Colors are listed from: TOP ROW left to right then BOTTOM ROW left to right

FRENCH blue, MEDITERRANEAN blue, CADET Blue
NAVY blue, DENIM blue, AIRFORCE blue,

PEANUT, SADDLE Tan DARK CHOCOLATE, MUSHROOM
BRITISH Tan BROWN, ANTELOPE

KELLY GREEN!

This is by far a MUSEUM piece! From the first line of handbags made in

1983! No sewn in tag, very heavy leather, bright red cloth on the back

of the heavy leather inside pocket and the vintage brass fob held by a

partially cut heavy leather british tan strap!

OLIVE Brown, IVY Green PURPLE RED, Vintage RED
PINE Green FIR Green ROUGE, MAROON

The Vintage RED will have a BLACK Seal edge instead of the dark brown!
(Have not found the AWL Maroon!) It is a VERY DARK red with a DEEP Purple tone too!

YELLOW PALOMINO TAUPE WHITE BLACK
BONE WHEAT GRAY SMOKE


1987 All Weather Leather colors listed in the OLD Catalogs!

AF Airforce Blue
AN Antelope (VERY Rare Color) Red Brown Color!
BL Black
BO Bone
DN Denim Blue Similar to French Blue with more of a deep blue!
IV Ivy Green
KL Kelly Green (Very Rare Color) Very bright IRISH green!
MN Maroon
NV Navy
OB Olive Brown (Rare Color) Should be called Olive Green
PN Peanut (Very Rare Color) Golden Brown color!
RD Red Vintage Red is more bright with black edge seal!
RG Rouge
SM Smoke (Rare Color) Dark Gray
TP Taupe
WH White
YL Yellow A soft yellow much lighter that Palomino!


1990’s to 2004 All Weather Leather colors!

BL Black
BO Bone
BT British Tan
BN Brown
CB Cadet Blue
DC Dark Chocolate
FR Fir Green Darker than Kelly Green and not as bright
FB French Blue
MB Mediterranean Blue
MS Mushroom
NV Navy
PG Pine Green
PL Palomino (Deep Bright Yellow)
PR Purple (Very Rare Color) Drawstrings with Nickel Hardware late 1990’s
RD Red
RG Rouge
RS Rose (Rare Color) Lighter than Rouge with a pinkish tint
ST Saddle Tan (Rare Color) Lighter than British Tan with a light brown tint
TP Taupe
WH White
WT Wheat (Rare Color) Soft Tan color! Between Taupe and Bone

I sincerely hope my DOONEY COLOR GUIDE helped you identify the TRUE COLORS of these beautiful Dooney & Burke handbags.

I spent hours photographing my bags, research from old catalogs, contacting Dooney & Bourke Customer Service and months of searching for them on not to mention costing me over $5,300.00!! It was worth it!

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