We need the input of artists, home painters and auto painters. I have always been told that the red spectrum of colors is more light sensitive, and will fade easier and faster than other colors. Truth? Jeff Wisconsin -----Original Message----- From: phono-l-bounces at oldcrank.org [mailto:phono-l-bounces at oldcrank.org] On Behalf Of Aph4990 at aol.com Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 11:21 PM To: phono-l at oldcrank.org Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Mystery In a message dated 9/4/2007 8:13:21 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time, lherault at bu.edu writes: The red underneath the elbo is not exposed to ultraviolet. No UV no fade. Very few pigments in use in the early 1900s were color fast. Almost all of them fade and the color that they fade to, in most cases, is not what you would expect. And so...can we assume that the maroon accents fade but the amber horn color either does not fade or fades much less than maroon? I am simply wondering what pigment difference there might have been. The simplest answer would seem to be that certain colors absorb UV light more than others. I wonder what other present day horns would have been different colors when they were manufactured. ---Art Heller ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org