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Re: Color name for Statue of Liberty Sculpture #3450
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lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001
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Mon, 6 Nov 2000 08:00:45 GMT
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My dictionary says "[ME vertegrez, fr. OF vert de Grice, lit., green of Greece]
(14c)" I assume for the bronze artworks. It predates Lego.
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> "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.
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> Paul Davidson
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