Frankoma Glazes & Colors

	Glaze & Color Seminar Frankoma Reunion 1997
	BROWNS
Brown Satin - Rutile*	Two shades of Brown	1958-94
Buckskin Tan	Light Tan like deerskin moccasins	1954
Coffee	Medium Brown	1973-88
Fawn Brown	Butterscotch, usually with flecks	1934-42
Maple #	Butterscotch, lighter than Fawn Brown	circa 1942
Mocha Brown	Milk Chocolate Brown	1934-35
Osage Brown	Mottled Brown with hint of Orange	1933-42
Rubbed Bisque	Dark Woodtone	1973-SA
Saddle Brown	Light milk chocolate color	1954
Sorghum Brown	Very dark Brown	1951-54

	GREENS
Blue-Gray Jade	Blue-Green	1933-42
Country Green	Imitation Granite Ware color	1995-SA
Forest Green	Dark Green	1993-SA
Jade Green	Slightly Bluer than Silver Sage with splecks	1934-38
Olive Green		1982
Patina/Verde Bronze	Earliest sometimes all Green	1933-39
Pompeiian Bronze	Dark Green with patches of Burnt Gold	1933-38
Prairie Green - Rutile*	Green and Golden Brown	1939-95
Silver Sage	Waxy Pale Jade Green	circa 1942
Teal	Dark Blue-Green	1990-SA
Turquoise**	Heavy, thick, like Indian jewelry	1942
Turquoise	Translucent	1951-52 & 1955-57
Verde Green	Translucent Emerald	1933-36

	BLUES
Clay Blue	Satiny-Blue--solid color	1953-61
Cobalt	Vivid Dark Blue	1994-95
Country Blue	Imitation Granite Ware color	1988-SA
Freedom Blue	Medium Blue	1976-78
Indian Blue	Original name for Peacock Blue
Light Blue #	Lighter than Sky Blue	circa 1942
Medium Blue	Semi-Matte, solid color Blue	circa 1934-37
Morning Glory Blue	Used only for V10 and V11 Vases	1978-79
Mountain Haze	Light Bluish-Gray	1987-92
Navy	Very Dark Blue	1985-SA
Peacock Blue	Turquoise with patches of Royal Blue	1942-50
Robin Egg Blue	Light Blue with Dark Blue flecks	1979-92
Royal Blue	Vivid medium-dark Glue--solid color	1934-42
Sky Blue	Light Blue, solid color	circa 1942
Woodland Moss--Rutile*	Medium Blue and Brown	1960-74

	YELLOWS AND GOLDS
Autumn Yellow	Bright Yellow	1975-90
Cream #	Bright Yellow Used for Golden Guernsey Dairy	1935-37
Desert Gold--early called (Old Gold)	Creamy Beige and Gold	1933-38
Desert Gold--Rutile*	Creamy Beige and Golden Brown	1939-95
Old Gold	Semi-Matte solid, deep Yellow	1934-42
Sunflower Yellow	Medium Yellow with Brown flecks	1958-60

	REDS, PINKS, ROSES
Cabernet	Cranberry Red, AKA Mulberry in 1984	1992-SA
Cherokee Red	Dark murky Plum	1934-38
Chinese Red	Bright Red	circa 1942
Desert Rose #	Mottled Orchid, AKA Rosetone	circa 1942
Blood Red	Jewelry only--later Freedom Red	1955-57
Dusty Rose	Matte dull Pink	circa 1942
Flame	Red-Orange	1964-92
Freedom Red	Bright Red	1976-78
Mauve	Light Rose	1992-93
Peach	Pinkish Color	1989-92
Peach Glow--Rutile*	Peach and Brown	1962-74
Plum	Dark Purple	1994-SA
Red Bud	Mottled Orchid and Lilac	1949-54
Terra Cotta Rose	Glossy bright Pink	1955-57
Wisteria	Lavender	1983-85

	NEUTRAL COLORS
Bone	Off-White	1993-SA
Dove Gray	Off-White Medium Gray with slight Greenish-Blue cast	1934-38
Eggshell #	Early thick Off-White	1933-42
Flat Black		1973-75
Gunmetal	Silvery, metallic Black--like a gun barrel--Matte early, very shiny later	1934-38
Ivory		1934-42
Onyx Black	Earliest sometimes iridescent	1933-SA
Terra Cotta	Clay color--varies with clay	1980-SA
White #	Semi-Matte, very white and thick	circa 1942
White Sand	Thin White with clay showing thru in places	1942-95

* = Rutile Glazes	Definite color changes on or about 1954 and 1970 due to changes in clay and rutile.
** = Turquoise used with Ada clay 1951-52,	resumed with Sapulpa clay 1955-57.
# = Glazes so noted, while not listed as such in available catalogs,	have been observed on pieces which can be dated by their know dates of production.

	Frank Potteries Glaze Colors--1933--from early salesman's brochure in John Frank's own hand
#1	Verde Green
#2	Bronze Green
#3	Maple Brown
#4	Chinese Red
#6	Fawn
#7	__________ Blue
#9	Gunmetal
#10	Onyx Black
#13	Eggshell
#15	White
#16	Pompeiian
_____________	Transparent Green

	NEW COLORS INTRODUCED IN 1998
Cornflower Blue
Butter Yellow
Spring Green
Lavender

Gibb & Bev Green

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