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Word of the Day: Verdigris

Posted on April 28, 2020 by

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The Magdalen Reading, by Rogier van der Weyden (1438)

Verdigris is the greenish-bluish film that is created on the surface of copper by the application of a dilute acetic acid. It has a long history of use as a pigment, in dyeing, in the arts, and in medicine. The term can also refer… Continue Reading “Word of the Day: Verdigris”

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