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  Re: It's here!
 
(...) Isn't that sort of redundant redundant, like saying Turquoise Blue or Lemon Yellow? 8^) Dave! (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: It's here!
 
(...) 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!
 
(...) 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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