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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 8441190, member: 2844&quot;]Except this isn&#039;t famille verte, which is much more subtle, and the &#039;verte&#039; or green on famille verte has a more blueish hue.</p><p><br /></p><p>The &#039;famille&#039; names for a group of Chinese ceramics are a 19th century classification system, based on the dominant enamel colour. The system was invented by French art historian/collector Albert Jacquemart.</p><p>The terms are not known to the Chinese, who have another classification system.</p><p>Nevertheless, the terms tend to be used a lot, especially the term famille rose, which is often wrongly used for other colours as well.</p><p>More info:</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famille_jaune%2C_noire%2C_rose%2C_verte" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famille_jaune%2C_noire%2C_rose%2C_verte" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famille_jaune,_noire,_rose,_verte</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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