linothorax and other white cuirases

[Thomas V.]

It can hold the shape and be flexible in some parts, adjusting the ammount of layers.

If the adjustment of the amount of layers is the way flexibility was achieved in crucial parts of the musculata, why do the shoulder flaps of the Prima Porta cuirass need hinges? If the adjustment of the amount of layers is the way flexibility was achieved in crucial parts of the musculata, why does the Prima Porta cuirass consist of two shells instead of a single piece??

Silver will be normally represented with different tones of grey and some highlights. No flat painting in white.

Heraldry for example uses the color white to represent silver.

And:

We often don't even know whether the colours we see today are the same as those that were used when freshly painted.