Re: [h-cost] Pomona Green: vote now! (Hope Greenberg)

2015-01-19 Thread Brenda Bell

At 02:00 PM 1/19/2015, Hope Greenberg wrote:

All agreed that they seemed to fall into 3 categories: emerald (or 
blue-ish), olive, grassy. The version attached here is not 
particularly sorted and it has five clips at the top of the second 
page that actually included the name pomona in their descriptions.


Interesting! This is challenging my thoughts of classifying greens. 
I'll agree with emerald being a blueish green, but usually not quite 
as blue as a pthalo green, and some of the craft paints I've seen 
called viridian seem to fall in the same group. I don't usually 
think of grassy greens as yellowish: those are usually referred to 
as spring green or pea green, even though the greens I see in 
spring are not all that yellow. Most olive greens are yellowish 
towards the brown, and most sage greens a bit light and towards the 
gray -- but here I'm seeing colors I'd call sage that are more 
towards the brown, and olives that are not as brown as I usually 
perceive them. One factor in this is brightness, since I normally 
think of sage as a somewhat washed-out color, and those brownish 
greens are more washed-out than I usually think of as olives. Another 
factor is  lighting accommodation: when it looks like the image has 
color-shifted (either because the scene had been transcribed with 
color-shifted lighting, or because the image had shifted color over 
time), my brain will correct colors to what they should have been 
without the color cast.


Sharon Collier notes:


...the elusiveness of keeping that color.
This is exactly the problem I have. My sage green sleeves and forepart have
faded to a yellow-ish green. Not as nice a color as I originally had.


Interesting. I normally wouldn't have considered sage as fading 
towards the yellow... All sorts of questions are popping up in my 
head about the types of dyes and/or pigments used in the garment, and 
the environmental factors that have led to its fading...



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Re: [h-cost] Pomona Green: vote now!

2015-01-19 Thread Sharon Collier
...the elusiveness of keeping that color. 
This is exactly the problem I have. My sage green sleeves and forepart have
faded to a yellow-ish green. Not as nice a color as I originally had. 
Sharon C. 

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Hello -

Thank you all for your contributions to the green fabric vote discussion! I
thought it might be fun to approach it from a different angle as well just
to see what would come of it. I pulled 30 clips that included greens from
some fashion plates, extant garment links, and a few paintings. They are now
in a Word doc oraganized as a sort of game. 
The first page has the collection in chronological order but the second has
them slapped on the page as free-floating objects so they can be dragged
around. I had a couple people here try moving them around in what seemed
like, to them, logical groupings. All agreed that they seemed to fall into 3
categories: emerald (or blue-ish), olive, grassy. 
The version attached here is not particularly sorted and it has five clips
at the top of the second page that actually included the name pomona in
their descriptions.

If you would like to play the 'game' you can find the doc at:
http://www.uvm.edu/~hag/regency/greens/greens.docx

It is no wonder the search for green is a challenge. I've been reading two
fascinating books that have been useful. The first is about the cultural
aspects of the color while the second has more technical information. Highly
recommended:

1) Pastoureau, Michel. Green: The History of a Color (Princeton: 
Princeton University Press, 2014) - Examining the evolving place of green
in art, clothes, literature, religion, science, and everyday life, Michel
Pastoreau traces how culture has profoundly changed the perception and
meaning of the color over millennia. (He has previously published books on
blue and black.)

2) Greene, Susan W. Wearable Prints, 1760-1860: History, Materials and
Mechanics (Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 2014) - a fantastic and
monumental book on printing and dyeing fabric throughout this time period.
568 pp. and over 1600 color images. (And the section on green is very small
and very confusing due to the challenges related to the difficulty in
getting, and elusiveness of keeping, that color!)

Enjoy!

- Hope
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Re: [h-cost] Pomona Green: vote now!

2015-01-18 Thread Hope Greenberg


Hello -

Thank you all for your contributions to the green fabric vote 
discussion! I thought it might be fun to approach it from a different 
angle as well just to see what would come of it. I pulled 30 clips that 
included greens from some fashion plates, extant garment links, and a 
few paintings. They are now in a Word doc oraganized as a sort of game. 
The first page has the collection in chronological order but the second 
has them slapped on the page as free-floating objects so they can be 
dragged around. I had a couple people here try moving them around in 
what seemed like, to them, logical groupings. All agreed that they 
seemed to fall into 3 categories: emerald (or blue-ish), olive, grassy. 
The version attached here is not particularly sorted and it has five 
clips at the top of the second page that actually included the name 
pomona in their descriptions.


If you would like to play the 'game' you can find the doc at:
http://www.uvm.edu/~hag/regency/greens/greens.docx

It is no wonder the search for green is a challenge. I've been reading 
two fascinating books that have been useful. The first is about the 
cultural aspects of the color while the second has more technical 
information. Highly recommended:


1) Pastoureau, Michel. Green: The History of a Color (Princeton: 
Princeton University Press, 2014) - Examining the evolving place of 
green in art, clothes, literature, religion, science, and everyday life, 
Michel Pastoreau traces how culture has profoundly changed the 
perception and meaning of the color over millennia. (He has previously 
published books on blue and black.)


2) Greene, Susan W. Wearable Prints, 1760-1860: History, Materials and 
Mechanics (Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 2014) - a fantastic 
and monumental book on printing and dyeing fabric throughout this time 
period. 568 pp. and over 1600 color images. (And the section on green is 
very small and very confusing due to the challenges related to the 
difficulty in getting, and elusiveness of keeping, that color!)


Enjoy!

- Hope
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Re: [h-cost] Pomona Green: vote now!

2015-01-16 Thread Danielle Nunn-Weinberg
Greetings,
 
I think I have that fashion plate, or at least others wearing that same colour. 
 It was a popular colour and I love it too.  They sure liked green during that 
time.    If you asked me to go by the colour name, I would have said it was 
the colour of Granny Smith apples.
 
However, I don't think that any of those you provided links for would be right. 
 Did you notice that it is a shot fabric being depicted?  I think that you 
would be better off looking for a shot silk combining colours like the first 
and second ones.
 
I think that this one is slightly better than the non-shot version:
http://www.puresilks.us/index.php?route=product/productpath=2product_id=2478 
However, I think that this might do the trick:
http://www.puresilks.us/index.php?route=product/productpath=2product_id=4642
It has both the yellowish highlights and the blue undertones of the fashion 
plate.
 
Mind you, this one could work as well:
http://www.puresilks.us/index.php?route=product/productpath=2product_id=1617
 
Surprisingly, if the woman in the photo is wearing the fabric in the photos, it 
is another possibility.
http://www.puresilks.us/index.php?route=product/productpath=2product_id=1290 
 
Compare them side-by-side with the fashion plate and I think that you will see 
that they are pretty good matches.  Just my opinion, of course, but it appears 
to me that the colouring of the plate follows the usual stylistic conventions 
for depicting shot fabrics, that have been used in European art since the 15th 
century.
 
Cheers 
Danielle 
 
 
 Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 16:19:22 -0500
 From: h...@uvm.edu
 To: h-cost...@indra.com
 Subject: [h-cost] Pomona Green: vote now!
 
 
 The color name pomona green appears throughout early 19th century 
 fashion magazines. Fashion plates display women in pomona green gowns, 
 or with pomona green accessories, and descriptions of the color usually 
 refer to leaves or apples. First problem: the images depicted are 
 showing a range of greens (understandable in that they are usually 
 handpainted). Second problem: trying to find a green that matches any of 
 the greens in that range is rather difficult in our current decade of 
 very blue greens or very yellow/olive greens. Even the pantone color 
 chart shows us that this range of greens doesn't seem to be in vogue.
 
 So, here's a challenge! Which of the three fabrics linked here would you 
 place in the closest to pomona green category. I know, none of them 
 or you can't tell from an online picture are both logical responses as 
 is just buy some and then decide! But I'm hoping some of you will take 
 a stab at this. And if anyone knows of another site that has the perfect 
 pomona green in a lightweight silk taffeta (especially at these prices) 
 oh my! I would love to know about it. :-)
 
 http://www.puresilks.us/index.php?route=product/productproduct_id=4014
 http://www.puresilks.us/index.php?route=product/productproduct_id=2741
 http://www.puresilks.us/index.php?route=product/productproduct_id=2163
 
 and this is the color I'm most in love with in an illustration:
 http://www.pinterest.com/pin/194991858836404282/
 
 
 - Hope
 
 P.S. And my apologies for sending a question about greens amidst the 
 discussion about post mortem photographs...(groan: ducking and running).
 
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Re: [h-cost] Pomona Green: vote now!

2015-01-16 Thread Ruth Anne Baumgartner
I really like Danielle's fourth recommendation, both as a lovely color and as a 
good match for the plate, at least as far as my computer's monitor is 
concerned. Failing that, I'd go for the third.
--RA Baumgartner

On Jan 16, 2015, at 6:05 AM, Danielle Nunn-Weinberg wrote:

 Greetings,
 
 I think I have that fashion plate, or at least others wearing that same 
 colour.  It was a popular colour and I love it too.  They sure liked green 
 during that time.    If you asked me to go by the colour name, I would have 
 said it was the colour of Granny Smith apples.
 
 However, I don't think that any of those you provided links for would be 
 right.  Did you notice that it is a shot fabric being depicted?  I think 
 that you would be better off looking for a shot silk combining colours like 
 the first and second ones.
 
 I think that this one is slightly better than the non-shot version:
 http://www.puresilks.us/index.php?route=product/productpath=2product_id=2478
  
 However, I think that this might do the trick:
 http://www.puresilks.us/index.php?route=product/productpath=2product_id=4642
 It has both the yellowish highlights and the blue undertones of the fashion 
 plate.
 
 Mind you, this one could work as well:
 http://www.puresilks.us/index.php?route=product/productpath=2product_id=1617
 
 Surprisingly, if the woman in the photo is wearing the fabric in the photos, 
 it is another possibility.
 http://www.puresilks.us/index.php?route=product/productpath=2product_id=1290
  
 
 Compare them side-by-side with the fashion plate and I think that you will 
 see that they are pretty good matches.  Just my opinion, of course, but it 
 appears to me that the colouring of the plate follows the usual stylistic 
 conventions for depicting shot fabrics, that have been used in European art 
 since the 15th century.
 
 Cheers 
 Danielle 
 
 
 Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 16:19:22 -0500
 From: h...@uvm.edu
 To: h-cost...@indra.com
 Subject: [h-cost] Pomona Green: vote now!
 
 
 The color name pomona green appears throughout early 19th century 
 fashion magazines. Fashion plates display women in pomona green gowns, 
 or with pomona green accessories, and descriptions of the color usually 
 refer to leaves or apples. First problem: the images depicted are 
 showing a range of greens (understandable in that they are usually 
 handpainted). Second problem: trying to find a green that matches any of 
 the greens in that range is rather difficult in our current decade of 
 very blue greens or very yellow/olive greens. Even the pantone color 
 chart shows us that this range of greens doesn't seem to be in vogue.
 
 So, here's a challenge! Which of the three fabrics linked here would you 
 place in the closest to pomona green category. I know, none of them 
 or you can't tell from an online picture are both logical responses as 
 is just buy some and then decide! But I'm hoping some of you will take 
 a stab at this. And if anyone knows of another site that has the perfect 
 pomona green in a lightweight silk taffeta (especially at these prices) 
 oh my! I would love to know about it. :-)
 
 http://www.puresilks.us/index.php?route=product/productproduct_id=4014
 http://www.puresilks.us/index.php?route=product/productproduct_id=2741
 http://www.puresilks.us/index.php?route=product/productproduct_id=2163
 
 and this is the color I'm most in love with in an illustration:
 http://www.pinterest.com/pin/194991858836404282/
 
 
 - Hope
 
 P.S. And my apologies for sending a question about greens amidst the 
 discussion about post mortem photographs...(groan: ducking and running).
 
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Re: [h-cost] Pomona Green: vote now!

2015-01-16 Thread g vance
I also like Danielle's fourth recommendation - if the fabric in the dress is 
the same as the yardage shown.  If that's too iffy, I'd go with the African 
Green Shot, or the straight African Green.
Glynnis

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 Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 11:50:02 -0500
 To: h-cost...@indra.com
 Subject: Re: [h-cost] Pomona Green: vote now!
 
 I really like Danielle's fourth recommendation, both as a lovely color and as 
 a good match for the plate, at least as far as my computer's monitor is 
 concerned. Failing that, I'd go for the third.
 --RA Baumgartner
 
 On Jan 16, 2015, at 6:05 AM, Danielle Nunn-Weinberg wrote:
 
  Greetings,
  
  I think I have that fashion plate, or at least others wearing that same 
  colour.  It was a popular colour and I love it too.  They sure liked green 
  during that time.    If you asked me to go by the colour name, I would 
  have said it was the colour of Granny Smith apples.
  
  However, I don't think that any of those you provided links for would be 
  right.  Did you notice that it is a shot fabric being depicted?  I think 
  that you would be better off looking for a shot silk combining colours like 
  the first and second ones.
  
  I think that this one is slightly better than the non-shot version:
  http://www.puresilks.us/index.php?route=product/productpath=2product_id=2478
   
  However, I think that this might do the trick:
  http://www.puresilks.us/index.php?route=product/productpath=2product_id=4642
  It has both the yellowish highlights and the blue undertones of the fashion 
  plate.
  
  Mind you, this one could work as well:
  http://www.puresilks.us/index.php?route=product/productpath=2product_id=1617
  
  Surprisingly, if the woman in the photo is wearing the fabric in the 
  photos, it is another possibility.
  http://www.puresilks.us/index.php?route=product/productpath=2product_id=1290
   
  
  Compare them side-by-side with the fashion plate and I think that you will 
  see that they are pretty good matches.  Just my opinion, of course, but it 
  appears to me that the colouring of the plate follows the usual stylistic 
  conventions for depicting shot fabrics, that have been used in European art 
  since the 15th century.
  
  Cheers 
  Danielle 
  
  
  Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 16:19:22 -0500
  From: h...@uvm.edu
  To: h-cost...@indra.com
  Subject: [h-cost] Pomona Green: vote now!
  
  
  The color name pomona green appears throughout early 19th century 
  fashion magazines. Fashion plates display women in pomona green gowns, 
  or with pomona green accessories, and descriptions of the color usually 
  refer to leaves or apples. First problem: the images depicted are 
  showing a range of greens (understandable in that they are usually 
  handpainted). Second problem: trying to find a green that matches any of 
  the greens in that range is rather difficult in our current decade of 
  very blue greens or very yellow/olive greens. Even the pantone color 
  chart shows us that this range of greens doesn't seem to be in vogue.
  
  So, here's a challenge! Which of the three fabrics linked here would you 
  place in the closest to pomona green category. I know, none of them 
  or you can't tell from an online picture are both logical responses as 
  is just buy some and then decide! But I'm hoping some of you will take 
  a stab at this. And if anyone knows of another site that has the perfect 
  pomona green in a lightweight silk taffeta (especially at these prices) 
  oh my! I would love to know about it. :-)
  
  http://www.puresilks.us/index.php?route=product/productproduct_id=4014
  http://www.puresilks.us/index.php?route=product/productproduct_id=2741
  http://www.puresilks.us/index.php?route=product/productproduct_id=2163
  
  and this is the color I'm most in love with in an illustration:
  http://www.pinterest.com/pin/194991858836404282/
  
  
  - Hope
  
  P.S. And my apologies for sending a question about greens amidst the 
  discussion about post mortem photographs...(groan: ducking and running).
  
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Re: [h-cost] Pomona Green: vote now!

2015-01-16 Thread Janet Davis
I also think this is the best match.
 
Surprisingly, if the woman in the photo is wearing the fabric in the photos, it 
is another possibility.
  http://www.puresilks.us/index.php?route=product/productpath=2product_id=1290

Janet
  
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Re: [h-cost] Pomona Green: vote now!

2015-01-15 Thread Beteena Paradise
I always envisioned Pomona Green to be more like this color. But that is just 
from my own mind's forming and not really grounded in any kind of fact or 
anything. :) 
http://www.bangkokthaisilk.com/lime-green-100-authentic-silk-fabric/
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Re: [h-cost] Pomona Green: vote now!

2015-01-15 Thread Lavolta Press


My understanding is that it's a yellowish green, making the color in the 
middle link most accurate. At least on my monitor. Exclusive_silks is 
the same business as pure_silks on eBay; you might want to look at their 
listings too. For myself, I don't worry about not being able to find a 
solid fabric color, since I can always dye white or off-white fabric. 
See 
http://www.dharmatrading.com/dyes/dyes-for-dyeing-silk-wool-nylon.html?lnav=dyes.html


Fran
Lavolta Press
Books of historic clothing patterns
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On 1/15/2015 1:19 PM, Hope Greenberg wrote:


The color name pomona green appears throughout early 19th century 
fashion magazines. Fashion plates display women in pomona green gowns, 
or with pomona green accessories, and descriptions of the color 
usually refer to leaves or apples. First problem: the images depicted 
are showing a range of greens (understandable in that they are usually 
handpainted). Second problem: trying to find a green that matches any 
of the greens in that range is rather difficult in our current decade 
of very blue greens or very yellow/olive greens. Even the pantone 
color chart shows us that this range of greens doesn't seem to be in 
vogue.


So, here's a challenge! Which of the three fabrics linked here would 
you place in the closest to pomona green category. I know, none of 
them or you can't tell from an online picture are both logical 
responses as is just buy some and then decide! But I'm hoping some 
of you will take a stab at this. And if anyone knows of another site 
that has the perfect pomona green in a lightweight silk taffeta 
(especially at these prices) oh my! I would love to know about it. :-)


http://www.puresilks.us/index.php?route=product/productproduct_id=4014
http://www.puresilks.us/index.php?route=product/productproduct_id=2741
http://www.puresilks.us/index.php?route=product/productproduct_id=2163

and this is the color I'm most in love with in an illustration:
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/194991858836404282/


- Hope

P.S. And my apologies for sending a question about greens amidst the 
discussion about post mortem photographs...(groan: ducking and running).


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[h-cost] Pomona Green: vote now!

2015-01-15 Thread Hope Greenberg


The color name pomona green appears throughout early 19th century 
fashion magazines. Fashion plates display women in pomona green gowns, 
or with pomona green accessories, and descriptions of the color usually 
refer to leaves or apples. First problem: the images depicted are 
showing a range of greens (understandable in that they are usually 
handpainted). Second problem: trying to find a green that matches any of 
the greens in that range is rather difficult in our current decade of 
very blue greens or very yellow/olive greens. Even the pantone color 
chart shows us that this range of greens doesn't seem to be in vogue.


So, here's a challenge! Which of the three fabrics linked here would you 
place in the closest to pomona green category. I know, none of them 
or you can't tell from an online picture are both logical responses as 
is just buy some and then decide! But I'm hoping some of you will take 
a stab at this. And if anyone knows of another site that has the perfect 
pomona green in a lightweight silk taffeta (especially at these prices) 
oh my! I would love to know about it. :-)


http://www.puresilks.us/index.php?route=product/productproduct_id=4014
http://www.puresilks.us/index.php?route=product/productproduct_id=2741
http://www.puresilks.us/index.php?route=product/productproduct_id=2163

and this is the color I'm most in love with in an illustration:
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/194991858836404282/


- Hope

P.S. And my apologies for sending a question about greens amidst the 
discussion about post mortem photographs...(groan: ducking and running).


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Re: [h-cost] Pomona Green: vote now!

2015-01-15 Thread annbwass
Pomona green continues into the third quarter of the 19th century, as I found 
in my research of that period. I have no real reason for this opinion, but I 
always thought of it as more of a yellow-green, like a green apple, so I have 
to say, none of your swatches.

Ann Wass

 

 

 

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Subject: [h-cost] Pomona Green: vote now!



The color name pomona green appears throughout early 19th century 
fashion magazines. Fashion plates display women in pomona green gowns, 
or with pomona green accessories, and descriptions of the color usually 
refer to leaves or apples. First problem: the images depicted are 
showing a range of greens (understandable in that they are usually 
handpainted). Second problem: trying to find a green that matches any of 
the greens in that range is rather difficult in our current decade of 
very blue greens or very yellow/olive greens. Even the pantone color 
chart shows us that this range of greens doesn't seem to be in vogue.

So, here's a challenge! Which of the three fabrics linked here would you 
place in the closest to pomona green category. I know, none of them 
or you can't tell from an online picture are both logical responses as 
is just buy some and then decide! But I'm hoping some of you will take 
a stab at this. And if anyone knows of another site that has the perfect 
pomona green in a lightweight silk taffeta (especially at these prices) 
oh my! I would love to know about it. :-)

http://www.puresilks.us/index.php?route=product/productproduct_id=4014
http://www.puresilks.us/index.php?route=product/productproduct_id=2741
http://www.puresilks.us/index.php?route=product/productproduct_id=2163

and this is the color I'm most in love with in an illustration:
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/194991858836404282/


- Hope

P.S. And my apologies for sending a question about greens amidst the 
discussion about post mortem photographs...(groan: ducking and running).

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Re: [h-cost] Pomona Green: vote now!

2015-01-15 Thread Ruth Anne Baumgartner
I'd say of the three, the second is the best, and the most interesting, 
although none has quite the right undertone. I actually had some synthetic 
(sorry, a gift!) fabric awhile ago that came REALLY close to your 
illustration--I used it in combination with a cream-rose-and-green print and a 
lot of cream lace for a stage costume for She Stoops to Conquer, and it was 
fabulous. So I sympathize with your quest.
--RA Baumgartner

On Jan 15, 2015, at 4:19 PM, Hope Greenberg wrote:

 
 The color name pomona green appears throughout early 19th century fashion 
 magazines. Fashion plates display women in pomona green gowns, or with pomona 
 green accessories, and descriptions of the color usually refer to leaves or 
 apples. First problem: the images depicted are showing a range of greens 
 (understandable in that they are usually handpainted). Second problem: trying 
 to find a green that matches any of the greens in that range is rather 
 difficult in our current decade of very blue greens or very yellow/olive 
 greens. Even the pantone color chart shows us that this range of greens 
 doesn't seem to be in vogue.
 
 So, here's a challenge! Which of the three fabrics linked here would you 
 place in the closest to pomona green category. I know, none of them or 
 you can't tell from an online picture are both logical responses as is 
 just buy some and then decide! But I'm hoping some of you will take a stab 
 at this. And if anyone knows of another site that has the perfect pomona 
 green in a lightweight silk taffeta (especially at these prices) oh my! I 
 would love to know about it. :-)
 
 http://www.puresilks.us/index.php?route=product/productproduct_id=4014
 http://www.puresilks.us/index.php?route=product/productproduct_id=2741
 http://www.puresilks.us/index.php?route=product/productproduct_id=2163
 
 and this is the color I'm most in love with in an illustration:
 http://www.pinterest.com/pin/194991858836404282/
 
 
 - Hope
 
 P.S. And my apologies for sending a question about greens amidst the 
 discussion about post mortem photographs...(groan: ducking and running).
 
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Re: [h-cost] Pomona Green: vote now!

2015-01-15 Thread Terry Walker
 

Yeah, I'd vote for this one. It looks the most like the drawing. 

Terry 

On 2015-01-15 16:42, Beteena Paradise wrote: 

 I always envisioned Pomona Green to be more like this color. But that is just 
 from my own mind's forming and not really grounded in any kind of fact or 
 anything. :) 
 http://www.bangkokthaisilk.com/lime-green-100-authentic-silk-fabric/ [1]
 Teena 
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[h-cost] Pomona green

2015-01-15 Thread Sharon Collier
I think it's difficult to find Pomona green because it probably was a
color made with arsenic. I saw a picture of a gown in a museum and it was
EXACTLY the shade of green I love! But it was dyed with arsenic. I would
have died of arsenic poisoning, I'm sure, as I adore that color. 

Sharon C. 

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Re: [h-cost] Pomona Green: vote now!

2015-01-15 Thread Carol Kocian
I like this one the best. Hope, can you get fabric from this source?

-Carol


On Jan 15, 2015, at 4:42 PM, Beteena Paradise bete...@mostlymedieval.com 
wrote:

 I always envisioned Pomona Green to be more like this color. But that is just 
 from my own mind's forming and not really grounded in any kind of fact or 
 anything. :) 
 http://www.bangkokthaisilk.com/lime-green-100-authentic-silk-fabric/
  Teena 
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