All Bronze and Copper Finishes are considered "Living Finishes" as they are designed to age and patina with time.
Most living finishes are an exclusive province of the higher end of the market. The changeable nature of brass, copper and bronze is a selling point and that changeable nature comes at a premium.
These fixtures are truly made from brass and copper and then they have a patina applied to them in the factory. These patinas are pigments and chemicals that react with the base metal to speed up the aging process. These patinas allow the base metals to look like they're already aged upon arrival. On a living finish, the metal is left unsealed. That is, without a clear top coat to prevent corrosion. Without that clear topcoat, these faucets will also continue to age and their colors will continue to evolve as the base metal reacts with the environment. No two of these faucets will age at the same rate or go through the same color phases. Their continued evolution is completely dependent on the environment where they're placed. Hence the term living finish.
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