American here - ultramarine was strong darkish slightly greenish blue for me -when I was a girl - maybe a generational, not national, thing?
Patty -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Suzi Clarke Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 4:22 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost]Colour names, was Need Help At 09:06 26/01/2007, you wrote: >Kate Bunting >Librarian and 17th century reenactor > > >>> Lavolta Press <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 26/01/2007 02:58 >>> wrote: > >Bear in mind that the meanings of many Victorian color names changed > >from fashion season to fashion season; and also, different, trendier > >names were often applied to the same old colors. > >I find this is still true. Here in the UK "aubergine" is usually a dark >purple (the colour of what you Americans call eggplants), but in a >recent catalogue I've seen the name applied to a lighter >pinkish-purple. I was buying cotton thread yesterday, and the "mauve/purple/paler aubergine" thread was called "Ultramarine." Now when I was a girl, as they say, ultramarine was a strong darkish bright blue. My American companion said that the purple-ish colour was a colour/name association she knew - I didn't! Suzi _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
