[WWI] "Accurate colours"

[Michael Kendix]

Michael:

In the 9 years that I've been on this list, my impression is that people 
realize that WWI colors are a bit of a nebulous thing. Most of us appear to 
face the reality that there is far less color evidence due to the lack of 
color photos and such. In general, I would say that a fair amount of 
uncertainty exists about WWI colors.

Thus, regarding IPMS, people are not judged for the accuracy of their 
colors, unless there is a huge deviation from the broad range of "generally 
accepted" colors. I know we have discussed this recently. However, if you 
have a new or unusual discovery, such as a silver-doped Strutter, no 
documentation is needed.

I am guessing that the reason people are a bit stricter about colors for 
more recent periods is that more color photo and other evidence is 
available.

Michael

>From: michael wuyek <mawuyek at yahoo.com>
>Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2007 03:48:56 -0700 (PDT)
>
>OK, enough about comics,  I've been reading a lot about "Accurate colours" 
>and "documentation" for those colours, especially for IPMS contents and 
>such. and how models at such contents should be judged for accurate colours 
>AND documentation, especially for WWI models. And I wonder how many of us 
>have a copy of the Methuen book for a reference guide. ( I don't, by the 
>way).
>    This accuracy seems a bit moot when I remember an article (In WWI Aero 
>I believe) in which someone went to three different garment districts (in 
>England or the U.S, can't remember) and acquired three different copies of 
>the Methuen book. Lo and behold, when he compared them, the colour chips 
>were all slightly different, no doubt due to the variations of ink used at 
>various times. Has anyone thought of comparing FS colour standards in the 
>same way?

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