English "laydown" = French "application"? Jargon?

[Wilson Gray]

My wife didn't like the off-brand set of crayons much, so she went to
the name-brand, Crayola. And yes, she assures me, information printed
on the packaging containing the Crayola set also makes reference to
"laydown" and not to "application."

And it's interesting that "colored" instead of "coloring" also appears
to be the proper term and not a mistake.

One never knows, do one?

-Wilson

On Feb 3, 2008 2:00 PM, Andrea Morrow <aandrea1234 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> As someone who works with pastels and colored pencils in my hobby, I
> can attest that color "laydown" (also "lay down" and "lay-down") is a
> common usage for people I know who use these media.  In my mind, it
> means color that is applied directly from the pencil or pastel, as
> opposed to using a brush or solvent to transfer it.  A quick google
> search turned up lots of hits with this meaning. I can't say where
> this use came from, but it is in wide usage beyond one brand of
> colored pencils.
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> Andrea
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> On Feb 3, 2008 1:35 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> > But "laydown" is more memorable, vivid, and colorful than "application."
> >
> >  And that's what I want in a good crayon!
> >
> >  JL
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> > Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> > On a box of "colored," i.e. coloring, pencils bought by my wife,
> >
> > "Smooth, rich color _laydown_"
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> > is rendered into French as:
> >
> > "_Application_ de couleur lisse et riche"
> >
> > Perhaps English "laydown" = French "application" is jargon of the
> > field of coloring books. I wouldn't have expected "laydown" instead of
> > "application" to be used in this context in English.
> >
> > I checked and it does say, "Made in U.S.A." / "Fabriqué en É.-U."
> >
> > -Wilson
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