Payne's grey

Payne's grey
Payne's grey
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#536878
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(83, 104, 120)
HSV (h, s, v)	(206°, 31%, 47%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(43, 19, 234°)
Source	Ridgway:
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Greyish blue
	B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte);

Payne's grey is a dark blue-grey colour used in painting. Originally a mixture of iron blue (Prussian blue), yellow ochre and crimson lake,^[2] Payne's grey now is often a mixture of blue (ultramarine, phthalocyanine, or indigo) and black,^[3]^[4] or of ultramarine and burnt sienna.^{[citation needed]} The colour is named after William Payne, who painted watercolours in the late 18th century, who most likely developed the colour while trying to produce a mixer that was less intense than black.^[2] Payne's grey was deemed an obsolete term in the early 19th century, but is still used by artists today.^[2]^[3]

The first recorded use of "Payne's grey" as a colour name in English was in 1835.^[5]

The normalized colour coordinates for Payne's grey are identical to dark electric blue, which was formalized as a colour in the ISCC–NBS system in 1955.^[6]

^ Of the various tones of Payne's Grey shown on the web page of the Ridgway color list, the color displayed in the color box above matches most closely the color called Payne's Gray in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the color Payne's Gray is displayed on page 117, Plate 47, Color Sample A9.
^ ^a ^b ^c St. Clair, Kassia (2016). The secret lives of colour. London. pp. 266–267. ISBN 978-1-4736-3081-9. OCLC 936144129.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 201; Colour Sample of Payne's Grey: Page 117 Plate 47 Colour Sample A9
^ "ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Colo(u)r Names (1955)". tx4.us. Archived from the original on 2012-11-22. Retrieved 2022-10-11.

[1] Of the various tones of Payne's Grey shown on the web page of the Ridgway color list, the color displayed in the color box above matches most closely the color called Payne's Gray in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the color Payne's Gray is displayed on page 117, Plate 47, Color Sample A9.

[:1-2] St. Clair, Kassia (2016). The secret lives of colour. London. pp. 266–267. ISBN 978-1-4736-3081-9. OCLC 936144129.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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[5] Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 201; Colour Sample of Payne's Grey: Page 117 Plate 47 Colour Sample A9

[6] "ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Colo(u)r Names (1955)". tx4.us. Archived from the original on 2012-11-22. Retrieved 2022-10-11.

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