About the various colour schemes, I think of them in terms of the separate major colours.
Modern:
red = a bright pure red
blue= a very dark blue
green= "forest green"
Ancient
red= dull orange
blue= soft pastel "French blue"
green= soft pastel green, sometimes with a slight olive cast
Muted (House of Edgar)
red= claret, darkish red with magenta cast
blue= French or Cobalt blue
green= olive green
Reproduction/Weathered
red= dusty dull red
blue= cool grey
green= dull greenish brown
Last edited by OC Richard; 23rd March 13 at 05:45 AM.
Proud Mountaineer from the Highlands of West Virginia; son of the Revolution and Civil War; first Europeans on the Guyandotte
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