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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 14:04:20 GMT
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[mattdm@mattdm]spamless[.org]
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Tom Stangl, VFAQman <talonts@vfaq.com> wrote:
> Tell me how they are going to know whether the color being discussed is a
> muted greyish green, or a greenish-something, or a bluish-something, given
> the definitions.
If they don't get an accurate picture from the dictionary, that's the
dictionary's fault. Verdigris isn't actually a hugely variable shade -- it's
just that colors are hard to describe/define in words. Luckily, the
definitions in the dictionaries I've looked in make sure to mention that
it's the color of the patina formed on copper -- which is exactly the color
Lego is representing.
> Weathered green, aged green, "SOMETHING green" makes the best sense overall.
Doesn't make sense. Something colored green doesn't weather or age to that
color. Something *copper* does.
--
Matthew Miller ---> mattdm@mattdm.org
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