Rosco E-Colour Numeric Index
       
Colour Number Name Suggested Uses Y %
  002 Rose Pink Musical pink. Lush accents. Very versatile color. 52.36
  003 Lavender Tint Touch of color when white light is not desirable. 74.48
  004 Medium Bastard Amber Good where a tint of color is needed. Excellent for natural skin tones. 61.05
  007 Pale Yellow Slightly warm tint for interiors. 88.73
  008 Dark Salmon Enhances dark skin tones, sunsets, ballroom sets. 37.00
  009 Pale Amber Deep straw. Good for late afternoon sunsets or firelight. 69.90
  010 Medium Yellow Yellow with green. Good for special effects. Unflattering in acting areas. 83.91
  013 Straw Tint Much less green than in other straws. Suggests warm sunlight glow when contrasted with ambers and blues. 70.80
  015 Deep Straw Warm golden amber with some green. Useful for special effects-candlelight, firelight. 61.16
  017 Surprise Peach Skin tones - mood light. 18.55
  019 Fire Strong red amber. Excellent for fire effects. 17.01
  020 Medium Amber Afternoon sunlight. Lamplight and candlelight. Tends to depress color pigment values. 57.61
  021 Gold Amber Useful for amber cyc light and late sunsets. 37.00
  022 Dark Amber Very useful as a backlight. Dramatic specials and firelight. 24.00
  024 Scarlet Very deep amber. Red with a touch of blue. 20.00
  025 Sunrise Red Very useful as a backlight. Dramatic specials and firelight. 27.00
  026 Bright Red Cycloramas. 6.81
  027 Medium Red Good red primary for use with three-color light primary systems in cyclorama lighting, footlights, and border lights. 3.31
  029 Plasa Red Fire effect, musicals, cycloramas. 6.00
  035 Light Pink Similar to 36, but slightly lighter. 66.00
  036 Medium Pink Good for general washes and cross lighting. 46.00
  039 Pink Carnation A cool pink excellent for washes and general illumination. A good follow spot color. A component of early morning sunrise. 60.00
  046 Dark Magenta Very strong pink, good for back lighting. 6.00
  052 Light Lavender Excellent for general area washes. A basic followspot color. 37.80
  058 Lavender Backlight. 9.00
  061 Mist Blue Excellent for general area washes. A very light cool tint. 63.00
  063 Pale Blue Cycloramas, cool wash. 54.48
  068 Sky Blue Night effect, cycloramas. 13.00
  071 Tokyo Blue Deep blue, use for midnight scenes, cycloramas. 0.92
  075 Evening Blue Good for night scenes, romantic moonlight. 12.42
  079 Just Blue Cycloramas. 7.55
  085 Deeper Blue Moonlight, strong back lighting. 3.00
  088 Lime Green Sunny spring mornings. 69.00
  089 Moss Green Useful for mood, mystery or toning. 31.10
  090 Dark Yellow Green Highlighting for forest effects. 10.57
  100 Spring Yellow Sunlight wash - use with gobos - disco - dark skin tones. 71.34
  101 Yellow A bright, vibrant yellow that evokes exotic sunlight. Use with caution on skin. 80.00
  102 Light Amber Much less green than in other straws. Suggests warm sunlight glow when contrasted with ambers and blues. 75.00
103 Straw Warmer straw. Flattering to skin tones. 82.00
  104 Deep Amber Sunlight, accents, area lighting with caution to skin tones. 64.00
  105 Orange Afternoon sunlight. Lamplight and candlelight. Tends to depress color pigment values. 41.00
  106 Primary Red Vibrant red. Good alternative primary. 9.00
  107 Light Rose General wash. Good for follow spots. 48.00
  108 English Rose Heavier pink-amber tint. Useful for dance. Especially useful when balanced with a cool color. Good general warm tint in striplights. 67.91
  109 Light Salmon Interesting backlight. 55.00
  110 Middle Rose Pleasing effects for theatrical lighting. 47.00
  111 Dark Pink Good for cycloramas. 32.00
  113 Magenta Very strong - used carefully for small areas on set. 11.00
  115 Peacock Blue Good for fantasy, moonlight and water effects. 35.00
  116 Medium Blue Green Used on foliage in moonlight areas or for creating a mood of mystery. Good for toning scenery painted in blues, blue-greens and greens. 17.00
  117 Steel Blue Useful for very light midday skies. Occasionally used for general cool tint. 55.00
  118 Light Blue Strong night effect. 22.00
  119 Dark Blue Good for non-realistic night skies. 3.00
  120 Deep Blue Pleasing effect for theatrical lighting. 1.00
  121 Leaf Green Good for dense foliage and woodland effects. 64.00
  122 Fern Green Cycloramas - good for mood effect. 51.00
  124 Dark Green Cycloramas - good for back lighting. 30.00
  126 Mauve Darkest of the magenta purple range. 4.00
  127 Smokey Pink Subdued sunset effect. Useful in backlights. To create seedy atmosphere. 11.95
  128 Bright Pink A deep, saturated pink created for musicals and specials. Excellent for down and backlighting. 14.00
Image not available 129 Heavy Frost A dense diffuser for soft shadowless light. -
  130 Clear Transparent polyester carrier for animation cels or scrollers. -
  131 Marine Blue Good to create eerie and mysterious effects. Good for night time water effects. 26.83
  132 Medium Blue Primary blue. For use with three color light primary system in cyc lighting. 8.00
  134 Golden Amber An amber with some green content. A good sunlight transition color that shows the progression of the sun from white or yellow to amber later in the day. 38.00
  135 Deep Golden Amber Fire effect. 19.00
  136 Pale Lavender Touch of color when white light is not desirable. 43.00
  137 Special Lavender Moonlight, musical / romantic scenes, enhances skin tones. 26.42
  138 Pale Green Sunny spring mornings. 79.87
  139 Primary Green Alternate primary where higher transmission is desired. 15.00
  140 Summer Blue A clean slightly green blue. Goog moonlight fill. 34.75
  141 Bright Blue Pretty or romantic moonlight, cycloramas, night. 19.00
  142 Pale Violet A cool lavender which acts as a neutral in a three color area lighting system. Will work well as a wash for drops or set pieces. Tones the space. Effective as moonlight shadows. 20.14
  143 Pale Navy Blue Moonlight, cyclorama night effect. 16.10
  144 No Colour Blue Moonlight for green seas, cycloramas with 147 to produce sunsets. 32.40
  147 Apricot A rosy amber which produces a romantic sunset color. Useful as sidelight or backlight color. 52.90
  148 Bright Rose Fire effects, musicals. 14.40
  151 Gold Tint A pale blush amber for skin tones and backlight. 69.40
  152 Pale Gold Interior lighting to enhance skin tones. 71.00
  153 Pale Salmon Backlighting in conjunction with white light. 64.80
  154 Pale Rose A clean pale pink; useful as a blush for skin tones. 73.10
  156 Chocolate With 103 Straw in same lantern to produce candlelight. 26.30
  157 Pink Dance sequences (useful for softening white costumes without affecting skin tones). 36.40
  158 Deep Orange Provides a romantic sunlight through windows for evening effects. 30.00
  159 No Colour Straw Slightly off white. Good for interiors. 89.00
  161 Slate Blue Clean medium blue. Good for sky color or moonlight. 25.00
  162 Bastard Amber Good where a tint of color is needed. Excellent for natural skin tones. 78.00
  164 Flame Red Good for firelight or special effects. Use when red with higher yellow content is needed. 18.00
  165 Daylight Blue Excellent sky color. Useful for cyc and border lights. 20.00
  166 Pale Red Cycloramas. 25.00
  169 Lilac Tint Ballroom - dance - backlight - front of house. 20.00
  170 Deep Lavender General area washes. 25.60
  172 Lagoon Blue Floodlit warm wash - underwater scenes - ballet. 16.87
  174 Dark Steel Blue Useful for beams of realistic moonlight. 30.00
  176 Loving Amber Enhances fair skin tones. Suggests strong sunlight. 50.20
  179 Chrome Orange Warm pinkish amber. Afternoon sunset. Good sidelight. 53.90
  180 Dark Lavender A rich lavender which will enhance blue and red costumes and scenic pieces. Excellent for nightime scenes. Rich, vivid accents, good in backgrounds. 6.60
  181 Congo Blue A purple-blue, highly saturated, for modeling effects and non-realistic atmospheres. 1.00
  182 Light Red Theatre and television effect lighting, cycloramas. 11.00
  183 Moonlight Blue Used for dramatic moonlight effects. 18.70
  184 Cosmetic Peach Pale tints complementary to key lighting. 57.00
185 Cosmetic Burgundy Pale tints complementary to key lighting. 52.00
  186 Cosmetic Silver Rose Pale tints complementary to key lighting. 51.00
  187 Cosmetic Rouge Pale tints complementary to key lighting. 54.00
  188 Cosmetic Highlight Pale tints complementary to key lighting. 56.00
  189 Cosmetic Silver Moss Pale tints complementary to key lighting. 61.00
  190 Cosmetic Emerald Pale tints complementary to key lighting. 60.00
  191 Cosmetic Aqua Blue Pale tints complementary to key lighting. 53.00
  192 Flesh Pink Musical and pantomime key lighting. 35.00
  193 Rosey Amber Warm, emotional, romantic. 36.00
  194 Surprise Pink Excellent backlight. Gives good visibility without destroying night illusions. 22.00
  195 Zenith Blue Moonlight for dark sets, cycloramas. 2.70
  196 True Blue Useful for achieving depressed moods and dull skies. 26.60
  197 Alice Blue Very cold brittle feeling. 10.00
  198 Palace Blue Dark moonlight - romantic evening. 2.00
  200 Double CT Blue Tungsten to Daylight 2,800K to 10,000K. 16.20
  201 Full CT Blue Tungsten to Photographic Daylight 3,200K to 5,700K. 36.00
  202 Half CT Blue Converts tungsten to daylight - 3200K to 4300K. 55.00
  203 1/4 CT Blue Converts tungsten to daylight - 3200K to 3600K. 69.20
  204 Full CT Orange Converts daylight to tungsten light - 6500K to 3200K. 55.40
  205 1/2 CT Orange Converts daylight to tungsten light - 6500K to 3800K. 70.80
  206 1/4 CT Orange Converts daylight to tungsten light - 6500K to 4600K. 79.10
  207 CT Orange + 0.3 ND Converts daylight to tungsten 6500K to 3200K and reduces light 1 stop. 32.50
  208 CT Orange + 0.6 ND Converts daylight to tungsten 6500K to 3200K and reduces light 2 stops. 15.60
  209 0.3 Neutral Density Reduces light 1 stop, without changing colour. 51.20
  210 0.6 Neutral Density Reduces light 2 stops, without changing colour. 23.50
  211 0.9 Neutral Density Reduces light 3 stops, without changing colour. 13.70
  212 L.C.T. Yellow Reduces colour temperature of low carbon arcs to 3200K. 88.70
  213 White Flame Green Corrects white flame carbon arcs by absorbing ultra violet. 80.00
Image not available 214 Full Tough Spun A slight diffuser. Softens edge, yet beam shape is maintained. 18.00
Image not available 215 1/2 Tough Spun Similar characteristics to 214, but less dense. 36.00
Image not available 216 White Diffusion A moderate diffuser that creates a soft even effect. 36.00
Image not available 217 Blue Diffusion As white diffusion but with the addition of eighth CTB 36.00
  218 1/8 CT Blue Converts tungsten to daylight - 3200K to 3400K. 81.30
  219 Fluorescent Green Converts tungsten to cool white fluorescent light. 31.00
Image not available 220 White Frost A medium diffuser that softens beam yet maintains beam centre. 39.00
Image not available 221 Blue Frost A slight diffuser combined with Eighth CTB. 42.00
  223 1/8 CT Orange Converts daylight to tungsten light - 6500K to 5550K. 85.2
  224 Daylight Blue Frost 220 combined with Full CTB. 22.00
  225 Neutral Density Frost 220 combined with 0.6 Neutral Density. -
  226 UV Filter Absorbs excess UV from Arcs and HMI. 91.50
Image not available 229 1/4 Tough Spun Similar characteristics to 215, but less dense. 60.00
  236 H.M.I. (To Tungsten) Converts HMI to 3200K, for use with Tungsten film. 58.20
  241 Fluorescent 5700K Converts tungsten to fluorescent light of 5700K (white). 32.00
  242 Fluorescent 4300K Converts tungsten to fluorescent light of 4300K (white). 37.30
  243 Fluorescent 3600K Converts tungsten to fluorescent light of 3600K (warm white). 45.70
  244 Plus Green Adds green when balancing to fluorescent and other discharge sources. Approximately equivalent to CC30 green camera filter. 74.20
  245 1/2 Plus Green Adds green when balancing to fluorescent and other discharge sources. Approximately equivalent to CC15 green camera filter 81.70
  246 1/4 Plus Green Adds green when balancing to fluorescent and other discharge sources. Approximately equivalent to CC075 green camera filter. 84.60
  247 Minus Green Reduces green from fluorescents and other discharge sources. Approximately equivalent to CC30 magenta camera filter. 59.10
  248 1/2 Minus Green Reduces green from fluorescents and other discharge sources. Approximately equivalent to CC15 magenta camera filter. 72.00
  249 1/4 Minus Green Reduces green from fluorescents and other discharge sources. Approximately equivalent to CC75 magenta camera filter 82.40
Image not available 250 1/2 White Diffusion Similar characteristics to 216, but less dense. 60.00
Image not available 251 1/4 White Diffusion Similar characteristics to 250, but less dense. 80.00
Image not available 252 1/8 White Diffusion Similar characteristics to 251, but less dense. >85.0
Image not available 253 Hanover Frost Light frost effect. Softens shadows, reduces hot spots. >85.0
Image not available 256 Half Hanover Frost Similar characteristics to 253, but less dense. >85.0
Image not available 257 Quarter Hanover Frost Similar characteristics to 256, but less dense. >85.0
Image not available 270 Scrim Perforated reflector producing a very soft reflection. Silver on one side and black on reverse. 1 1/2 stops when used as a filter. 36.00
Image not available 271 Mirror Silver Used to bounce light with either hard or soft reflection. Produces hard reflection. White backed. n/a
Image not available 272 Soft Gold Reflector Used to bounce light with either hard or soft reflection. Produces soft reflection. White backed. Mired shift +45. n/a
Image not available 273 Soft Silver reflector Used to bounce light with either hard or soft reflection. Produces soft reflection. White backed. Mired shift +45. n/a
  278 1/8 Plus Green Adds green when balancing to fluorescent and other discharge sources. Approximately equivalent to CC035 green camera filter. 87.70
  279 1/8 Minus Green Reduces green from fluorescents and other discharge sources. Approximately equivalent to CC035 magenta camera filter 86.50
  281 3/4 CT Blue Converts tungsten to daylight - 3200K to 5000K. 45.50
  285 3/4 CT Orange Converts daylight to tungsten light - 6500K to 3600K. 61.30
  298 0.15 Neutral Density Reduces light 1/2 stop, without changing colour. 69.30
  299 1.2 Neutral Density Reduces light 4 stops, without changing colour. 6.60
  322 Soft Green Cool green, use for gobo cover, pantomime, cycloramas. 37.30
  323 Jade Use for underwater scenes, cycloramas, backlighting. 31.00
  325 Mallard Green Good for mood setting, undergrowth. 7.07
  327 Forest Green Deep green, sinister forest scenes, cycloramas, backlighting. 4.37
  328 Follies Pink A vibrant, almost fluorescent pink with a cool component. Traditionally important as a special effects color in the Broadway musical. Follow spot and dance applications as a modeling color. 20.41
  332 Special Rose Pink Extremely intense, hot pink. Produces strong washes of color for concert and dance. Combined with a complimentary color like turquoise, will create a dynamic, sculptured effect. 10.60
  341 Plum Romantic, atmospheric set lighting. 19.31
  343 Special Medium Lavender Highly saturated, good for side and backlighting and non-realistic effect. 5.86
  344 Violet Dusk effect, good skin tones, romantic effect. 19.85
345 Fuschia Pink Musical revue, pantomime, sultry scenes. 14.30
  352 Glacier Blue Cold blue, good for cool atmospheric mood setting. 23.31
  353 Lighter Blue A clean slightly green blue. Good moonlight fill. 40.93
  354 Special Steel Blue Cooling blue-green wash for stage and set lighting. 39.19
  363 Special medium Blue Cool moonlight, mood effects. 4.17
  366 Cornflower Seasonal mood lighting, pale moonlight. 18.16
Image not available 416 3/4 White Diffusion Similar characteristics to 216, but less dense. 50.00
  441 Full CT Straw Converts daylight to tungsten light with yellow bias - 6500K to 3200K. 57.30
  442 1/2 CT Straw Converts daylight to tungsten light with yellow bias - 6500K to 4300K. 71.20
  443 1/4 CT Straw Converts daylight to tungsten light with yellow bias - 6500K to 5100K. 79.80
  444 1/8 CT Straw Converts daylight to tungsten light with yellow bias - 6500K to 5700K. 83.10
Image not available 450 3/8 White Diffusion Similar characteristics to 216, but less dense. 63.00
Image not available 452 1/16 White Diffusion Similar characteristics to 216, but less dense. >85.0
Image not available 480 Full Atlantic Frost A moderate frost that creates a soft even effect. -
Image not available 481 1/2 Atlantic Frost Similar characteristics to 480, but less dense. -
Image not available 482 1/4 Atlantic Frost Similar characteristics to 480, but less dense. -
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