RE: REF: pop quiz for today
- Subject: RE: [iris] REF: pop quiz for today
- From: "Steve Szabo" s*@erols.com
- Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 23:30:17 -0500
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What color is smalt?
From the Merriam Webster Dictionary online--Main Entry: smalt
Pronunciation: 'smolt
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle French, from Old Italian smalto, of Germanic origin; akin
to Old High German smelzan to melt -- more at SMELT
Date: 1558
: a deep blue pigment used especially as a ceramic color and prepared by
fusing together silica, potash, and oxide of cobalt and grinding to powder
the resultant glass
What color is orchadee?
From HYPERLINK
"http://www.anthus.com/Colors/Cent.html#240"http://www.anthus.com/Colors/Cen
t.html#240
<tr><td><a name="240"><strong>240 Light Reddish Purple</strong></td><td>
0.7rp 6.0 6.9</td><td>#BB6C8A</td><td width="70"
bgcolor="#BB6C8A"> </td></tr>
Can't seem to get this to display right, just follow the link.
What was National I. G.?
You got me--National Inspector General?
What is an RC iris?
Royal Crown Iris? No, wait, that's Royal Crown Cola! Darn.
-----Original Message-----
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Mann
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 4:25 PM
To: iris- talk
Subject: [iris] REF: pop quiz for today
What color is smalt?
What color is orchadee?
What was National I. G.?
What is an RC iris?
I think I know the answer to two of the four.
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Linda Mann east Tennessee USA zone 7/8
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