Dupont Pyralin Color Names?

[BamaPen]

Does anyone have a list of the names that Dupont called their various colors of pyralin (celluloid)? Better yet, how about pictures with the names?

 

John

[Vintagepens]

I'm not sure if we know what names Dupont used, as opposed to the names used by the pen companies that bought Dupont celluloid.

[BamaPen]

I'm not sure if we know what names Dupont used, as opposed to the names used by the pen companies that bought Dupont celluloid.

Yes, that is exactly the issue I'm dealing with. I have a list of colors that a certain pen company used, and their ads say they used Dupont Pyralin, but some of the names leave much to the imagination. Some are pretty obvious, especially with some of the pens in hand to go by, but others are not.

 

Here's the list:

• rouge antique - I have a pen that is red with antique gold marbling, so that seems to match
• marine foliage - is this my green and black marbled pen or one with blue and gold - marine implies water/blue, but foliage implies green
• amber gold - I think I have this one figured out
• silver ebony - I have one that is silver and black marbled, so probably matches this one
• sparkling burgundy - Again, I have one that I think is this one
• morocco mist - I have no idea what color this might be
• ebony - OK, black..

[pen2paper]

Try Dupont Magazine held at U of Illinois, Chemistry - remote storage

early issues heavy on all thing that explode ; )

 

though there is The Du Pont Products Store with interior window products shots, Atlantic City, NJ, Pennsylvania Avenue & The Boardwalk

 

if you can access later issues, when they are less impressed with things that go BOOM, you should see advertisements.

celluloid collars in this issue, 20's.

Edited October 20, 2014 by pen2paper

[kirchh]

I suspect that the names were applied by the maker of the finished articles; du Pont might have had names for the raw materials they sold, but manufacturers were certainly free to craft their own labels. As evidence for this, we see what appear to be the same materials called by different names when used by different penmakers.

 

--Daniel

[BamaPen]

I suspect that the names were applied by the maker of the finished articles; du Pont might have had names for the raw materials they sold, but manufacturers were certainly free to craft their own labels. As evidence for this, we see what appear to be the same materials called by different names when used by different penmakers.

 

--Daniel

Daniel,

I expect you are correct, but on the off chance that my penmaker happened to use Dupont's names, I thought it would be worth the effort to find out what Dupont called the materials.

John