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Pale Empire Green |
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Empire Yellow |
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Deep Empire Green |
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Empire Grey |
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Empire Red |
Empire colours
This historic colour appears to have been originally used for the furniture and hangings of the State Rooms of First and Second French Empires. It became the fashion of the time and may have originated as an imitation of the Chinese Cucumber Ware popular during the First Empire. Its tint was fixed by the regulations of the dyers of the state.
Judging from some examples of the green porcelain displayed in cabinets designed by Percier and Fontain, Architects of the period, it is highly probable that Gros Vert (Cucumber Green) was the inspiration of this colour.
What DOT did with historical colour on the designerpaint web site