The Color Kittens The Color Kittens The Color Kittens is a children's book by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Alice and Martin Provensen published as part of the Little Golden Books series in 1949. The story revolves around two kittens, "Hush" and "Brush," who attempt to create green paint through mixing their other paints. Their attempts lead to a variety of different hues—none of them green. The book's famous catch phrase is "Blue is blue, and red is red! They still need green!" Children's book author and illustrator Paul O. Zelinsky, for whom the book was a childhood favorite and inspiration, said that,
Indian red (color) Diderot in 1765, alternate names for Indian red included "what one also calls, however improperly, English Red." The source of this color is: ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955) – Color Sample of English Red (color sample #15). At right is displayed the color kobe. The color "kobe" is a dark tone of Indian red, made like Indian red from iron oxide pigment. The first recorded use of "Kobe" as a color name in English was in 1924. Indian red (color) Indian red is a pigment composed of naturally occurring iron oxides that is widely used in India. Other shades