colours quiz

[poodledoo]

What is the colour of the Victoria Cross ribbon? 6 letters

[goldfish1]

crimson - but that's 7 letters!

[Fibonacci]

The original Warrant gave the ribbon colour as red for the Army and blue for the Navy. With the formation of the Royal Air Force on 1 April 1918, the use of the blue ribbon was abolished. Living holders of 'Naval' VCs were required to exchange their blue ribbons for red ones. The colour of the ribbon might more accurately described as 'wine red' , claret or crimson.

[poodledoo]

Thank you goldfish & Fibonacci. I thought the ribbon was crimson too, but the clue asks for 6 letters. so looks like I'm going for claret, as the nearest colour to crimson.

[wordyone]

I've spent some time hunting around for this one too and have come up with the answer Maroon. How does that sound?

[juliefer]

Sounds good to me, wordyone.

[poodledoo]

Thanks for taking the trouble to investigate the answer. You have certainly given me food for thought.

[wordyone]

It was no problem to investigate the answer 'poodledoo' as I wanted the answer to that question myself!