Random thought

[pne]

I wonder how many people are excited to find out that their favourite username isn't taken yet on LiveJournal, even though it's a fairly common word... and then to find out a week later that it's because they can't spell?

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[pthalo]

like pthalo? (it's actually an accepted spelling, one of three (phthalo, pthalo, and thalo. but phthalo is actually the most common)

[bitterlight.livejournal.com]

Okay, I'll bite--what does phthalo mean?

[pthalo]

It's a colour. There is Phthalo green and phthalo blue. Phthalo blue is this colour: http://www.utrechtart.com/images/swatches/watercolors/phthalo_blue.jpg and Phthalo green is this colour: http://www.utrechtart.com/images/swatches/watercolors/phthalo_green.jpg

Different companies spell it different ways though :/ and pthalo is an accepted spelling, just not the most common.

Phthalo green is similar to Viridian which is another shade of green I really like. I buy my acryllics and my oils from different companies (well, I haven't painted for a while, but when I did buy paint), and my acryllic tube of green reads "phthalo green" and my oil tube of blue reads "pthalo blue" :)

[pthalo]

Oh, and I should answer the question behind your question as well. In my colour symbolism, that shade of green refers to growth, new beginnings, a return to the basics, and finding myself.