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Re: Color name for Statue of Liberty Sculpture #3450
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lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001
Date: 
Sun, 5 Nov 2000 20:47:33 GMT
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Webster is out of date - patina simply means a weathered and/or age-darkened finish
to antiquers, and can apply to copper, bronze, nickel, wood, etc, etc, etc.

Weathered GREEN would make the most sense, as people would instantly know it is a
shade of GREEN.


"Brian B. Alano" wrote:

> > The new green is used in several places on 7311 and in the little
> > walker in the 7317 alien base.
> > 
> > I like the name "verdigris" green I've seen mentioned in the Statue of
> > Liberty posts.
> > 
> > John
> 
> verdigris, according to www.webster.com, can be greenish or bluish, and is only
> secondarily associated with copper.
> patina, again according to Webster, is exactly the name of
> greenish, weather-aged copper.

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Tom Stangl, VFAQman <talonts@vfaq.com> wrote in message news:3A05C764.F18F44...faq.com... (...) age-darkened finish (...) etc. (...) it is a (...) "Verdigris" is pretty obvious in meaning, I think. You'd have to be (almost) illiterate not to make (...) (26 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001)

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(...) verdigris, according to www.webster.com, can be greenish or bluish, and is only secondarily associated with copper. patina, again according to Webster, is exactly the name of greenish, weather-aged copper. (26 years ago, 5-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001)

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