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Other blue colors1/23/2024 ![]() You have to see the base to identify the marbling best.īlue Swirl (Opaque marbleized Imperial Art Glass – Free Hand or Lead Lustre pieces are found with this exterior and an iridized interior). Only 10 or less pieces of this reported in Carnival Glass. Those that are NOT Westmoreland (like Fenton Holly) tend to be a very Blue base with light opal on the edges (and may not have been production colors).īlue Slag (Opaque marbled Blue base glass – can be called Sorbini) NOT the same as a slag effect, where the base glass has streaks of white in the clear base color – this is actually marbled. ![]() We currently have 22 patterns in the HoC database in this color – the majority are Westmoreland. Often the opal is so heavy that only the base is actually blue and the opal is a light blue opaque color. Fenton originally called this Royal Blue, sometimes people call it Cobalt Blue.īlue Jade (Opaque to translucent light robin’s egg-like blue or blue-green glass – at this time, specific only to Northwood Stretch glass patterns – and the Stretch Glass collectors call it Jade Blue)īlue Milk Glass (Opaque to translucent light blue (or blue-green) glass – specific only to Westmoreland patterns).īlue Opal (Blue base glass with milky white or milky blue opal tips or edges.) The range of different blue colors that make up this category are all the way across the color scale. The definition simply says, ‘a very pale blue color’.)īlue (A primary color, typically used when the shade is not mixed with green/red). It is what carnival collectors usually call Ice Blue (and will typically be frosty). This phenomenon is usually pattern based.Īquamarine (see Ice Blue for Carnival references -Described as a mixture of green, cyan and blue, this color is strictly used by Hooked for Stretch Glass at this time. ![]() The same issue is seen with this color as the other two variations of Aqua Opal – often the actual blue tone in the base is NOT aqua, BUT with many patterns, no matter the actual shade of blue, it will be reported as Aqua Opal Pastel. The Corn Vase has some marigold/orangey on the top 1/3 but would probably not be as likely to be called Butterscotch.Īqua Opal Pastel (Aqua Base color with white or light blue, milky edge or tips AND has a predominantly light iridescence with blues/pinks/yellows– very easy to see the base glass color.) The top two left Tree Trunk vases could be classified as Aqua Opal Butterscotch. You will need to go by the pattern as much as by the actual color.Īqua Opal Butterscotch (Aqua Base color with white or light blue, milky edge or tips AND has a predominantly marigold/orangey iridescence.) The Corn Vase below looks a true Aqua Opal, the Tree Trunk vases run the gamut from what looks like Aqua Opal to Blue Opal or Sapphire Blue Opal, but they were all classified as Aqua Opal.) Incorrect, BUT because there is no ‘color wheel’ for us, that is the term. In carnival glass, MANY pieces that are actually a different shade of blue (but with an opal edge) are classified as Aqua Opal. These are the blue shades currently in the Hooked on Carnival database as of July 2021.Īqua (Sits between green and blue in the color wheel.)Īqua/Marigold Overlay (Sits between green and blue in the color wheel – the glass has a marigold iridescence that may cover almost the entire piece – usually leaving the feet or base as the only real way to tell the color.)Īqua Opal (Aqua Opalescent – Aqua base color with white or light blue, milky edge or tips). We do our best to stay the course, but there will always be points of contention. We will attempt to sort them out over a period of time.Īnd lastly, because often you don’t have something to compare, it is exceedingly difficult to remain consistent. Violet Blue is, to date, only found on Imperial patterns).įourth – when we started collecting some 35 years ago, almost any light blue base with an opalescent edge was thrown into the ‘Aqua Opalescent’ classification, and many of them, using this document, will not be correct. Third – some colors seem to be very much manufacturer specific (i.e. Second, colors can look different on each person’s device or monitor (as well as with a different photo background). In the carnival glass collecting community, through the years colors have been assigned that do NOT match those color names in other venues (color wheel, gemstone, etc.) but that are rather locked in place and will be called something specific in our hobby. We were asked to put together a document that would assist us in being able to more correctly identify colors of pieces sold at auction, so this is the result of that request. Shades of Blue (in Carnival Glass) by the Hooked on Carnival Team
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