Because I am all contrary like that
Mar. 26th, 2005 01:20 amBoingBoing reports that Cadbury, the people who bring you those gooey creme eggs at Easter, have trademarked the colour purple. Presumably this is the specific shade that they use, as a later commenter points out that "UPS brown" is Pantone shade 0607298.
When I was working at the Houston Press, the art department had an enormous poster of Pantone shades -- "enormous" as in "it filled most of a wall". News like this makes me wish that I still had access to such a thing, because I would so put together an archive noting down the exact shades which correspond to "Barbie pink", "G.I. Joe green", "McDonald's yellow" and the like.
When I was working at the Houston Press, the art department had an enormous poster of Pantone shades -- "enormous" as in "it filled most of a wall". News like this makes me wish that I still had access to such a thing, because I would so put together an archive noting down the exact shades which correspond to "Barbie pink", "G.I. Joe green", "McDonald's yellow" and the like.