From Wiki: The name "Œil de perdrix" means "eye of partridge" in French, a reference to the pale pink colour of the eye of a partridge in death throes.[1][2 Might refer to this - no DMC color, though, sorry.
-----Original Message----- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of snsp...@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 2:09 PM To: h-cost...@indra.com Subject: [h-cost] color of a partridge's eye One of the favorite colors for silk, at least among Jewish brides in Egypt in the 10th-12th centuries was "the eye of a partridge". The Arabic word is "hagali" and is supposed to be a brownish pink. In looking at partridges on-line, I can not find a close-up of a partridge eye. I can see, however, a usually bright orange rim around the eye which, I believe, is not the color that the brides were referring to. Can anyone throw light on this color? Perhaps -- fingers crossed -- a comparable DMC color has been identified? Thank you very much. Nancy Spies _______________________________________________ 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
