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Re: It's here!
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 30 Nov 2000 22:08:38 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Charles Eric McCarthy writes:
> "Jennifer L. Boger" wrote:
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> > My vote's for Verdigris, even though this color's used in non-copper
> > sets :) It's kind of mossy looking, not swampy, but mossy.. I love it
> > :)
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> It is called "verdigris green" on Brickbay.com .
Isn't that sort of redundant redundant, like saying Turquoise Blue or
Lemon Yellow? 8^)
Dave!
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| (...) Yes, it is redundant. But the redundancy is useful because fewer people know what "verdigris" means than "turquoise" or "lemon". /Eric McC/ (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: It's here!
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| (...) Not exactly. It seems that some by definitions, verdigris is a patina -- it's the substance that forms on the surface of oxidized copper, not the color itself. See the entries at (URL). Close to the end, there's a link to "verdigris green", (...) (24 years ago, 3-Dec-00, to lugnet.general)
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