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Abbreviations of Color-Name Sources
The names are listed according to ISCC-NBS color designation from the following sources:
| Maerz and Paul, Dictionary of Color, 1st ed. | |
| Plochere Color System | |
| Ridgway, Color Standards and Color Nomenclature | |
| Taylor, Knoche, Granville, Descriptive Color Names Dictionary | |
| Textile Color Card Association, Standard Color Card of America and U. S. Army Color Card | |
| A | American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists and Society of Dyers and Colourists |
| B | Color Terminology in Biology, H. A. Dade |
| F | Federal Specification TT-C-595, Colors; (for) Ready-Mixed Paints |
| H | Horticultural Colour Charts, R. F. Wilson |
| MUP | Commercial Standard CS147-47, Colors for Molded Urea Plastics |
| PSP | Commercial Standard CS156-49, Colors for Polystyrene Plastics |
| RC | National Research Council, Rock-Color Chart |
| S | Postage-Stamp Color Names, William H. Beck |
| SC | U. S. Department of Agriculture Soil Color Charts |
The following abbreviations designate the branch of the U. S. Government using the color name:
| (Agr) | Department of Agriculture |
| (AN) | Army-Navy (See Army-Navy Aircraft Standard Colors and Army-Navy Aircraft Camouflage Standard Colors) |
| (BuOrd) | Bureau of Ordnance, Navy Department |
| (CAA) | Civil Aeronautics Administration, Department of Commerce |
| (Eng) | U. S. Engineers, U. S. Army |
| (FS) | Forest Service, Department of Agriculture |
| (MC) | U. S. Marine Corps, Navy Department |
| (MA) | Maritime Administration, Department of Commerce |
| (N) | Navy Department |
| (PC) | The Panama Canal |
| (PO) | Post Office Department |
| (PBS) | Public Buildings Service, General Services Administration |
| (PR) | Bureau of Public Roads, Department of Commerce |
| (QM) | Quartermaster Corps, U. S. Army |
| (SCS) | Soil Conservation Service, Department of Agriculture# |
| (TC) | Transportation Corps, U. S. Army |
| (Y&D) | Bureau of Yards and Docks, Navy Department |
| (USA) | U. S. Army (See Supplement to U. S. Army Specification, 3-1, 1943; also U. S. Army Color Card Published by the Textile Color Card Association) |
