I need some help in determining what color is being referred to when the term "bottle green" was used in the early 19th century.
Free online Dictionary (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/bottle+green) calls it " A dark to moderate or greyish green", and Wiktionary ( http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bottle_green) says "a dark green<http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/green>colour, like that of some wine bottles <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wine_bottle>." and gives a color swatch. I don't really trust a color swatch on a computer monitor, however. I think I need a physical swatch. Can someone in the know point me to a paint chip (e.g. Behr paint color #1234), or a DMC embroidery floss or Madiera thread color number, or some such thing? Or would someone who has some bottle green fabric be willing to send me a small snippet? Thanks. Christine Shamblin -- "I'm a Material Girl...want to see my fabric collection?" _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
