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I'm looking for Antique green... I really have no idea what it looks like, eventhough I know its green... If you have any sample of artwork or somewhere in the internet have sample color of it that would help...
Thanks
-------------------- Jaime Doyle Doyle Sign & Web Design RR1 Box 351-C Grampian, PA Posts: 79 | From: Grampian, PA | Registered: Oct 2001
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In a day and age where we have colors that have many different names for the same color, and everything seems to be an antique I can guess it would be next to impossible to stear you in the right direction without some more info.
Just last week we had a truck to letter, the customer told us it was burgundy, this was on the first meeting. So I started to dream up in my mind color combos for burgundy, When the truck arrived for a viewing, it was copper!
He says " the manufacturer says it was burgundy"
I could care less if they told you it was sahara sand, it IS copper!
Sooooooo whith that in mind "Antique green" could be anything from One shot medium green to Kumquat.
-------------------- Bob Rochon Creative Signworks Millbury, MA 508-865-7330
"Life is Like an Echo, what you put out, comes back to you." Posts: 5149 | From: Millbury, Mass. U.S. | Registered: Nov 1998
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Ha ha - Burgundy, yeah...my dad was a wino and that's what he drank all the time. I understand heavy red wine drinkers go somewhat colorblind after a while, but he started off that way. To him anything in the warm zones was 'Burgundy' and was his favorite color.
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You might be thinking of the "green" that is used in the process of painting new objects to look old(antique)called.... PATINA hope I spelled that right!
Hope this helps
-------------------- PKing is Pat King The Professor of SIGNOLOGY Posts: 3113 | From: Pompano Beach, FL. USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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Well, gotta agree with Pat on this one. I think a patina look, as you would achieve naturally on copper exposed to the elements, would be my idea of what antique green would mean to me.
You could do a faux finish with a base of copper colored paint (or vinyl) & using a natural sponge add some blotches of a moss green & something like a avacado green.
Or you could buy some copper flashing used in the construction trade & there are acid type solutions available for bringing out the natural oxidation/patina without waiting years for the weather to do it. Then if copper is not a suitable substrate, you could scan this & edge print it.
I have a big hotel job that will have all their high-end signs done in copper with a patina finish. I will be trying to create a digital representation for all their low-end "Reserved Parking", & "No Admittance" type of signs in the less conspicious areas.
I'll post what I come up with.
[ July 08, 2002, 05:44 PM: Message edited by: Doug Allan ]
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Jaime, if you darken up Forest Green with black, you will get an old fashioned green.
If the client has asked for an antique green without being more specific, whip out your paint chips and have them choose a color. Or just mix up a color or two and paint samples for their color approval. This assumes there is money in the job for this activity. Vic G
-------------------- Victor Georgiou Danville, CA , USA Posts: 1746 | From: Danville, CA , USA | Registered: Dec 1998
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