At 12:13 PM 1/26/2007, you wrote:
So my housemate got the job of making three bridesmaids' dresses in
two weeks from some OTHER color.
I hope she charged them a hefty rush fee!
Dianne
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In a message dated 1/26/2007 3:02:03 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
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Here in the U.K. I am wearing "amethyst" pants, "mauve" sweater, and
"aubergine" cardigan, and they all match. Not only that, they nearly
match the "ultramarine" thread that started all this!!
Suzi
ue to just ultramarine (maybe to correspond to infrared &
ultraviolet).
Patty
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That's probably because I, too, was imprinted by Crayola!
Patty
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a girl - maybe a generational, not national, thing?
Patty
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At 15:27 26/01/2007, you wrote:
Just checked my small dictionary - ultramarine was named because the
pigment came from over the sea, not because it looked like the sea as I
had thought, so there was an ultramarine blue, an ultramarine purple &
even an ultramarine yellow.
Patty
Oh, now I'm real
Kate wrote:
>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 used to have a housemate who was a professional seamstress, and who
>I'm American, as well, and, like Patty, always thought of "ultramarine" as
>a
>slightly greenish darkish blue (like a bright navy with a hint of green to
>it). If I remember to put "aubergine" through my mental translation
>program, and think "oh, yeah...that's equivalent to eggplant," I wouldn
At 19:46 26/01/2007, you wrote:
Yeah, I know -- but *theoretically* if the peach were called "Georgia
Bloom" in both stores, or whatever, then they would match. I don't
think the restriction goes as high as couture, though -- it does get
down into ready-to-wear, but if you're like me and you buy
Yeah, I know -- but *theoretically* if the peach were called "Georgia
Bloom" in both stores, or whatever, then they would match. I don't
think the restriction goes as high as couture, though -- it does get
down into ready-to-wear, but if you're like me and you buy on sale a
lot, you don't k
and the forecasts exist so you can buy a peach sweater in one store and
a peach skirt in another and have them match.
hahahahahaaaaa!
Nice in theory, but I've *never* seen it happen. At least not in the stores
where I shop. Maybe in couture shopping...I couldn't say.
Denise B
Iow
PS: So, yes, in case it was driving you crazy -- there really IS an
organized conspiracy to make color names confusing.
;-)
Lauren
Lauren M. Walker
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ckard, Patty wrote:
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"Ultramarine," like many other colors (ma
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"Ultramarine," like many other colors (magenta, Pru
A lot of these color names...ultramarine blue, ochre, sienna, burnt sienna,
umber, burnt umber, cadmium red, cadmium yellow, alizarin crimson I
learned when I was painting in oils. They also come up in watercolors and
gauche.
Obviously the names are derived from what was ground up to mak
-when I was a girl - maybe a generational, not national, thing?
Patty
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At 14:58 26/01/2007, you wrote:
>American here - ultramarine was strong darkish slightly greenish blue
>for me -when I
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At 14:58 26/01/2007, you wrote:
>American here - ultramarine was strong darkish slightly greenish blue
>for me -when I was a girl - maybe a generational, not national, thing?
>
>Patty
>
Could be - I was old enough to be this lady's mother. According to my
At 14:58 26/01/2007, you wrote:
American here - ultramarine was strong darkish slightly greenish blue
for me -when I was a girl - maybe a generational, not national, thing?
Patty
Could be - I was old enough to be this lady's mother. According to my
small dictionary - too lazy to heave out th
From: "Rickard, Patty " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> American here - ultramarine was strong darkish slightly greenish blue
> for me -
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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
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
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
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