Heisey produced over 30 colors during their 63 years of production. This chart is being created to assist you in understanding what each color actually looks like. We will continue to add examples as we obtain additional items. Please click on thumbnail picture, to see an actual example of that color. | ||
 | Color Name- Alexandrite | Years Produced- 1930-1935 |
| Description- light Lavender color, often with distinct red highlights on the edges. This is a dichromatic color. When seen under fluorescent light, the lavender color takes on a light blue or gray appearance. | ||
 | Color Name- Amber | Years Produced- 1926-1938 |
| Description- a pale amber color often referred to as Honey amber. Produced periodically but was not a major production color. Very few items were made in this "Honey" color. Refer also to the Harvey & Sultana Ambers. | ||
 | Color Name- Bi-Colors | Years Produced- |
| Description- While Heisey often combined a color with crystal, it rarely used two glass colors for one item. Two color combinations seen are Flamingo/Moongleam, Moongleam/Hawthorne, Sahara/Alexandrite, and Zircon/Sahara. Any two color combination is considered to be scarce. | ||
 | Color Name- Black | Years Produced- |
| Description- an experimental color. Very few items were made in this color. | ||
| Color Name- Blue (Trial Blue) | Years Produced- |
| Description- an experimental light blue color very similar to Cambridge's " Moonlight Blue" | ||
| Color Name- Canary, Early | Years Produced- 1897-1905 |
| Description- transparent yellow green color. A uranium based color, often referred to as Vaseline glass. | ||
| Color Name- Canary, Late | Years Produced- 1923-1924 |
| Description- a pale transparent yellow greenish color. There is a noticeable difference from the richer earlier color. | ||
 | Color Name- Canary, Visible Ware | Years Produced- 1919 |
| Description- a transparent pale yellow green color unlike either of the other two Canary colors. This color was used with the extremely short lived Visible Cooking Ware products. | ||
 | Color Name- Canary, Opalescent | Years Produced- |
| Description- Considered an experiential color. A few early Canary items have been seen with a distinct opalescent edge. These pictures furnished Compliments of the Virtual Museum at PatternGlass | ||
| Color Name- Clear Opalescent | Years Produced- |
| Description- Considered an experiential color. A few early Patterns in Crystal have been seen with a distinct opalescent edge. | ||
Color Name- Cobalt, refer to Stiegel Blue | ||
 | Color Name- Crystal | Years Produced- 1895-1957 |
| Description- a sharp pure clear glass. The "colour" is slightly to the cold, blue side of crystal. | ||
Color Name- Custard, refer to Ivorina Verde | ||
 | Color Name- Dawn | Years Produced- 1955-1957 |
| Description- transparent deep gray-black color with strong overtones of purple. | ||
 | Color Name- Emerald | Years Produced- 1899 |
| Description- transparent bright deep green often decorated with gold. | ||
| Color Name- Emerald Black | Years Produced- circa 1897 |
| Description- an unusual deep dark almost black emerald found on a few very early patterns. | ||
 | Color Name- Flamingo | Years Produced- 1925-1935 |
| Description- transparent pink color having a hint of orange. It is not unusual to find various shades. | ||
| Color Name- Gold | Years Produced- |
| Description- An experiential color similar to Marigold but lacking its greenish overtones. Additionally this color turns orange under black light. | ||
| Color Name- Gold Opalescent | Years Produced- |
| Description- An experiential color similar to Marigold but lacking its greenish overtones but having opalescent on the edges. This color turns orange under black light. | ||
| Color Name- Gold Ruby | Years Produced- |
| Description- An experimental cranberry pink color made by dissolving actual gold into the glass batch. Three items are known: A #3390 Cassonne water pitcher, a #338 carnation vase, & a #442 Janice vase. The pink color is mottled with clear glass in the last two items. | ||
 | Color Name- Harvey Amber | Years Produced- 1920s |
| Description- A specific color made exclusively for the Fred Harvey Restaurants | ||
 | Color Name- Hawthorne | Years Produced- 1927-1928 |
| Description- A slightly dark transparent delicate orchid or lavender color | ||
 | Color Name- Imperial Colors | Years Produced- 1958-1965 |
| Description- Imperial Glass Company acquired the Heisey molds in late 1957. The production of "Heisey" items marked with the Diamond "H" trademark in Imperial colors often creates confusion with today's collectors, especially in scarce Heisey colors like Alexandrite, Dawn, & Limelight. A more detailed discussion of Heisey - Imperial colors will be published in the Imperial section of our library. | ||
 | Color Name- Ivorina Verde | Years Produced- 1899 |
| Description- an opaque, somewhat translucent medium yellow glass. The darker shade (which closely resembles a custard color) is Ivorina Verde. The lighter shade is considered to be Ivory. | ||
 | Color Name- Ivory | Years Produced- 1899 |
| Description- an opaque, somewhat translucent medium yellow glass. The light yellow is Ivory while the darker custard color is considered to be Ivorina Verde. | ||
 | Color Name- Limelight | Years Produced- 1956-1957 |
| Description- re-introduction of the earlier Zircon color. There does not appear to be any difference between the two. The pattern of the items determines if it is Limelight or Zircon. | ||
 | Color Name- Marigold | Years Produced- 1929-1930 |
| Description- a vibrant transparent yellow-orange color with shades of yellow-green at its edges. Problems with the formula resulted in the glass becoming quite unstable. It often develops crazing and even shatters without warning. | ||
Color Name- Milk Glass, refer to Opal | ||
 | Color Name- Moongleam, Early | Years Produced- |
| Description- transparent green which was very close to the earlier Emerald color. It was soon changed to a lighter shade of green. | ||
 | Color Name- Moongleam | Years Produced- 1925-1935 |
| Description- transparent light green which often varies in shades. | ||
 | Color Name- Opal | Years Produced- 1899 |
| Description- opaque milk glass. Often translucent and shows a fiery opalescent quality when seen under a bright light. | ||
| Color Name- Red | Years Produced- |
| Description- experimental color. Often found on handles of beer mugs. | ||
 | Color Name- Rose | Years Produced- circa 1900 |
| Description- considered an experimental color and is a true pale pink. A number of items are known in this color. | ||
 | Color Name- Sahara | Years Produced- 1930-1937 |
| Description- a transparent true yellow color. | ||
 | Color Name- Slag Glass | Years Produced- 1957-1965 |
| Description- Heisey did not produce slag glass. An experimental #4157 Steele rose bowl was made in an opaque tangerine slag. Items often considered to be Heisey's Slag glass were actually produced by the Imperial Glass Company using Heisey molds. Even though the item may have the Diamond "H" trademark, it was made by Imperial not Heisey. | ||
 | Color Name- Stains/Flashed | Years Produced- |
| Description- Early patterns are often found with an addition Amber or Red color applied over crystal. Along with the gold, they are considered a decoration. | ||
 | Color Name- Stiegal Blue | Years Produced- 1933-1941 |
| Description- transparent cobalt blue color. | ||
 | Color Name- Sultana | Years Produced- 1951 |
| Description- a transparent deep rich amber color made only in a few items for a short period. | ||
 | Color Name- Tangerine | Years Produced- 1932-1935 |
| Description- a transparent glowing orange color very much like the fruit. This is a struck color, which means the true color does not appear until the glass is reheated when it then takes on a red-orange appearance. Since the color is heat dependent, items range from a nice orange to a deep almost red. Some items take on an amberina shading. | ||
| Color Name- Ultramarine Blue | Years Produced- circa 1896 |
| Description- transparent teal blue. an unusual color found a few very early patterns. | ||
Color Name- Vaseline, refer to Canary, Early | ||
 | Color Name- Zircon | Years Produced- 1936-1939 |
| Description- a greenish blue transparent color. Identical to the later 1956-57 Limelight. Identification depends upon the pattern of the item | ||
