"Patina doesn't flake on metal and is mainly just a color change, such as bronze turning green," says Eileen Fulton, a restorer for O'Sullivan Antiques in New York City. The term is commonly used ...

Reyne was using a word—patina—that appraisers ... "When you 'patinate' a bronze," explains Michael, "you are creating highlights, mattes, glossy surfaces, and color variations.

The metal has a warm golden-brown glow. But a distinct patina develops on bronze after oxidation and skin contact, which, to the uninitiated, might look dirty or muddy—a metal that’s been put ...

Though the bronze patina colour palette tends to be different from paint colours, the process involved mixing different hues that reacted at high temperatures and ultimately would match the ...