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Record 1 2015-06-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wool Industry
CONT

Domestic wools are classified as bright, semi-bright, and dark, depending on color, condition, and shrinkage.

PHR

Dark fleece, wool.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie lainière
CONT

Les laines de bergerie se classent en claires, semi-claires et foncées, selon leur couleur, leur état et leur rendement.

PHR

Laine, toison foncée.

Spanish

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Record 2 2000-09-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Grain Growing
  • Milling and Cereal Industries
OBS

Wheat which as a result of unfavourable harvesting conditions, storage or ripening has lost is natural colour, does not receive a subtype number and becomes "darkened" or "bleached".

Key term(s)
  • darkened wheat

French

Domaine(s)
  • Culture des céréales
  • Minoterie et céréales
OBS

Le blé qui, par suite de conditions défavorables de moisson, d'entreposage ou de maturation, a perdu sa couleur naturelle n'est pas indiqué par sous-type et devient "foncé" ou "décoloré".

Key term(s)
  • blé foncé

Spanish

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Record 3 1994-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textiles: Preparation and Processing
  • Pigments and Colours (Arts)
  • Dyes and Pigments (Industries)
OBS

A colour is deep.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Apprêt et traitements divers (Textiles)
  • Pigments et couleurs (Arts)
  • Teintures et pigments (Industries)
CONT

Une couleur profonde; une couleur foncée; un bleu profond; un vert foncé.

Spanish

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Record 4 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Inks and Colour Reproduction (Graphic Arts)
OBS

(H. nat, T.G.C.)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Encres et couleurs (Industrie graphique)

Spanish

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