Cuyler
Sorry to hear of your troubles. It sounds like you are well on the way  
to mending. Best of luck.

Green because it was cheap. Blue was expensive. I don't know why not  
red, yellow, etc. There are many interesting writing re: blue. First  
the pigment was very expensive cobalt. Then folks came up w different  
minerals and developed Prussian blue, an inferior substitute but also  
costly to most. In the US folks came up with a blue made from all  
manner of stuff including cow blood. Blue marked wealth. So any which  
way. In Oregon, s of Portland early Russian settlers formulated a blue  
known locally as Aurora blue. This hue of blue (a dirty cobalt-color)  
is ubiquitous in the world. If anyone nails why green, it will be  
interesting.

Mary
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Mary Tegel
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Tegel Design + Planning
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On Sep 19, 2011, at 10:39 AM, Cuyler Page <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Why was green paint the standard shutter and trim colour on 1800's  
> farmhouses?   Anything to do with chemistry or colour availability?
>
> PS: Happy to be back in circulation after a heart attack, open heart  
> stuff, and six weeks of adventure in an amazing cardiac care unit in  
> Victoria, BC.
>
> Cheers and Good Health to All,
> cp in bc
>
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