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[Giannis K. Hoplite]

Eeerm, I don't really see a point anywhere near to well founded. You saw some helmets retrieved from the ground after 2500 years,and i bet they were somewhere between the range of black-green, with a few being reddish and some others having a light brown-dark yellow shade. This is only different kinds of patina,largely dependent on the conditions the helmet was in and much less to the exact alloy. Actually it seems that all the metal analyses of archaic and classical bronze are near 10% zinc. Which when beaten can become very hard actually!
Now,this will be my last atempt to convince you,since you repeatedly try to question evidenced views against not evidenced ones,some times not in the politest way.
There are very very few bronze items that have maintained their polish to a degree that their original colour can be seen. I have seen some greaves in the Thessaloniki archaeologial museum that have some stunning preservation. They weren't burriend in the ground but found on the graves in Derveni,and this might have helped their preservation.

I wish you could see this seccond pair better,but i couldn't use flash and it was dark over there. They were almost mirror polish and almost gold yellow. I spent a lot of time trying to ensure they weren't guilded,but i found no trace,and actually all the vases and bronze objects found in that tomb were as well preserved!


I have also seen pieces of repolished bronze and they were all very yellow.
Now we also have the evidence of art. Show me one coloured depiction of bronze armour in ancient art that it has any other colour than yellow. Here are some examples,and they're only very few
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o118 ... 1277655711
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o118 ... 1277655688
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o118 ... 1277655685
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o118 ... 1277655671
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o118 ... 1277655642
Not to mention the many sources who speak about the gleaming bronze,reflecting the sun! Or about the helots after the battle of Plataea who couldn't distinguish gold from bronze and where fooled by other greeks who bough gold in the price of bronze!

So here we are,tell me the evidence about the black-green bronze armour and the foundations of your complains.
I will agree with you that in most cases yellow brass doesn't look as good as bronze,not so much because it is yellow,but because it is not the right kind of yellow. My phosphor bronze helmets are not very yellow,more redish i would say,but ancient bronze was yellower!
Khaire
Giannis