Informal "Gypsy colours of Spain" (that is, tricolor of the Spanish Romanies), as reported by Thomas Powys, 4th Baron Lilford in 1890; shades of red and yellow as per the Spanish tricolor, which Lilford indicated as a relevant standard. See David MacRitchie, "Notes and Queries. Gypsy Colours", in <i>Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society</i>, Vol. II, Issue 1, January 1890, p. 60 (Lilford quoted as an anonymous source), and "Reviews. <i>The Tinkler-Gypsies</i> by Andrew McCormick", in <i>Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society</i> (new series), Vol. I, Issue 3, January 1908, p. 282 (where Lilford is specifically mentioned). Subsequently used by the Gypsy Lore Society as symbolic for the entire Romani nation (see: Katy Hooper, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190524204735/https://libguides.liverpool.ac.uk/library/sca/gypsyexhib"><i>Picturing Gypsies. An exhibition from the Gypsy Lore Society archive and Scott Macfie Gypsy collections mounted in the University Art Gallery, 4 September–6 October 2000 in association with The Role of the Romanies conference at the University of Liverpool, 17–20 September 2000</i></a>, University of Liverpool Special Collections &amp; Archives, September 2000)
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