Talk:Lincoln green
Lincoln Green is Red?[edit]
[TMP] "Lincoln Green -- what shade of green, exactly?" Topic Lincoln Green or Lincoln "grayne, graine" is actually a shade of red. ... So the Robin Hood of legend was dressed in finest Lincoln Grayne-red- and Will ... http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=55456
Buckinghams Retinue - Medieval Dyeing True crimson dye, known as ‘grayne’ was made from oriental insect secretions and was expensive. .... Lincoln green, bright green. lusty gallant, light red ... http://www.bucks-retinue.org.uk/content/view/139/177/
Grayne, also called kermes, was, according to those pages, a bright red dye made from insects. However, at other times graine/grayne/greyne refers to a grade of cloth regardless of color.
The Drapers' ordinances state that "in 1483, 'violet in grayne cloth' is mentioned for the gown, and 'cremesin in grayne' for the hood; in 1495 half murrey and half violet for both gowns and hoods; and 1498 murrey for the gown, and blue and crimson for the hood" (Herbert 1:441). http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~ohlgren/RobinHood/MerchantofSherwood.htm