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| + | *According to E.F. Carter, the GNR locomotive colour was "green of one shade or another";<ref name=Carter45>{{cite book |last=Carter |first=Ernest F. |title=Britain's Railway Liveries 1825-1948 |edition=3rd | date=January 1980 |orig-year=1952 |publisher=Harold Starke |location=London |isbn=0 287 66989 0 |page=45 }}</ref> "bright, almost grass green";<ref name=Carter45 /> "green";{{sfn|Carter|1980|pp=46,47}} "light grass-green";{{sfn|Carter|1980|p=47}} "slightly yellower green than [a colour previously described as green]"{{sfn|Carter|1980|p=47,48}} or "bright green".{{sfn|Carter|1980|p=49}} I have thus settled on a colour {{color box|#00A550}} #00A550 identified as [[Variations of green#Pigment green (grass green)|Grass green]]. | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:34, 16 December 2020
00A550
This is the hexadecimal colour code used for Great Northern Railway (Great Britain) lines.
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- According to E.F. Carter, the GNR locomotive colour was "green of one shade or another";[1] "bright, almost grass green";[1] "green";[2] "light grass-green";[3] "slightly yellower green than [a colour previously described as green]"[4] or "bright green".[5] I have thus settled on a colour #00A550 identified as Grass green.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Carter, Ernest F. (January 1980) [1952]. Britain's Railway Liveries 1825-1948 (3rd ed.). London: Harold Starke. p. 45. ISBN 0 287 66989 0.
- ↑ Carter 1980, pp. 46,47.
- ↑ Carter 1980, p. 47.
- ↑ Carter 1980, p. 47,48.
- ↑ Carter 1980, p. 49.