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Subject:	Re: S@H exclusive minifigure has been shipped! (#3723)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct
Date:	Thu, 19 Oct 2000 14:53:37 GMT
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Lorbaat wrote: > In lugnet.general, Eric Brok writes: > > What color is the Statue of Liberty? > > It's a new color, a light green that is supposed to look like weathered copper. > Personally, I plan to get at least one copy to see if there are parts enough to > make a copper roof. > > eric The name for a weathered copper color is "VERDIGRIS" (verd-dig-gris). But that might be a mouthful. We should come up with a universal Lego name for this color. Say....... Antique Green, or??? Gary Istok

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		Re: S@H exclusive minifigure has been shipped! (#3723)
(...) Dan's sugguested "Copper Green", I agree that verdigris is too much, i'll never remember it :) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)

		Re: S@H exclusive minifigure has been shipped! (#3723)
I like Gary's suggestion. "Antique" suggests the weathered copper, and eliminates the confusion by having the color "copper" in the description (ie "copper green") of a basically green element. "Sea green" is okay, too, but I think "antique green" (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)

		Re: S@H exclusive minifigure has been shipped! (#3723)
(...) copper. (...) enough to (...) that (...) color. (...) I think of lava soap when I see it. Therefore, I'll always think of it as Lava Soap Green. best LFB (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)

		Re: S@H exclusive minifigure has been shipped! (#3723)
As copper weathers, it gains a patina. This is what gives the copper the green color. I would suggest 'patina green' as the name we use for the color. Build On! John Matthews Gary Istok <gistok@umich.edu> wrote in message (...) (24 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)

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		Re: S@H exclusive minifigure has been shipped! (#3723)
(...) It's a new color, a light green that is supposed to look like weathered copper. Personally, I plan to get at least one copy to see if there are parts enough to make a copper roof. eric (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)

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