What Colour Is Green George V Royal Cypher Colour Shades

Hi to all.

This is from an insert in the Stanley Gibbons Stamp Monthly.

It makes you wonder about all the different descriptions of colours.
This one is just the greens, what about the blues, reds etc
Regards
Horamakhet

Horamkhet, I have several copies of this KGV stamp but never imagined that there are so many shades. Thanks for posting.

Great thread Horamkhet

I lost count with the amount of stamps I have of these derfinitives and it is great to see what exactly is out there to examine.

Chimo

Bujutsu

I actively collect the shades of these issues. If you stare at them long enough, they all begin to run together and you tend to get very discouraged. I bought the deep dull yellow green ("apple green") from Arthur Ryan. I have a hard time convincing myself that it is that different from the yellow green shade. I guess it is a case of I will have to accept the opinion of those more knowledgeable than I.

The Cypress green shade goes for thousands of pounds. Needless to say it will never be mine.

This is a color study of Australia KGV 2nd Wmk. I am trying to put together.

Here is a color study of the 1d Australia KGV CofA Wmk.

and how much is just plain aging and sunlight?

These virities are listed in Stanley Gibbons.

How about the GB KGV 6d? Here's just six of the shades

Moldman with KGV 1d Reds, the one large crown watermark is usually termed - Single Crown watermark. The Roo series has 1st,2nd,3rd etc w/m's