Date:         Sun, 28 Jan 2007 11:14:16 -0500
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From:         mordo <helmut.blong@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Fwd: A little bit of Red....
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>
> red is always the most expensive color...  something about the pigments in
> the paint, cost more to make than any other color.



That is curious because historically, red (iron oxide) was the least
expensive a fact that explains the ubiquity of red barns across this
country.

I suppose that the reds used now are nothing at all to do with iron oxide
thus their expense.




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mordo
1990 Carat

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