My husband had to make a coat for his character, Mr. Brownlow, from "Oliver Twist". In the book it describes him as wearing a bottle green coat, so we went looking for material of that color. We found what we thought was the perfect color, a dark, but still bright green, but at over $150 a yard, we decided to go for something slightly different. The color we ended up with was brighter, but under the lights (ambers, mostly) it's OK. When did aniline dyes become widespread? OT was set in the 1840's, so bottle green could/would have been duller than we're used to today, correct?
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christine Shamblin Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 2:29 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [h-cost] What color is Bottle Green? 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 [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
