
||
F134 |
Multi-tone yarn: Medium grey with red, yellow, blue specks throughout |
|
Glen Tweed |
||
F161 |
Medium to deep greyish blue |
|
Heather Fleece |
||
White |
|
Silverflake |
|||
H47 |
Blue with some light green hints to it |
|
Heather Fleece |
||
H76 |
Blue with some red flecked through it |
|
Gigantic |
||
X20 |
Ombree Rust |
Knitting Worsted |
1959 |
||
00 |
Blue |
Pale light blue |
|
Dresden Saxony |
1916 |
0 |
Blue |
Pale blue |
|
Dresden Saxony |
1916 |
1 |
Scarlet |
Bright red |
|
Dresden Saxony |
1916 |
5 |
Scarlet |
Bright red |
|
Dresden Saxony |
1916 |
6 |
Blue |
Very pale light blue |
|
Dresden Saxony |
1916 |
7 |
Cardinal |
Red |
|
Dresden Saxony |
1916 |
8 |
Cardinal |
Redwood |
|
Dresden Saxony |
1916 |
9 |
Scarlet |
Bright red |
|
Dresden Saxony |
1916 |
9 |
Mohawk |
Knitting Worsted |
1921 |
||
10 |
Imperial |
Pale light peach |
|
Dresden Saxony |
1916 |
12 |
Pink |
Light Pink |
|
Dresden Saxony |
1916 |
13 |
Navy |
Navy blue to dark blue |
|
Dresden Saxony |
1916 |
14 |
Drab |
Sand, very light brown |
|
Dresden Saxony |
1916 |
15 |
Pink |
Pink |
|
Dresden Saxony |
1916 |
16 |
Buff |
Light tan |
|
Dresden Saxony |
1916 |
17 |
Purple |
Purple |
|
Dresden Saxony |
1916 |
18 |
Garnet |
Garnet |
|
Dresden Saxony |
1916 |
19 |
Scarlet |
Bright red |
|
Dresden Saxony |
1916 |
21 |
Drab |
Pale light brown |
|
Dresden Saxony |
1916 |
22 |
Medium Brown |
Brown, Medium Brown |
|
Dresden Saxony |
1916 |
23 |
Buff |
Pale peach |
|
Dresden Saxony |
1916 |
24 |
Rose |
Pink, Bright Pink |
|
Dresden Saxony |
1916 |
25 |
Orange |
Orange |
|
Dresden Saxony |
1916 |
26 |
Steel |
Pale light grey |
|
Dresden Saxony |
1916 |
27 |
Blue |
Light blue, almost a sky blue |
|
Dresden Saxony |
1916 |
28 |
Blue |
Blue |
|
Dresden Saxony |
1916 |
29 |
Blue |
Light blue |
|
Dresden Saxony |
1916 |
30 |
Navy |
Navy blue, medium to dark blue |
|
Dresden Saxony |
1916 |
31 |
Gendarme |
Pale Blue or Light Sky Blue |
|
Dresden Saxony |
1916 |
32 |
Gendarme |
Sky Blue or Bright Blue |
|
Dresden Saxony |
1916 |
34 |
Pink |
Light Pink |
|
Dresden Saxony |
1916 |
34 |
Burgundy |
|
Tapestry Wool |
||
34 |
Rose |
|
Shetland Floss |
1921 |
|
36 |
Sulphur |
Pale yellow |
|
Dresden Saxony |
1916 |
38 |
Mulberry |
Medium burgundy or dark dusty rose |
|
Tapestry Wool |
|
42 |
Maroon |
Maroon or Cranberry |
|
Dresden Saxony |
1916 |
50 |
Tan |
Pale brown to tan |
|
Dresden Saxony |
1916 |
55 |
Havana |
Light bright brown |
|
Dresden Saxony |
1916 |
57 |
Green |
Shetland Floss |
1921 |
||
58 |
Purple |
Shetland Floss |
1921 |
||
64 |
Wood Brown |
Oak brown |
|
Dresden Saxony |
1916 |
65 |
Olive Green |
Drab Green, Olive Green |
|
Dresden Saxony |
1916 |
66 |
Yellow |
Yellow |
|
Dresden Saxony |
1916 |
67 |
Light Brown |
Brown |
|
Dresden Saxony |
1916 |
97 |
Dark deep royal purple |
|
Tapestry Wool |
||
99 |
Bone white, off white |
|
Tapestry Wool |
||
101 |
White, eggshell white |
|
Wool and Shetland Wool |
||
104 |
Red |
Knitting Worsted |
1959 |
||
105 |
Red |
Knitting Worsted |
1959 |
||
106 |
Red |
Knitting Worsted |
1959 |
||
107 |
Tan |
|
Spectator |
||
107 |
Pale Yellow |
|
Winfant |
||
107 |
Light grey with maroon and forest green flecks interwoven |
|
Glen Tweed |
||
108 |
Cardinal |
Knitting Worsted |
1959 |
||
109 |
Orange Twist |
Win-Lite |
|||
109 |
Wine |
Knitting Worsted |
1959 |
||
112 |
Very dark navy (might be black) |
|
Silhouette |
||
112 |
Maroon |
Knitting Worsted |
1959 |
||
112 |
Light tan or light beige |
|
Supra Mohair |
||
114 |
White, eggshell white |
|
Versatile |
||
114 |
Turquoise |
Bright turquoise blue |
|
Knitting Worsted |
1959 |
115 |
Green, grass green |
|
Spree |
||
115 |
Light seafoam green |
|
Crepe Velaine |
||
115 |
Light yellow with gold thread interwoven |
|
Win-Lite |
||
117 |
Very dark brown |
|
Supra Mohair |
||
123 |
Light pink, baby pink |
|
Winsom |
||
124 |
Light pink, baby pink |
|
Knitting Worsted |
||
129 |
Rustone |
Knitting Worsted |
1959 |
||
134 |
Dark dusty blue |
|
Winsom |
||
137 |
Myrtle |
Dark green, forest green |
|
Dresden Saxony |
1916 |
138 |
Old Gold |
Orange |
|
Dresden Saxony |
1916 |
139 |
Interwoven off white with gold thread |
|
Win-Lite |
||
140 |
Pale pink |
|
Winsom |
||
140 |
Russet Brown |
Knitting Worsted |
1959 |
||
141 |
Navy blue, purple, touch of green interwoven. |
|
Win-Lite (think this color variation was in the 1960s-1970s) |
||
141 |
Navy blue |
|
Win-Lite (original color variation of this number) |
||
142 |
Dusty rose |
|
Winsom |
||
149 |
Medium beige with silvery-ish gold-ish thread interwoven |
|
Win-Lite |
||
151 |
Orange |
|
Knitting Worsted |
||
152 |
Yellow |
Knitting Worsted |
1959 |
||
153 |
Yellow |
Yellow |
|
Knitting Worsted (more modern color variation) |
1959 |
153 |
Pale yellow |
|
Knitting Worsted (vintage/original color variation) |
||
156 |
Orange |
Knitting Worsted |
1959 |
||
158 |
Seafoam green |
|
Winfant |
||
160 |
Pale dusty blue |
|
Knitting Worsted |
||
160 |
Grey |
Knitting Worsted |
1959 |
||
161 |
Grey |
Knitting Worsted |
1959 |
||
162 |
Lavender |
Knitting Worsted |
1959 |
||
163 |
Grey |
Knitting Worsted |
1959 |
||
165 |
Grey |
Knitting Worsted |
1959 |
||
166 |
Purple |
Knitting Worsted |
1959 |
||
170 |
Pink |
|
Silhouette |
||
174 |
Dark navy blue |
|
Winsom |
||
174 |
Grey |
Knitting Worsted |
1959 |
||
180 |
Green |
Knitting Worsted |
1959 |
||
181 |
Light Oxford |
Medium fuzzy grey |
|
Knitting worsted Spanish yarn Four-Fives yarn |
1922 |
181(?) |
Light Ostrich |
Light grey |
|
1929 |
|
181 |
Oyster |
Knitting Worsted |
1959 |
||
183 |
Dark Oxford |
Dark fuzzy grey |
|
Knitting worsted Spanish yarn Four-Fives yarn |
|
183(?) |
Dark Ostrich |
Grey |
|
1929 |
|
185 |
Old Rose |
Knitting Worsted |
1959 |
||
186 |
Old Rose |
Knitting Worsted |
1959 |
||
187 |
Old Rose |
Knitting Worsted |
1959 |
||
188 |
Old Rose |
Knitting Worsted |
1959 |
||
191 |
Bright vibrant orange |
|
Knitting Worsted |
||
192 |
Old Rose |
Knitting Worsted |
1959 |
||
193 |
Emerald |
Knitting Worsted |
1959 |
||
195 |
Green |
Knitting Worsted |
1959 |
||
196 |
Green |
Knitting Worsted |
1959 |
||
197 |
Green |
Knitting Worsted |
1959 |
||
199 |
Geranium |
Knitting Worsted |
1959 |
||
202 |
Light pink |
|
Ever Match Sock and Fingering |
||
209 |
Light turquoise blue |
|
|||
228 |
Black |
|
Ever Match Sock and Fingering |
||
341 |
Green |
Lime green |
|
Dresden Saxony |
1916 |
342 |
Green |
Bright green |
|
Dresden Saxony |
1916 |
343 |
Green |
Green |
|
Dresden Saxony |
1916 |
402 |
Buff |
Bouclette |
1932 |
||
403 |
Silverwing |
Bouclette |
1932 |
||
404 |
Burgundy wine |
|
Wool and Shetland Wool |
||
404 |
Pale light yellow with gold metallic thread interwoven |
|
Ever-Match Highlight |
||
405 |
Pandora |
Bouclette |
1932 |
||
406 |
Grey |
|
Ever Match Sport and Sweater |
||
409 |
Red |
|
Win-Sport |
||
409 |
Maroon |
Bouclette |
1932 |
||
410 |
Rose Beige |
Bouclette |
1932 |
||
412 |
Bright blue, almost a turquoise |
|
Zephyr-Laine |
||
413 |
Nk |
Blue |
|
Win-Sport |
|
418 |
Navy |
Bouclette |
1932 |
||
421 |
Brown |
Bouclette |
1932 |
||
426 |
Olive green |
|
Knitting Worsted |
||
430 |
Tile |
Bouclette |
1932 |
||
434 |
Rustic Green |
Bouclette |
1932 |
||
436 |
Copper Brown |
Bouclette |
1932 |
||
437 |
Burgundy |
|
Knitting Worsted |
||
438 |
Vibrant blue |
|
Wool and Shetland Wool |
||
439 |
Red |
|
Ever Match Sport and Sweater |
||
450 |
Black |
|
Win-Sport |
||
456 |
Tan |
|
Knitting Worsted |
||
458 |
Mustard yellow |
|
Knitting Worsted |
||
459 |
Peach, pale orange |
|
Win-Sport |
||
460 |
Light dusty green |
|
Zephyr-Laine |
||
461 |
Similar to a medium stone washed denim blue |
|
Ever-Match Highlight |
||
470 |
White, eggshell white |
|
Winsom |
||
477 |
Green, Medium Green |
|
Win-Sport Knitting Worsted |
||
479 |
Dark blue, navy blue |
|
Winsome |
||
480 |
Russet Brown |
Knitting Worsted |
1959 |
||
481 |
Russet Brown |
Knitting Worsted |
1959 |
||
482 |
Russet Brown |
Knitting Worsted |
1959 |
||
483 |
Rust or burnt umber |
|
Knitting Worsted |
||
484 |
Russet Brown |
Knitting Worsted |
1959 |
||
486 |
Orangey-peach |
|
Knitting Worsted |
||
497 |
Khaki green |
|
Winsom |
||
500 |
Red |
French Zephyr |
|||
501 |
Scarlet |
|
1929 |
||
502 |
Tangerine |
Deep rust red-orange |
|
Knitting worsted Spanish yarn Four-Fives yarn |
1922, 1929 |
502 |
Light pink, baby pink |
|
Souffle |
||
503 |
Orange |
|
Knitting worsted Spanish yarn Four-Fives yarn |
1922, 1929 |
|
504 |
Goldenrod |
|
Knitting worsted Spanish yarn Four-Fives yarn |
1922, 1929 |
|
505 |
Daffodil |
Pale medium yellow |
|
Knitting worsted Spanish yarn Four-Fives yarn |
1929 |
506 |
Chartreuse(?) |
|
1929 |
||
507 |
Emerald Kelly Green |
Dark green, forest green |
|
Knitting Worsted (pictured) Bathing Suit Yarn |
1929 1932 |
508 |
Jade |
|
1929 |
||
509 |
Royal |
Royal blue, navy blue |
|
Four Seasons (pictured) |
1929 |
510 |
Lilac |
Lilac |
|
1929 |
|
511 |
Violet |
|
1929 |
||
512 |
Thistle |
|
1929 |
||
513 |
Carmine |
Bright red |
|
1929 |
|
514 |
Cameo |
Light pink |
|
Knitting worsted Spanish yarn Four-Fives yarn |
1922, 1929 |
514 |
Tropic Blue |
|
Souffle (pictured) |
1929, 1932 |
|
515 |
Peach |
Pale peach |
|
Knitting worsted Spanish yarn Four-Fives yarn |
1929 |
516 |
Salmon |
|
Knitting worsted Spanish yarn Four-Fives yarn |
1922, 1929 |
|
517 |
Honey |
Light almost cornflower yellow |
|
Knitting worsted Spanish yarn Four-Fives yarn |
1922, 1929 |
518 |
Straw |
Pale light yellow |
|
Knitting worsted Spanish yarn Four-Fives yarn |
1929 |
519 |
Nile(?) |
Pale green |
|
1929 |
|
519 |
Bright blue |
|
Highland Brand Lamadown |
||
520 |
Sea Green |
|
1929 |
||
521 |
Turquoise |
|
1929 |
||
521 |
Mint Spice |
Interwoven eggshell white with bits of light-medium teal blue |
|
Spice “Tweed Mist” |
|
522 |
Forget-me-not |
Pale blue |
|
1929 |
|
523 |
Periwinkle |
|
1929 |
||
524 |
Iris |
Pale purple |
|
1929 |
|
525 |
Orchid Pink |
|
1929 |
||
526 |
Wild Rose |
Medium pink |
|
Knitting worsted Spanish yarn Four-Fives yarn |
1922, 1929 |
527 |
Maroon |
|
1929 |
||
528 |
Copper |
Brown-red-orange |
|
Knitting worsted Spanish yarn Four-Fives yarn |
1929 |
529 |
Cinnamon |
|
1929 |
||
530 |
Cocoa Brown |
Very dark brown |
|
Shetland Floss (pictured) Tweed Yarn Lustre Iceland |
1929 1932 |
530 |
Off white |
|
Win-Knit Bucilla label. This number used from at least 1963 |
||
531 |
Pigskin |
Medium brown |
|
1929 |
|
532 |
Dark olive green |
|
1929 |
||
533 |
Myrtle |
Forest green |
|
1929 |
|
534 |
Peacock |
Bright deep blue |
|
Knitting worsted Spanish yarn Four-Fives yarn |
1922, 1929 |
535 |
Delft |
Dusky medium blue |
|
Knitting worsted Spanish yarn Four-Fives yarn |
1922, 1929 |
536 |
Cornflower |
|
1929 |
||
537 |
Pansey(?) |
|
1929 |
||
538 |
Wild Aster |
|
1929 |
||
538 |
Two-tone yarn: Burnt umber with dark brown woven/twisted together |
|
Souffle |
||
538 |
Dark green, hunter green |
Win-Knit |
|||
539 |
Cardinal |
Medium dark red |
|
1929 |
|
540 |
Rosewood |
Tannish red |
|
Knitting worsted Spanish yarn Four-Fives yarn |
1929 |
541 |
Cedarwood |
|
Knitting worsted Spanish yarn Four-Fives yarn |
1929 |
|
542 |
Tan |
|
Shetland Floss |
1929, 1932 |
|
543 |
Camel |
|
1929 |
||
544 |
Sand |
|
1929 |
||
545 |
Fern |
|
1929 |
||
546 |
Sage |
|
1929 |
||
547 |
Aquamarine |
|
1929 |
||
548 |
Old Blue |
|
1929 |
||
549 |
Horizon |
Dusky denim-ish blue |
|
Knitting worsted Spanish yarn Four-Fives yarn |
1922, 1929 |
550 |
Wisteria |
|
1929 |
||
551 |
|
1929 |
|||
552 |
Persian Rose |
|
1929 |
||
553 |
Pink |
Pale light pink |
|
Knitting worsted Spanish yarn Four-Fives yarn |
1929 |
554 |
Pink |
Pale medium pink |
|
Knitting worsted Spanish yarn Four-Fives yarn |
1929 |
555 |
Pink |
|
Knitting worsted Spanish yarn Four-Fives yarn |
1929 |
|
556 |
Candy Pink |
Vibrant pink |
|
Souffle, Knitting worsted, Spanish yarn, Four-Fives yarn |
1929 |
556 |
Orange |
|
Souffle |
||
556 |
Very pale light yellow |
|
Silverflake |
||
557 |
Blue |
Light blue |
|
1929 |
|
557 |
Medium brown |
|
Win-Knit |
||
558 |
Yellow |
Yellow |
|
Knitting worsted Spanish yarn Four-Fives yarn |
1922, 1929 |
558 |
Very pale light baby blue |
|
Lambkin |
||
558 |
Very pale light seafoam green |
|
Silverflake |
||
559 |
Old Gold |
Goldenrod |
|
1929 |
|
559 |
Light bright yellow |
|
Win-Knit |
||
560 |
Steel |
Light to medium grey |
|
Knitting worsted Spanish yarn Four-Fives yarn |
1929 |
561 |
Navy |
Dark deep blue |
|
Bathing Suit Yarn |
1929, 1932 |
562 |
Yellow |
Medium yellow |
|
Knitting worsted Spanish yarn Four-Fives yarn |
1922 |
563 |
Yellow |
Yellow |
|
Knitting worsted Spanish yarn Four-Fives yarn |
|
563 |
Two-toned yarn: Red and very dark maroon (almost black) mixed together |
|
Souffle |
||
566 |
Orange |
|
Knitting worsted Spanish yarn Four-Fives yarn |
||
566 |
Eggshell white |
|
Nubby-fleece |
||
567 |
Brown |
Pale tan |
|
Knitting worsted Spanish yarn Four-Fives yarn |
1922 |
568 |
Brown |
Medium tan/very light brown |
|
Knitting worsted Spanish yarn Four-Fives yarn |
1922 |
569 |
Brown |
|
Knitting worsted Spanish yarn Four-Fives yarn |
1922 |
|
570 |
Brown |
Medium-dark brown, slight reddish-brown hue |
|
Knitting worsted Spanish yarn Four-Fives yarn |
1922 |
571 |
Brown |
Dark brown |
|
Knitting worsted Spanish yarn Four-Fives yarn |
1922 |
572 |
Bright blue, baby blue |
|
Souffle |
1956 | |
576 |
Coral orange |
|
Orlon Sayelle |
||
578 |
Olive green |
|
Win-Knit |
||
579 |
Baby blue, sky blue |
|
Nubby Fleece |
||
586 |
Navy blue, dark blue |
|
Souffle |
1956 | |
592 |
Rose |
Light dusky pink |
|
Knitting worsted Spanish yarn Four-Fives yarn |
1922 |
593 |
Rose |
Medium dusky pink |
|
Knitting worsted Spanish yarn Four-Fives yarn |
1922 |
594 |
Rose |
Medium-dark dusky pink |
|
Knitting worsted Spanish yarn Four-Fives yarn |
1922 |
597 |
Midnight Blue |
Dark navy blue |
|
Casa-Laine (pictured), Crepe Boucle |
1932 |
604 |
|
Petite Bouclette |
|||
608 |
Sand |
Shetland Floss |
|||
617 |
Citron |
French Zephyr |
1932 |
||
618 |
Lanvin Red |
French Zephyr Lustre Iceland |
1932 |
||
621 |
Eggshell |
Shetland Floss |
1932 |
||
622 |
Salmon Rose |
French Zephyr |
1932 |
||
627 |
Brown |
Bathing Suit Yarn |
1934 |
||
631 |
Tile |
Shetland Floss Ladyfair |
|||
632 |
Wine |
Shetland Floss |
|||
633 |
Beige |
Ladyfair |
|||
634 |
Harvest Moon |
Angel Crepe |
1934 |
||
638 |
Burgundy |
Ladyfair |
|||
647 |
Amber Red |
French Zephyr Lustre Iceland |
|||
650 |
Rustic Green |
Crepe Boucle |
|||
670 |
Bisque |
French Zephyr Lustre Iceland |
1932 |
||
671 |
Brick |
Crepe Boucle |
|||
701 |
Eggshell white |
|
Ping Pong |
||
702(?) |
Heather |
Dark olive green with medium red-brown woven in |
|
1929 |
|
707(?) |
Heather |
Two-tone yarn: Dark tan with dark red woven through it |
|
1929 |
|
713 |
Rust orange textured twist yarn |
|
Ping Pong |
||
714 |
Very pale yellow |
|
Deluxe Sock and Sport |
||
721 |
Two-toned textured twist yarn: Red and white interwoven. |
|
Ping Pong |
||
723 |
Two-toned textured twist yarn: Rust orange and yellow interwoven. |
|
Ping Pong |
||
724 |
Two-tone textured yarn. Light blue and cornflower yellow interwoven. |
|
Ping Pong |
||
725 |
Green |
|
Deluxe Sock and Sport |
||
726 |
Green |
|
|||
726 |
Blue, Deep Blue |
|
Ping Pong |
||
732 |
Medium burgundy |
|
Four Seasons |
||
747 |
Teal |
|
Wool and Shetland Wool |
||
748 |
Orange |
|
Gigantic |
||
761 |
Heather |
Two-tone yarn: Dark olive green with medium red-brown woven in |
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Knitting worsted Spanish yarn Four-Fives yarn |
1929 |
762 |
Purple, Royal Purple |
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Wool and Shetland Wool |
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762 |
Heather |
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Knitting worsted Spanish yarn Four-Fives yarn |
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767 |
Heather |
Two-tone yarn: Medium olive green with medium red-brown woven in |
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Knitting worsted Spanish yarn Four-Fives yarn |
1922 |
770 |
Pale tan |
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Gigantic |
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775 |
Light pink |
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Shetland and Wool |
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784 |
Bright deep pink |
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Wool and Shetland Wool |
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795 |
Coral | ![]() |
Curlette Shetland and Wool (pictured) |
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812 |
Brown Mist |
Medium brown with light green, red and brown variation threads interwoven. |
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Big Spice |
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827 |
Light yellow |
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Wool and Shetland Wool |
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921 |
Camel |
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Silverglow |
1920s |
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932 |
Falcon |
“A deep rich sepia” |
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Silverglow |
1920s |
956 |
Pigskin |
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Corinthian Yarn |
1922 |
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971 |
Black |
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Corinthian Yarn |
1922 |
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972 |
Steel |
Corinthian Yarn |
1922 |
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988 |
Tangerine |
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Corinthian Yarn |
1922 |
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1227 |
Light-medium dusty blue |
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Sweater and Stocking Nylon ‘n Wool |
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1506 |
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Sock & Sweater |
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1566 |
Beige/tan |
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Deluxe Sock and Sport |
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1804 |
“A combination of chestnut brown and tan, with light grey spots.” |
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Cheviot |
1920s |
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This list is so fun!
I just came across a new color for you!
Ping Pong 714 , it’s a dark brown. Let me know if you want a picture, I would love to help this archive.
Thanks for that information, I’ll add it to the list asap! And yes, if you have a picture, I’d love to add it to the list, too! You can email it to me at greygaleve@gmail.com. Thanks again!