不只人要換裝,建築也要.尤其在巴黎這樣的時尚之都
艾菲爾鐵塔不是一成不變的,它穿過許多不同顏色的外衣
When the Eiffel Tower opened in 1889, it sported a reddish-brown color.
當艾菲爾鐵塔在1889開放時,它是紅褐色
In fashionable Paris, even the Eiffel Tower must keep up with style trends.
在時尚的巴黎,即使艾菲爾鐵塔也必須跟隨潮流
A decade later, it was coated in yellow paint. The tower was also yellow-brown
10 年後,它塗上黃色的油漆外衣. 那鐵塔也曾是黃褐色和栗褐色在現代這個顏色之前,
尤其在1968年它被塗上一個特別調製的顏色,那顏色也被稱為艾菲爾褐色
and chestnut brown before the adoption of the current, specially mixed “Eiffel Tower Brown” in 1968.
Every seven years, painters apply 60 tons of paint to the tower to keep her looking young.
每7年,消耗大約60tons 的顏料來保持艾菲爾塔的顏色
The tower is painted in three shades, progressively lighter with elevation, in order to
augment the structure’s silhouette against the canvas of the Parisian sky.
那塔三面都被上色,隨著高度逐漸變淺來加強建築的輪廓,在巴黎的天空輪廓中跳躍出來
History web
reddish-brown (n. a.) 紅褐色 chestnut brown 栗褐色 shade(s) (n) 陰暗處 elevation (n) 高度,向上,升高 progressively lighter with elevation 逐漸變淺, 隨著高度 augment (n. v.)擴大, 加強 |
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