ILLEGAL COLORS

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Wait, What Do You Mean Illegal?

All of the colors on this page are trade marked in a way that functions just like a word or phrase that's been trade marked; they are used by corporations for branding. Therefore you, legally, cannot use this as a competitor in the same field. And if you are... I don't know, a very infamous artist by the name of Yves Klein. That means an entire color of pigment cannot be replicated (as shown in this article).

List of Illegal Colors

COLOR CODE #f0bbd5 (aprox.)
COLOR NAME PINK
"OWNER" Owens Corning
NOTES Owens Corning was the first U.S. company to trademark a color.

COLOR CODE #351C15
COLOR NAME UPS Brown
"OWNER" United Parcel Service, Inc.
NOTES The hex code here is confirmed accurate via the UPS website

COLOR CODE #320073
COLOR NAME Cadbury Purple
"OWNER" Cadbury

COLOR CODE #FFFF99 (aprox.)
COLOR NAME Canary Yellow
"OWNER" 3M Company

COLOR CODE #002FA7
COLOR NAME International Klein Blue
"OWNER" The Yves Klein Estate

COLOR CODE #DA1884
COLOR NAME Barbie Pink
"OWNER" Mattel, Inc.

COLOR CODE #81D8D0
COLOR NAME Tiffany Blue
"OWNER" Tiffany & Co.

COLOR CODE #E20074
COLOR NAME Telekom's magenta
"OWNER" Deutsche Telekom AG

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