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2016/01/31

Question about ribbon color in the heydays of typewriter era.

Hi fellow Typospherians,

I have a question for you.  Aside from all-black, red/black ribbons,what colors were once used in the heydays of typewriter era? I've seen dark blue, verdant/ brown ribbons on a Remington shipped from the US.

In China, most typewriters would have black/red and all-black ribbons. I've seen, on earlier machines , blue ribbons. There were two shades of red. One is darker while the other is what I call rouge.

Your input will be highly valued and appreciated.