Colors with Undefined Names

61. Nyanza Color 634 - #E9FFDB

The first recorded use of nyanza as a color name in English was in 1892. Nyanza Color & Chemical Co. Plant in Ashland, Massachusetts American Dyestuff Reporter 1950 Nyanza Color & Chemical Co., Inc. was the last of a series of companies that operated a plant manufacturing dyes, intermediates and textile chemicals in Ashland, Massachusetts. The hilly 35-acre site is only a quarter-mile from the center of Ashland and 22 miles southwest of Boston.

The site was first occupied in 1917 by the United States Color & Chemical Co., which also had an office and a warehouse in Boston. The founders were Carl P. Waldinger and John O' Day. Waldinger came to the U.S. in 1897 from Germany and became a naturalized citizen in 1910. During World War I, dyes could no longer be imported from Germany, and many companies set up manufacturing facilities.