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Re: Color name for Statue of Liberty Sculpture #3450
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001
Date: 
Mon, 6 Nov 2000 13:58:21 GMT
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mattdm@#Spamless#mattdm.org
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Paul Davidson <tinman@direct.ca> wrote:
"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.

Well, verdi=green, but gris actually = Greece.

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  Re: Color name for Statue of Liberty Sculpture #3450
 
Tom Stangl, VFAQman <talonts@vfaq.com> wrote in message news:3A05C764.F18F44...faq.com... (...) age-darkened finish (...) etc. (...) it is a (...) "Verdigris" is pretty obvious in meaning, I think. You'd have to be (almost) illiterate not to make (...) (24 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001)

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