I want my #writing (#romance #London #Year1819) to avoid words that are *too* anachronistic, so I referred to #WernersNomenclature of #Colours in order to describe a dress.
It proved more challenging than I'd thought. Not because there isn't a good range of colours, but because the names just aren't #romantic enough for me. The #red I dreamt of is "Gallstone Yellow" & in order to imagine "Straw Yellow", you'd have to picture a #PolarBear. Sienna Yellow? "Vent parts of Tail of #BirdOfParadise."