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 the O.E.D. - ultramarine is
a blue pigment. The thread I bought was not blue!
>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
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