Pomona green continues into the third quarter of the 19th century, as I found in my research of that period. I have no real reason for this opinion, but I always thought of it as more of a yellow-green, like a green apple, so I have to say, none of your swatches.
Ann Wass -----Original Message----- From: Hope Greenberg <h...@uvm.edu> To: Historical Costume <h-cost...@indra.com> Sent: Thu, Jan 15, 2015 4:21 pm Subject: [h-cost] Pomona Green: vote now! The color name "pomona green" appears throughout early 19th century fashion magazines. Fashion plates display women in pomona green gowns, or with pomona green accessories, and descriptions of the color usually refer to leaves or apples. First problem: the images depicted are showing a range of greens (understandable in that they are usually handpainted). Second problem: trying to find a green that matches any of the greens in that range is rather difficult in our current decade of very blue greens or very yellow/olive greens. Even the pantone color chart shows us that this range of greens doesn't seem to be in vogue. So, here's a challenge! Which of the three fabrics linked here would you place in the "closest to pomona green" category. I know, "none of them" or "you can't tell from an online picture" are both logical responses as is "just buy some and then decide"! But I'm hoping some of you will take a stab at this. And if anyone knows of another site that has the perfect pomona green in a lightweight silk taffeta (especially at these prices) oh my! I would love to know about it. :-) http://www.puresilks.us/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=4014 http://www.puresilks.us/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=2741 http://www.puresilks.us/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=2163 and this is the color I'm most in love with in an illustration: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/194991858836404282/ - Hope P.S. And my apologies for sending a question about greens amidst the discussion about post mortem photographs...(groan: ducking and running). _______________________________________________ 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
