HealeyOn@aol.com wrote:
>
> I just purchased a TR 6 with paint code 17...my original Triumph book calls
> it DAMSON....does anyone know the derivation of the colour or the derivation
> of the name of the colour?....I was able to scrounge up a tan coloured boot
> cover for my top when it's down.....my seats & top are black....has anyone
> had any experience with dye colouring that material?..Any help will be
> appreciated. Russ Mattson
>
% webster damson
dam.son \'dam-z*n\ n [ME, fr. L prunum damascenum, lit., plum of
Damascus]
: an Asiatic plum (Prunus insititia or P. domestica insititia)
cultivated
for its small acid purple fruit; also : its fruit
--ken
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