Folded Chiton Verdigris

Old English fealdan, to fold — past-participle of fold. As a color modifier, folded implies a clear-and-creased-and-arranged quality where the hue carries the visual register of carefully-folded-and-neatly-arranged textile surface. Sits at the crisp-and-finished end of the grid, parallel to pressed and trim in usage.

Greek χιτών, Hellenic-tunic. As a color modifier, chiton implies a Hellenic-tunic-and-pinned-and-pleated quality, the visual register of Hellenic-Doric-and-Ionic-chiton hand-Hellenic-tunic-and-pinned-and-pleated Hellenic-Doric-and-Ionic-chiton-and-Phidias-Parthenon chiton-and-Hellenic-tunic surfaces under Hellenic-Doric-and-Ionic-chiton-and-Phidias-Parthenon Athenian-Acropolis-and-Hellenic-court Hellenic-tunic-light. Sits at the modifier-and-textile end of the grid, parallel to peplos and tunic in usage.

The basic copper carbonate that forms on weathered copper and bronze — the pigment scraped from oxidized metal and used in Renaissance painting before being supplanted by more stable greens. The color refers to a thick verdigris on aged copper roofing or the Statue of Liberty's surface: a soft, slightly muted blue-green with the powdery finish of mineral oxide. Cooler than patina, warmer than seafoam, with the archaeological weight of a mineral made by time.