Description
Eau de Nil is a romantic colour name possibly coined by Flaubert in the mid 19th century when France was obsessed by Egypt, more as a concept than an actual place. It is a pure green, not to be confused with the very different Nile Green colour. A possible explanation for the name is that the waters of the Blue Nile appeared green due to the large amount of yellow Saharan sand washed down with the annual flooding of the Nile. Eau de Nil subsequently became a hugely popular colour in the Art Deco period.