TOASTER Sun and Moon [The One All-encompassing Scheme To Eternally Rule]
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That's in the "X2 Scheme Template" tab of that spreadsheet. Column I is the input column on that tab, and column G provides the Paler II shade.
The Calculator tab is literally my mental scratchpad, and is as much a window into how I think as it is a useful tool. The lack of a Paler II shade on that tab is basically an artifact of my not yet having decided to implement that shade when I constructed those formulas, and never bothering to remove the other three columns (C, D, E) once I decided that a new tab with better layout was called for.
Oh, so I now used the colours for everything except Paler II from the C, D, and E columns... wrong?
On the Calculator tab, columns C, D, and E do NOT produce the correct values for the relevant shades in the X2 formula. Unless I am mistaken, they do produce the correct values for the paler and darker shades of TACOS, but that scheme used a different formula for calculating shades from base colours.
Really, you're better off just deleting cells C2:E8 on the Calculator tab. It'll leave everyone less confused. Those cells are a leftover from when I was trying to be more backwards-compatible with TACOS.
Why didn't you use the standard font size for your additions?
EDIT: The same goes for the font itself.
Regarding fonts, the only ones I ever used was Calibri (and more recently, Babylon5 for large headers). I've never mentioned fonts before now, and except for complaining about the readbility of some fonts, never made any recommendations up to now.
fwiw, to maximally annoy as many people as possible, I would suggest https://befonts.com/comic-papyrus-font-finally.html
fwiw, to maximally annoy as many people as possible, I would suggest https://befonts.com/comic-papyrus-font-finally.html
Oceania: Polynesia
Monarchist Italy: Italy, Naples if there's no independent Naples
Monarchist Italy: Italy, Naples if there's no independent Naples
We've got an ASEAN color, which could be applied to that. It's "other Indonesia," I believe.
Let's clarify some suggestions.
And we should absolutely scrap the Asian/Indian Congo and Arabian Congo colors. I can't think of a non-ASB scenario in which they would be useful. If you want, reassign them to other things, but we definitely don't need them as they are.
- States of the UAE: in my opinion, the only relevant addition would be Dubai; the others are historically insignificant, easily substituted for in any case I can imagine, and as far as I know mostly invisible on a Worlda. Dubai would additionally serve as a color for Middle Eastern City-State and Middle Eastern Technocracy. If you want to add all of them, the others are Ajman (secondary Oman? The two have a condominium over a tiny exclave of Ajman's), Fujairah, Sharjah, Ra's al-Khaima, and Umm al-Qaywayn.
- Laos: Luang Prabang should be assigned to Laos, Vientiane and Lan Xang to Lao Empire, and Champasak to Secondary Lao State.
- States of Malaysia: Johor, Kedah, Kelantan, Malacca, Negeri Sembilan, Pahang, Perak, Perlis, Penang, Sabah (Wanked Philippines), Sarawak (Secondary Borneo, other "White Rajah" state, European successor state in Asia), Selangor, Terrengganu, Kuala Lumpur
- Kongsi Federations: Lanfang Republic (Chinese Indonesia, Primary Sinicized Indonesia/Chinese State in Indonesia, East Asian Corporate State), Fosjoen (Secondary Sinicized Indonesia/Chinese State in Indonesia), Samtiaokioe Federation (Tertiary Sinicized Indonesia/Chinese State in Indonesia)
- Philippines: Luzon should be applied to Philippines and Visayas to Secondary Philippines. Add a color for Mindanao with a secondary use as Muslim Philippines.
And we should absolutely scrap the Asian/Indian Congo and Arabian Congo colors. I can't think of a non-ASB scenario in which they would be useful. If you want, reassign them to other things, but we definitely don't need them as they are.
Still working through the colour standards, but I'd like to put forward for consideration BS-381-536 "Poppy" ███ (187,48,22) to denote disputed borders, replacing the current brighter red that is used for disputed borders. It seems fitting somehow. We need to check it for palette compatibility of course, but based on the name, it seems very appropriate.
I think the red we have now works fine. Besides, with poppies being a symbol of peace it doesn't make much sense for a potential flashpoint. Unless you're aiming for irony.
Dismissing poppies as merely a symbol of peace (and it isn't strictly that, anyway) strips out a LOT of context.