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Subject:	Re: Color name for Statue of Liberty Sculpture #3450
Newsgroups:	lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001
Date:	Mon, 6 Nov 2000 05:04:36 GMT
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Tom Stangl, VFAQman <talonts@vfaq.com> wrote in message news:3A05C764.F18F44FF@vfaq.com... > Webster is out of date - patina simply means a weathered and/or • age-darkened finish > to antiquers, and can apply to copper, bronze, nickel, wood, etc, etc, • etc. > > Weathered GREEN would make the most sense, as people would instantly know • it is a > shade of GREEN. "Verdigris" is pretty obvious in meaning, I think. You'd have to be (almost) illiterate not to make the verdi=green or gris=grey connections. -- Paul Davidson

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		Re: Color name for Statue of Liberty Sculpture #3450
(...) This will become a FAQ anyway: what's verdigris? or, what do you call that pale doctor's office green color? will pop up regularly. I don't consider myself illiterate, but when we started the naming discussion, I immediately thought of (...) (24 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001)

		Re: Color name for Statue of Liberty Sculpture #3450
Picture a discussion that someone comes into. The color GREEN is never mentioned, just verdigris. So the person looks it up. Tell me how they are going to know whether the color being discussed is a muted greyish green, or a greenish-something, or a (...) (24 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001)

		Re: Color name for Statue of Liberty Sculpture #3450
My dictionary says "[ME vertegrez, fr. OF vert de Grice, lit., green of Greece] (14c)" I assume for the bronze artworks. It predates Lego. (...) (24 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001)

		Re: Color name for Statue of Liberty Sculpture #3450
(...) This is a joke, right?..:-) Selçuk (...) (24 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001)

		Re: Color name for Statue of Liberty Sculpture #3450
(...) Well, verdi=green, but gris actually = Greece. (24 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001)

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		Re: Color name for Statue of Liberty Sculpture #3450
Webster is out of date - patina simply means a weathered and/or age-darkened finish to antiquers, and can apply to copper, bronze, nickel, wood, etc, etc, etc. Weathered GREEN would make the most sense, as people would instantly know it is a shade (...) (24 years ago, 5-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001)

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