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 AWL handbags made in 1984 with the British Tan trim!  No sewn inside cloth tag, very heavy leather, bright red cloth on the back of the heavy leather inside pocket and the vintage DB brass fob held by a  partially cut heavy leather british tan strap!


OLIVE Brown,     IVY Green                               PURPLE               MAROON,  ROUGE,  ROSE    
PINE Green        FIR Green                                                                   RED 1990, RED 2000

The 1980s Vintage RED will have a BLACK Seal edge instead of the dark brown! (not shown)
The 1980s Vintage MAROON will have the very dark brown Seal edge!
The 1990s RED looks like it has a tint of orange red coloring with the standard brown Seal edge!
The 2000s RED is a deeper red tint with the standard brown Seal edge!


   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          (Very Rare Color)   Very Very DARK  Burgundy color!
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              Lighter than Maroon
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
IV                                         Around 1995 Ivy was much darker than the 1987 Ivy
MB    Mediterranean Blue
MS    Mushroom
NV    Navy                           Around 1995 Navy was much darker that the 1987 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                      Lighter than Maroon
RS      Rose                        (Rare Color) A tint darker than Red with a fuchsia pink tone (EX=Exclusive Color Limited)
SB      Sky Blue                 (Rare Color) Light Blue (EX=Exclusive Color Limited)
ST     Saddle Tan               (Rare Color) Lighter than British Tan with a light brown tint
TP     Taupe
DT     Dark Taupe              (Rare Color) mostly found on the Teton Drawstrings
WH   White
WT    Wheat                       (Rare Color) Soft Golden Tan color!

1998 Dooney & Bourke  TETON Collection Color Codes!

1st  color is the          TOP  color
2nd  color is the         ACCENT Trim color
3rd   color is the         BODY color

01 = Brown - Saddle Tan - Black
02 = Brown - Navy - Bone
05 = Olive Brown - Ivy - Navy
07 = Navy - Red - Rouge
09 = Navy - Rouge - Dark Taupe
11 = Navy - Dark Taupe - Red
20 = Red - Bone - Navy
21 = Airforce Blue - Red - White
24 = Dark Taupe - Bone - Palomino yellow
25 = French Blue - Palomino yellow - Bone
26 = Kelly green - Palomino yellow - Bone
27 = Red - Palomino yellow - Airforce Blue
30 = Navy - Palomino yellow - Fir green
35 = Navy - Ivy green - Saddle Tan

EX = EXCLUSIVE 

Dooney & Bourke sold LIMITED styles and colors to selected customers like Macys and Nordstrom. I have noticed it’s not always a special color it’s more the combination of color, trim and hardware on the handbags!  You might find a purse with:

BLACK TRIM instead of the standard British Tan or Vintage Burnt Cedar
WHITE STITCHING instead of the standard yellowish color thread.
NICKEL HARDWARE instead of the standard solid brass.

I think in the 1990’s
Dooney & Bourke added Burnt Cedar trim and 6 matching TRIM colors to the AWL Collection
Black-Black
Bone-Bone
Ivy-Ivy   
Navy-Navy
Brown-Brown
Rouge-Rouge