Why did the Statue Of Liberty change from copper color to green?

Answer 1

Oxidation is what is seen in on Lady Liberty. If you want to be even more specific, the color of Lady Liberty is verdigris.

Other cases of oxidation can be seen if you look at pennies in a wishing well.

Answer 2

Copper oxidizes to a green color. It is still copper.

Answer 3

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The Statue of Liberty is clad in copper, which corrodes to a green color

Answer 4

because when water hits it from the rain outside, it causes a chemical reaction and makes it turn from brown to green. that's what happens to pennies too, after a while they turn green!

Answer 5

becasue when copper is out it the weather it turns green..

Answer 6

Green is the color of oxidation or "rust" of the bronze metal that the statue is made of.

Answer 7

The statue of liberty use to brown because it was made of copper, but 100 years of water hitting the statue made it green

Answer 8

the copper that is used in pennies.and then when the penny gets old or mixed with something (air) it turns green

Answer 9

the copper has corroded (rusted) to form the green color
It is just like anything rusting but on a larger scale