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

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