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Colours reflected. | Thickness in thousandth parts of an inch. |
Names of the Colours, or substances having them. | ||
In air. | In water. | In glass. | ||
1st Order. | ||||
Very black | 12 | 38 | 1031 | |
Black | 1 | 34 | 2031 | |
Beginning of black | 2 | 112 | 127 | |
Blue | 225 | 145 | 11120 | Whitish sky-blue. |
White | 514 | 378 | 325 | Tarnished silver. |
Yellow | 719 | 513 | 435 | Straw colour. |
Orange | 8 | 6 | 516 | Dried orange-peel. |
Red | 9 | 634 | 545 | Geranium Sanguineum. |
2nd Order. | ||||
Violet | 1116 | 838 | 715 | Iodine. |
Indigo | 1256 | 958 | 8211 | Indigo. |
Blue | 14 | 1012 | 9 | Cobalt blue. |
Green | 1518 | 1113 | 957 | Water, aquamarine. |
Yellow | 1627 | 1215 | 1025 | Lemon. |
Orange | 1729 | 13 | 1119 | Orange. |
Bright red | 1815 | 1334 | 1156 | Bright May-pink. |
Scarlet | 1923 | 1434 | 1223 | |
3rd Order. | ||||
Purple | 21 | 1534 | 131120 | Flax-blossom. |
Indigo | 22110 | 1647 | 1414 | Indigo. |
Blue | 2325 | 171120 | 15110 | Prussian blue. |
Green | 2515 | 18910 | 1614 | Bright meadow green. |
Yellow | 2717 | 2013 | 1712 | White wood. |
Red | 29 | 2134 | 1857 | Rose. |
Bluish red | 32 | 24 | 2023 | |
4th Order. | ||||
Bluish green | 34 | 2512 | 22 | |
Green | 3527 | 2612 | 2234 | Emerald. |
Yellowish green | 36 | 27 | 2329 | |
Red | 4013 | 3014 | 26 | Pale pink. |
5th Order. | ||||
Greenish blue | 46 | 3412 | 2923 | Sea-green. |
Red | 5212 | 3938 | 34 | Pale pink. |
6th Order. | ||||
Greenish blue | 5834 | 44 | 38 | Light sea-green. |
Red | 65 | 4834 | 42 | Paler red. |
7th Order. | ||||
Greenish blue | 71 | 5314 | 4545 | Very faint. |
Ruddy white | 77 | 5734 | 4923 | Ditto. |