djy according to Homer's Iliad(not simpson) it was" Bronze" but Homer also said that wine, the sea and sheep were all the same colour - purply red! and he also wrote that Hector's hair was Blue.(It is not true that Ancient greeks had no word for Blue)
Only three other colours are mentioned in the whole of the Iliad and the Odyssey: black, white and greenish yellow. The last one greenish yellow is called chlorus which he says is the colour of honey, tears, sap and blood.

This message was edited by Mr Griffiths on 04/25/05 08:42 ET.