Forsythia

Cordovan is a rich shade of burgundy and a dark shade of rose. Cordovan takes its name from the city of Córdoba, Spain, where the production of cordovan leather was first practiced by the Visigoths in the seventh century.^[2] The term cordovan has come to describe the color of clothing – leather in particular; in this sense, the use of cordovan overlaps with that of oxblood.

The first recorded use of cordovan as a color name in English was in 1925.^[3]

References

^ Shah, David. "Pantone View Color Planner Summer 2007 Key Color Combinations" (PDF). Metropolitan Publishing of Amsterdam. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-01-06. Retrieved 2008-02-17.
^ Constable, Olivia Remie (1994). Trade and Traders in Muslim Spain. Cambridge University Press.
^ Maerz, A.; Paul, M. A. (1930). A Dictionary of Color. New York: McGraw-Hill. p. 193. (Color Sample of Cordovan on p. 39 Plate 8 Color Sample H8)

Shades of brown

Auburn	Almond	Beaver	Beige	Bistre	Black bean	Black olive	Bole	Bone	Bronze

Brown	Brown sugar	Buff	Burgundy	Burnt sienna	Burnt umber	Camel	Caput mortuum	Caramel	Chamoisee

Chestnut	Chocolate	Citron	Cocoa Brown	Coffee	Copper	Cordovan	Coyote	Desert sand	Drab dark brown

Dun	Earth yellow	Ecru	Fallow	Fawn	Field drab	Fulvous	Golden brown	Goldenrod	Harvest gold

Khaki	Kobicha	Lion	Liver	Mahogany	Maroon	Ochre	Raw umber	Red-brown	Redwood

Rufous	Russet	Rust	Sand	Sandy brown	Satin sheen gold	Seal brown	Sepia	Sienna	Sinopia

Tan	Taupe	Tawny	Titian Red	Umber	Van Dyke	Walnut brown	Wenge	Wheat

A typical sample is shown for each name; a range of color-variations is commonly associated with each color-name.

Shades of red

Amaranth purple	Barn red	Bittersweet	Bittersweet shimmer	Blood red	Bright pink (Crayola)	Burgundy	Candy apple red	Cantaloupe melon	Cardinal

Carmine	Cerise	Chili red	Chocolate cosmos	Cinnabar	Claret	Coquelicot	Coral pink	Cordovan	Cornell red

Crimson	Dark red	Falu red	Fire brick	Fire engine red	Folly	Garnet	Imperial red	Indian red	Jasper

Light coral	Light red	Madder	Mahogany	Maroon	Misty rose	Off-red (RGB)	Old rose	OU crimson	Penn red

Persian red	Pink	Poppy	Red	Red-brown	Red (CMYK) (pigment red)	Red (Crayola)	Red (Munsell)	Red (NCS)	Red (Pantone)

Redwood	Rojo	Rose	Rose ebony	Rose red	Rose taupe	Rose vale	Rosewood	Rosy brown	Rust

Rusty red	Salmon	Salmon pink	Scarlet	Syracuse red-orange	Tea rose (red)	Tomato	Turkey red	Vermilion	Wine

A typical sample is shown for each name; a range of color-variations is commonly associated with each color-name.

See also

References

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