Below you will find over 80
named colors to help you accurately describe your sea glass and
identify rare or valuable sea glass...very
important when buying or selling!
Here is a complete sea
and beach glass color chart to help you
identify the color of your sea glass.
This full color spectrum
sea glass color chart shows many of the 130
colors that show on a computer screen (some colors were deemed not
applicable to sea glass).
It helps you to accurately describe the glass
color that you have. This is very important when collecting sea glass
and selling sea glass.
Try this out:
Take a shard of sea glass.
Hold it up with a piece of white paper
behind it.
Compare it to the color on the screen.
Now hold the sea
glass up to a muted natural light source, again comparing it to the
screen colors.
It will be quick and easy to eliminate the colors it is
NOT and settle on the standard name for the exact color you have!
NOTE: There are so many nuances to color that
it is naturally
impossible to match many colors to this chart exactly.
~ Use combinations
such as "lime spring green" for a color that falls between two other
colors on the chart and make use of "pale," "bright," "smoky," to
modify colors as needed. ~
Black
Dark
Blue
(Cobalt)
Medium
Blue
Blue
Dark
Green
Green
Teal
Olive
Green
Deep
Sky Blue
Dark Turquoise
Lime
Spring Green
Aqua or
Seafoam
Midnight
Blue
Royal
Sky Blue
Forest
Green
Dark
Slate
Grey
Lime Green Emerald
Turquoise
Royal Blue
Sea Green
Steel
Blue
Medium Turquoise
Indigo
Dark
Olive Green
Cadet
Blue
Cornflower
Blue
Sky Blue
Blue
Violet
Dark
Red
Dark
Magenta
Brown
Dark Sea Green
Medium
Purple
Dark
Violet
Pale Green
Medium Yellow Green
Sienna
Gray
Light Blue
Green Yellow
Pale Turquoise
Powder Blue
Fire
Brick
Dark
Amber
Medium
Orchid
Rosy
Brown
Light
Cyan
Lavendar
Dark
Salmon
Violet
Light
Coral
Burleywood
Orchid
Thistle
Amber
Pale
Violet Red
Crimson
Light
Gray
Khaki
Light
Seafoam
Sandy
Brown
Wheat
Beige
Salmon
Linen
Light
Amber
Old
Lace
Red
Fuchsia
Deep Pink
Orange Red
Tomato
Hot Pink
Coral
Dark
Orange
Light
Salmon
Orange
Light
Pink
Peach
Moccasin
Mistyrose
Blanched
Almond
Lavendar
Blush
Sea
Shell
Corn
Silk
Lemon Chiffon
Floral White
Yellow
Light Yellow
Ivory
White
For more information, follow these links:
Color Spectrum Chart and The Visible Spectrum The visible spectrum is the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that can be detected by the human eye. Electromagnetic radiation in this range of wavelengths is called visible light or simply light.
Have you been wondering how to grade sea glass? Here you will find an explanation of important features in real beach glass and a 5-grade quality scale,
Special - Rare and Unusual Sea Glass Find out what these specials are...peaches, apples, limes, milk... it sounds delicious! And these are colors that you may want to take a look at!
Mosaics and More - Green Sea Glass One of the easiest colors to use for your arts and crafts is green. With the many interesting varieties of green sea glass, see what brings out the artist in you.
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