Re: [h-cost] color of a partridge's eye

2013-02-12 Thread Rickard, Patty
Also this: Spanish term or phrase: Ojo de Gallo >From a description of varieties of wine. "De tonos que van del fresa al ojo de gallo" Berni Armstrong partridge-eye pink Explanation: Of course, there are those wonderful, lovely pale rosados from the southeastern Rioja (from the villages of San Ase

Re: [h-cost] color of a partridge's eye

2013-02-12 Thread Rickard, Patty
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...@

Re: [h-cost] color of a partridge's eye

2013-02-12 Thread Land of Oz
On Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:08:46 -0500 (EST) snsp...@aol.com wrote: 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-li

[h-cost] color of a partridge's eye

2013-02-12 Thread snspies
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, ho