Giannis vs Polinik on the color of bronze :)

[Giannis K. Hoplite]

And since this thread has my name in there,here i join too.
I will post many photos side by side,just to demonstrate how bronze colour can look different according to the lighting,or the camera settings.

These are all photos of the same helmet,and you see how it can look "golden" or redder,and you can compare with that other MI armour which is the same alloy,and under white lighting it looks pink!

That said,completely polished ancient greaves that i have seen in Thessaloniki museum were very yellow.
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o118 ... eapons.jpg
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o118 ... C02268.jpg
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o118 ... C02271.jpg

Note that these have no patina,like the Munich helmet and greaves,they are highly polished and reflective! They have a different shade that common brass. Especially highly polished modern brass has a white-green hue which no bronze has. But they didn't have any red hue either. Now,problem is these are the only ancient bronze items that have maintained that high gloss. Certainly,many helmets have a fine yellow patina,but still,it's a patina. In fact,oxidisation from my fingerprints on my phosphor bronze helmet leaves a yellower mark! But other helmets have a fine red patina. So neither can be used to determine the exact shade of the polished item. But i've found that those greaves i posted,those two pairs from Macedonia,are exceptional. I checked if they were guilded or something,but no,it was the actual polished bronze!
Khairete
Giannis