Purple is indeed a nice color. Brown is also a nice color....
(Dunno yet for which country I could use this)
(Dunno yet for which country I could use this)
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" Don't think I'll need anything at all.
All in all, it was all just bricks in the wall.
All in all, you were all just bricks in the wall."
It's because purple was hard and expensive to reproduce. Hence why blue and red often substituted.also I think purple needs more love, even though it's not one of the six "official" colors of Anglo-German heraldry.
It's because purple was hard and expensive to reproduce. Hence why blue and red often substituted.
Just mixing red and blue??
Not as easy as you'd think: a lot of dyes in the ancient and medieval periods were made from natural pigments from flowers, spices, plants, and some select animal products... but purple was not one of those colors commonly found in the wild. In fact, the only known natural source available in the Mediterranean sphere was a species of clam-shells found only in Phoenicia (i.e. modern-day Israel/Palestine, Lebanon, and Syria); and of course, harvesting said clam-shells, grinding them up, and extracting the pigments from them was excruciatingly difficult and expensive, so the only people who were able to afford it were filthy-rich monarchs of various kingdoms.
Phoenician purple as a result became legendary for its rarity and expense, and the color purple only became commonly available to the masses upon the invention of chemical processes that allowed for cheap synthetic dyes.
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Ah, this design again. It is nice to see it still travels well. Certainly better than the OTL mashup.the second one:
Is more closer to the r/Vexillology design I linked to above, swapping out which stripes have which colors
Ah, this design again. It is nice to see it still travels well. Certainly better than the OTL mashup.
Ya silly fashie-Nazi, don't ya know that "Alt Left" is a term invented by deh Alt-Right to label anyone who disagreez with dem? and that dem and deh Russkies are in league with killer clowns and I identify az an ultra-sexual, multi-binary white-black penguin-chopper?.The House Divided. Flags of the 2nd American Civil War. 4.
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The New United States of America. In the early days of the conflict, before Martial Law was officially declared US Army sergeant Nicholas Warden was stationed in Philadelphia to assist the heavily militarised police force. As the situation worsen, becoming more chaotic, Warden would find him and his men fighting a war on many fronts between both the Left and the Right. After the fall of America, he would find himself taking charge, rallying hundreds of soldiers and civilians to his side, fighting a war, first to secure and maintain order within the city of Philadelphia from Alt Right forces such as United States Patriots Society and Alt Left forces like Pacem/Bellum.
They would find themselves working together with UN Peacekeeping forces along with smaller, allied insurgencies to quell the presence of both the USPS and Pacem/Bellum from the "North Eastern Front" forming what was dubbed the New United States of America. The flag above was first flown upon victory in the Battle of Philadelphia, also known as the Securing of Philadelphia, after three long days of heavy fighting. The flag featured four stars, representing the four corners of the globe which came together to make the United States, and to harking back to Americas past of a country founded and made by immigrants.
After victory in the North East, the NUSA would declare a "War of Reunification" against the forces which divided the country.
Many would dub the conflict as a war for Americas future.
Debatably the Right were considered more of a threat, due to them being more armed, and less willing to negotiate unless things were on their terms. Although there were exceptions in many cases for both sides.Joking aside, I'm quite impressed that you made your take on a 2nd American Civil War very multi-faceted than just "right vs left", perhaps making it more nuanced than "right iz evil" (even if there might be a bit of a bias but whatever).
I very much prefer keeping dark colours separated from each other by light ones (and vice versa). Hurts my eyes less.The OTL/IRL flag isn't that bad, actually, just drop the seal like I did and you'd have a pretty good flag.
I very much prefer keeping dark colours separated from each other by light ones (and vice versa). Hurts my eyes less.
More the green stripes next to black and red. If you're doing stripes then dark light dark light etc is the best way that doesn't distort how you interpret colour and shape.True, true... the OTL/IRL flag does seem a bit eye-searing in regards to the yellow and blue.