Stripped Brood Verdigris

Old English stripian, to strip — past-participle of strip. As a color modifier, stripped implies a clear-and-bared-and-unornamented quality, the crisp color of Cistercian-and-Bauhaus anti-ornamental stripped-down architectural interior. Sits at the crisp-and-stripped end of the grid, parallel to spare and bare in usage.

Old English brōd, young-of-birds-or-to-ponder. As a color modifier, brood implies a hen-and-pondering-and-darkly-thinking quality, the visual register of Heathcliff-and-Hamlet-brood hand-hen-and-pondering-and-darkly-thinking Heathcliff-and-Hamlet-and-Byronic-hero brooded-and-pondering-and-darkly-thinking surfaces under Heathcliff-and-Hamlet-and-Byronic-hero stormy-and-overcast-and-introspective Yorkshire-moor-light. Sits at the modifier-and-mood end of the grid, parallel to mope and sigh 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.