well maybe 'green weathered copper' was incorrect..I was just referring to the green that is used on some buildings as a way a kind of how a different color can be incorporated in buildings in a sparing way. I was not referring to the color green as a color to use in SF necessarily.
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I guess what I meant was the green 'patina' that copper gets with age. It is artificially 'aged' to get that green patina and is used mainly in roofing of certain buildings.
Like the top of this building:
or the top of the skyscraper on the left:
I wish we had stuff like this going on here. The most we have right now is a 20 story condo tower going up. What with this project and the Treasure Island project proposal in SF it must be nice!
Actually I think those tones/hues of orange, blue, and gold in the Shanghai pic(either at sunset or sunrise to get those different colors) would look great on a tall, tapering building in SF.
more pics of buildings with orange and blue hues together in Hong Kong:
I think these and the Shanghai pics show that at least certain hues of orange and blue look good together.