Nomenclature of Colours Playing Cards

This Single Deck of 52 Playing Cards features ornithologist Robert Ridgway's impressive display of colour swatches from 1886, originally used to standardise the descriptions of colour of birds. 

Roomytown's design team in Bath, UK, designed each playing card individually, making use of an array of Ridgway's colour swatches. Includes standard 52-card deck plus 2 jokers. Packaged in a stylish portable pull-drawer box, it makes an ideal gift.

Finding beauty in the forgotten. Roomytown began with a love of discovering overlooked treasures — antique engravings, botanical sketches, and vintage typography — and giving them new life in modern homes. Each piece has its own history, whether tucked in a museum archive, hidden in an old book, or waiting in a flea market box. Our Bath studio is where these gems are rediscovered, restored, and reimagined, transforming the past into designs that feel timeless and personal.