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Color Standards and Color Nomenclature ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

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⠁⠗⠞⠊⠋⠊⠉⠊⠁⠇⠀⠥⠇⠞⠗⠁⠍⠁⠗⠊⠝⠑⠎⠀⠁⠗⠑⠂⠀⠕⠋⠀⠉⠕⠥⠗⠎⠑⠂⠀
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⠉⠗⠕⠉⠑⠊⠝⠀⠎⠉⠁⠗⠇⠑⠞⠂⠀⠛⠕⠇⠙⠀⠕⠗⠁⠝⠛⠑⠂⠀⠀⠕⠗⠁⠝⠛⠑⠀
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