List of chameleon colours

[louise_elouise]

Hi! Searched around but didn’t find anything.

Hermes produced a breadth and depth of colours that are unparalleled. Of favourite to me are the chameleon colours. Wondering if I knew them…here is my list of colours (and including a list of my known non-chameleon colours!)

Chameleons
- etoupe
- etain
- bleu nuit
- rubis (from cherry red to brick red)
- vert cypres
- bleu Brighton (from periwinkle to French blue)
- rose extreme (bright pink to almost red)


Non chameleons
- noir
- orange
- craie (debatable!)
- nata
- bamboo
- vert certigo
- rose azalea
- Sakura


Please add away!

 

[Sferics]

I have an Evy in bugainvillea which I greet with "Well, what's the mood today?"

Chameleons
- etoupe
- etain
- bleu nuit
- rubis (from cherry red to brick red)
- vert cypres
- bleu Brighton (from periwinkle to French blue)
- rose extreme (bright pink to almost red)
- bougainvillea (red/pink/orange)

Non chameleons
- noir
- orange
- craie (debatable!)
- nata
- bamboo
- vert certigo
- rose azalea
- Sakura

 

[fashiongodess*]

I have an Evy in bugainvillea which I greet with "Well, what's the mood today?"

Chameleons
- etoupe
- etain
- bleu nuit
- rubis (from cherry red to brick red)
- vert cypres
- bleu Brighton (from periwinkle to French blue)
- rose extreme (bright pink to almost red)
- bougainvillea (red/pink/orange)
- capucine (red/orange)

- blue glacier (grey/blue)

Non chameleons
- noir
- orange
- craie (debatable!)
- nata
- bamboo
- vert certigo
- rose azalea
- Sakura

 

[QuelleFromage]

Are we talking about colors that change in different lights? All colors vary, many greatly, by dye lot and leather; for instance I have a Noir Togo bag that does look different colors in different lights, and chèvre's sheen also makes it quite chameleonic. Same with shiny croc and gator.

I think Craie/Nata are both pretty changeable actually, but some of the more indefinable colors I can think of just off the top of my head besides the ones listed...

Bleu Glacier
Raisin
Colvert
Bleu Orage
Bleu Obscur
Havanne
Vert Bronze
Deep Blue
Prunoir
Lagon
Malachite
Vert de Gris
Cocoan
Argile

 

[umamanikam]

Rouge sellier another chameleon color .

 

[allanrvj]

Volynka. Sometimes brown, sometimes red

 

[Sferics]

Hahaha, I thought we would copy the list and add our suggested colors

 

[papertiger]

Chameleons
- GT light brown to pinky-grey
- Graphite/Plomb greys worn with black, or blacks worn with light neutrals or colours
- Etain from grey to brown and back again
- Prune from purple to brown
- Rouge H from red worn with cool to brown mixed with autumnal shades
- Malachite - blue to green and back again
- Capucine from orange to corral to light red
- Bambou from mid-green (shade/indoors) to spring green (in sunshine)
- Rose extreme (pink to red, but always gorgeous!)


Non chameleons
- noir
- Rubis, always a pink-red
- Chocolate, always a rich, warm brown
- Gold, always golden mid-tan

 

[mktlim]

I would add Caban to the list, looks black in low light and a dark blue in the sunlight.

 

[cravin]

Chameleon:

Bleu Zellige
Vert de Gris

 

[HBfan81]

For me vert amande is one of the prettiest chameleon colors

 

[Ladybaga]

Add Blue Indigo to the Chameleon list.
My kelly can look black in certain lighting (especially at night ) but in the daylight or bright indoor lighting, she looks navy.

 

[DrTr]

Great thread!

My favorite chameleon is my Rose poupre! From a deep more purple to a very bright purple pink depending on lighting.

Rose tyrien usually looks the same gorgeous very bright pink, but light can change it too (nerd that I am I bought a multi-use flashlight, one setting being a black light to see if RT really glows in the dark. It does!!) and I checked my H boxes for the hidden carriage logo.

Noir mostly looks the same but in some lights it is such a gorgeous inky black, then more of a deep deep gray.

H really does astonish with color!

 

[themk888]

Gris Meyer is a chameleon colour as well. In bright white lighting, it appear as a cooler tone blue-ish grey. In warm boutique lighting, it appears green-ish grey.