How to identify your colours on new Conway Stewart Pens

[Mary Burke]

Hi,

 

I notice there are many posts that refer to colour identification, whether it be by having images of the pen or trying to figure out the barrel code number. So, to help you identify the colour on your modern Conway Stewart pen, below is a list of the majority of colours with their corresponding numbers. Some of these colours are no longer available, but I thought it would be interesting to share with you this information.

• AMBER 605
• AMETHYST 621
• AUTUMN 548
• AZURE 625
• BLACK WHIRL 626
• BLUE STARDUST 390
• BLUE TIFFANY O3
• BRACKETS BROWN 368
• BRONZE 609
• BROWN WHIRL 374
• BURGUNDY BLUSH 623
• BUTTONFILL BURGUNDY 611
• CARDINAL RED 547
• CHERRY BLOSSOM PINK 808
• CHERRY RED 617
• CLASSIC BLACK O58
• CLASSIC CLARET 384
• CLASSIC GREEN 472
• COPPER BRONZE 544
• CORAL GREEN 620
• CRACKED ICE (CASEIN)556
• CRÈME DE MENTHE 557
• CRIMSON BLUSH 392
• DARTMOOR 615
• DEMO 601
• EMERALD GREEN 610
• FIRE RED 552
• FLECKED AUTUMN 376
• FLAME RED OO7
• FLECKED AMETHYST 377
• FRESIAN 624
• GARNET RED 394
• GREEN WHIRL 370
• HEATHER 604
• HONEY NOIRE 606
• IVORY (CASEIN) O15
• LAPIS BLUE 382
• LAVA 543
• LAVENDER 543
• LE TIGRE 549
• LILAC 909
• MARBLE BLUE 471
• METEOR 381
• MINT GREEN 707
• NEBULA 378
• OCEAN BLUE 551
• OPAL 618
• ORANGE WHIRL 629
• OXFORD BLUE STRIPE 602
• PATRIOT 603
• PEACH MELBA 627
• PEPPERED WHITE 383
• PURPLE AMETHYST 607
• QUARTZ BURGUNDY 608
• QUARTZ GREEN 614
• QUARTZ WHITE 616
• RAZOR SHELL 375
• RED STARDUST 391
• RED WHIRL 375
• SANDSTONE 395
• SAPPHIRE BLUE 622
• SCARLET WHIRL 628
• SEA GREEN 546
• SEPIA BLUE 548
• SHERBET LEMON 545
• SHINGLE 379
• SILVER STORM 612
• SILVER STREAK 619
• STORM 396
• TURQUOISE FLECK 393
• WHITE WHIRL 372
• WOODGRAIN 613
• WOODLAND GREEN 553
• YELLOW TIFFANY 554
• YELLOW WHIRL 371

 

 

Kind regards,

 

Mary Burke

maryburke@conwaystewart.co.uk

[OneRiotOneRanger]

Mary -

 

First, thank you.

 

Second, I'm about to look a gift horse in the mouth: as one of those asking questions about colors recently, I checked my pen barrels against your list, and the numbers on the barrels of my Azure, Le Tigre and Yellow Tiffany (#58 ballpoint) pens bear no correlation to the numbers in your post.

 

Please clarify.

 

Thank you.

[Bradley]

I own a green ballpen -- #58, I believe -- and the barrel number is 08/051. Like OneRiotOneRanger, I don't quite see how this jibes with the above list.

 

Thank you.

[Mary Burke]

Hi,

 

The colours and code numbers I recently posted relate to production pieces under the new management. I was not working for Conway Stewart when Don Yendle owned the company so I cannot speak for the earlier numbering system, sorry.

 

Many times when Don produced pens, he would make every colour a limited edition, say out of 500 or so. Under new management the resin series is not limited, unless it has a special theme or material, for example the Clogau Gold, ebonite and white casein.

 

With kind regards,

 

Mary Burke

[girlieg33k]

Mary,

 

Thank you for this! I've just printed it and also emailed it to myself.

 

Kate

Edited November 26, 2007 by girlieg33k

[scholiast]

Mary,

 

Thank you -- I will find this list extremely useful.

[Greg]

The interesting nicety is that there (appears to be) only occasional reasoning to the numbering, rather like the original CS numbering system.

 

 

Greg