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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 18:37:54 GMT
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mattdm@mattdm+spamless+.org
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Steve Bliss <steve.bliss@home.com> wrote:
> Verdigris:
> > 1 a : a green or greenish blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action
> > of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates • [snip]
> 3 definitions, all of them linked to tarnished metal. 2 being the color
> thereof.
#1 is also related to the color.
(Ok, I've said enough on this. I'll shut up now. *grin*)
> Whatever. If someone refers to "liberty green", "gray-green", "green of
> Greece", "verdigris", or "patina", we'll know what they mean.
Calling it grey-green seems like calling pink grey-red. :)
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