Well me and my lame-ass reg-green color deficiency have a hard time telling the 3 center'ish powers apart. Particularly the P, R, and M, and of those, the P and the M are super close. I think this is cuz the background is orangey, and those colors tend to blend in with the background a bit, or it washes them out. Again, it's solely cuz I have a hard time seeing red-green, and can never tell what the flipping numbers are on those card-tests. I wonder what the world really looks like in full color...
I would also use things like Random, ThinDiag, Hatch, Vert, Sparse, and any other fill pattern to make the powers fill by different shapes too instead of just colors for those of us who have a hard time w them. 
-mike
From: The White Wolf [mailto:cloudhurler77(at)yahoo.com]
Sent: Mon 8/24/2009 3:00 PM
To: Joe Babinsack; Garry Bledsoe; Kevin Burt; Nick Cherrier; Nathan Deily; dc272; Andrew Jameson; Aidan Slattery; Mark Utterbach; Max Victory
Cc: Michael Sims
Subject: DC-272 Map Color Test
Folks,
I pulled out the old box set, and tried to match map and power colors as closely as possible. Of course, I couldn't get the land spaces exactly on, since the board coloring is so complicated. I got it as close as possible though.
Since these colors are based on the actual published game, they are my strong preference. However, I'll still happily accept comments and constructive criticism. Please let me know what you think.
Wolf
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| DC-272 Map Color Test (dc272) FuzzyLogic Aug 24, 03:08 pm |
Well me and my lame-ass reg-green color deficiency have a hard time telling the 3 center'ish powers apart. Particularly the P, R, and M, and of those, the P and the M are super close. I think this is cuz the background is orangey, and those colors tend to blend in with the background a bit, or it washes them out. Again, it's solely cuz I have a hard time seeing red-green, and can never tell what the flipping numbers are on those card-tests. I wonder what the world really looks like in full color...
I would also use things like Random, ThinDiag, Hatch, Vert, Sparse, and any other fill pattern to make the powers fill by different shapes too instead of just colors for those of us who have a hard time w them.
-mike
From: The White Wolf [mailto:cloudhurler77(at)yahoo.com]
Sent: Mon 8/24/2009 3:00 PM
To: Joe Babinsack; Garry Bledsoe; Kevin Burt; Nick Cherrier; Nathan Deily; dc272; Andrew Jameson; Aidan Slattery; Mark Utterbach; Max Victory
Cc: Michael Sims
Subject: DC-272 Map Color Test
Folks,
I pulled out the old box set, and tried to match map and power colors as closely as possible. Of course, I couldn't get the land spaces exactly on, since the board coloring is so complicated. I got it as close as possible though.
Since these colors are based on the actual published game, they are my strong preference. However, I'll still happily accept comments and constructive criticism. Please let me know what you think.
Wolf
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http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1369632/ |
| DC-272 Map Color Test (dc272) ndeily Aug 24, 03:37 pm |
Florence and Papacy province colors look *way* too similar for my liking - unit colors are ok. Rather than 2 "bluish greens" couldn't we have a Black?
From: The White Wolf <cloudhurler77(at)yahoo.com>
To: Joe Babinsack <chaosonejoe(at)yahoo.com>; Garry Bledsoe <kielmarch(at)hotmail.com>; Kevin Burt <Brutus(at)wbhsi.net>; Nick Cherrier <zeclient(at)hotmail.com>; Nathan Deily <ndeily(at)yahoo.com>; DC272 Forum <dc272(at)diplomaticcorp.com>; Andrew Jameson <cloudhurler77(at)yahoo.com>; Aidan Slattery <aislattery(at)aol.com>; Mark Utterbach <mdemagogue(at)gmail.com>; Max Victory <maxatrest(at)yahoo.co.uk>
Cc: Mike Sims <mike(at)fuzzylogicllc.net>
Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 1:00:37 PM
Subject: DC-272 Map Color Test
Folks,
I pulled out the old box set, and tried to match map and power colors as closely as possible. Of course, I couldn't get the land spaces exactly on, since the board coloring is so complicated. I got it as close as possible though.
Since these colors are based on the actual published game, they are my strong preference. However, I'll still happily accept comments and constructive criticism. Please let me know what you think.
Wolf
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http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1369632/ |
| DC-272 Map Color Test (dc272) ndeily Aug 24, 03:42 pm |
Also - the map does not make the island-hopping ability readily apparent.
From: Nathan Deily <ndeily(at)yahoo.com>
To: The White Wolf <cloudhurler77(at)yahoo.com>; Joe Babinsack <chaosonejoe(at)yahoo.com>; Garry Bledsoe <kielmarch(at)hotmail.com>; Kevin Burt <Brutus(at)wbhsi.net>; Nick Cherrier <zeclient(at)hotmail.com>; DC272 Forum <dc272(at)diplomaticcorp.com>; Aidan Slattery <aislattery(at)aol.com>; Mark Utterbach <mdemagogue(at)gmail.com>; Max Victory <maxatrest(at)yahoo.co.uk>
Cc: Mike Sims <mike(at)fuzzylogicllc.net>
Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 1:37:14 PM
Subject: Re: DC-272 Map Color Test
Florence and Papacy province colors look *way* too similar for my liking - unit colors are ok. Rather than 2 "bluish greens" couldn't we have a Black?
From: The White Wolf <cloudhurler77(at)yahoo.com>
To: Joe Babinsack <chaosonejoe(at)yahoo.com>; Garry Bledsoe <kielmarch(at)hotmail.com>; Kevin Burt <Brutus(at)wbhsi.net>; Nick Cherrier <zeclient(at)hotmail.com>; Nathan Deily <ndeily(at)yahoo.com>; DC272 Forum <dc272(at)diplomaticcorp.com>; Andrew Jameson <cloudhurler77(at)yahoo.com>; Aidan Slattery <aislattery(at)aol.com>; Mark Utterbach <mdemagogue(at)gmail.com>; Max Victory <maxatrest(at)yahoo.co.uk>
Cc: Mike Sims <mike(at)fuzzylogicllc.net>
Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 1:00:37 PM
Subject: DC-272 Map Color Test
Folks,
I pulled out the old box set, and tried to match map and power colors as closely as possible. Of course, I couldn't get the land spaces exactly on, since the board coloring is so complicated. I got it as close as possible though.
Since these colors are based on the actual published game, they are my strong preference. However, I'll still happily accept comments and constructive criticism. Please let me know what you think.
Wolf
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http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1369632/ |
| DC-272 Map Color Test (dc272) TheWhiteWolf Aug 24, 03:52 pm |
Okay, I forgot the arrows for the adjacencies...Working on that now. As for the other suggestions, I'm looking into different patterns. Black mixes with France's purple, so that won't work, else I'd have used it for Austria (whose color in the box set is light gray - hence the white.)
I tried to remove any traces of orange from the map, but I can double check my palette and see if there's a better color for the land. As for the "real world" in full color, I'm not the guy to ask. Apparently my color deficiency isn't as bad as Mike's, but some colors are too close for my comfort (such as the purple/black I mentioned.)
I'll add the arrows, and see what I can do to separate the Florentine and Papal powers a bit.
Wolf
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--- On Mon, 8/24/09, Nathan Deily <ndeily(at)yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Nathan Deily <ndeily(at)yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: DC-272 Map Color Test
To: "The White Wolf" <cloudhurler77(at)yahoo.com>, "Joe Babinsack" <chaosonejoe(at)yahoo.com>, "Garry Bledsoe" <kielmarch(at)hotmail.com>, "Kevin Burt" <Brutus(at)wbhsi.net>, "Nick Cherrier" <zeclient(at)hotmail.com>, "DC272 Forum" <dc272(at)diplomaticcorp.com>, "Aidan Slattery" <aislattery(at)aol.com>, "Mark Utterbach" <mdemagogue(at)gmail.com>, "Max Victory" <maxatrest(at)yahoo.co.uk>
Cc: "Mike Sims" <mike(at)fuzzylogicllc.net>
Date: Monday, August 24, 2009, 4:41 PM
Also - the map does not make the island-hopping ability readily apparent.
From: Nathan Deily <ndeily(at)yahoo.com>
To: The White Wolf <cloudhurler77(at)yahoo.com>; Joe Babinsack <chaosonejoe(at)yahoo.com>; Garry Bledsoe <kielmarch(at)hotmail.com>; Kevin Burt <Brutus(at)wbhsi.net>; Nick Cherrier <zeclient(at)hotmail.com>; DC272 Forum <dc272(at)diplomaticcorp.com>; Aidan Slattery <aislattery(at)aol.com>; Mark Utterbach <mdemagogue(at)gmail.com>; Max Victory <maxatrest(at)yahoo.co.uk>
Cc: Mike Sims <mike(at)fuzzylogicllc.net>
Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 1:37:14 PM
Subject: Re: DC-272 Map Color Test
Florence and Papacy province colors look *way* too similar for my liking - unit colors are ok. Rather than 2 "bluish greens" couldn't we have a Black?
From: The White Wolf <cloudhurler77(at)yahoo.com>
To: Joe Babinsack <chaosonejoe(at)yahoo.com>; Garry Bledsoe <kielmarch(at)hotmail.com>; Kevin Burt <Brutus(at)wbhsi.net>; Nick Cherrier <zeclient(at)hotmail.com>; Nathan Deily <ndeily(at)yahoo.com>; DC272 Forum <dc272(at)diplomaticcorp.com>; Andrew Jameson <cloudhurler77(at)yahoo.com>; Aidan Slattery <aislattery(at)aol.com>; Mark Utterbach <mdemagogue(at)gmail.com>; Max Victory <maxatrest(at)yahoo.co.uk>
Cc: Mike Sims <mike(at)fuzzylogicllc.net>
Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 1:00:37 PM
Subject: DC-272 Map Color Test
Folks,
I pulled out the old box set, and tried to match map and power colors as closely as possible. Of course, I couldn't get the land spaces exactly on, since the board coloring is so complicated. I got it as close as possible though.
Since these colors are based on the actual published game, they are my strong preference. However, I'll still happily accept comments and constructive criticism. Please let me know what you think.
Wolf
I'm a Firefly fan and proud! Read my fiction:
http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1369632/
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