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Resources : Map Colour Schemes
This page is a subset of the map resources page and serves as the main directory for all colour schemes created by AH.commers for the purpose of colouring allohistorical political maps of countries, regions or the entire globe.
A colour scheme is a highly standardized system of colour palettes for various countries, territories, political systems, religions, etc. that appear in political and statistical maps set in various alternate timelines.
While some AH.commers find the idea of colour schemes unnecessary, many argue that a certain degree of order is needed while colouring ones basic geopolitical maps that are used for showing the geopolitical situation of a timeline at a given moment.
Master List of Existing Colour Schemes
The colour schemes are listed according their evolution and proximity. The ones that are currently obsolete are designated by their name being written in italics in addition to bold letters.
Universal Colour Scheme (UCS) - This is the original colour scheme, the first ever designed for the purposes of creating maps of alternate timelines in the map-related threads of AH.com's discussion board.
Thandean Colour Scheme (TCS) - Meant mainly as a major reform of Thande's original UCS.
Thandean Colour Scheme + (TCS+) - “Expansion pack” of TCS, eventually evolving into RCS.
Revised Colour Scheme (RCS) - Created as a definite version of the TCS+. The RCS is best used for historical maps, but is used as well for a good portion of the allohistorical maps on the board.
Ancient Revised Colour Scheme (ARCS) - More of a compatible variant of RCS for ancient and medieval maps than colour scheme of its own.
Global Colour Scheme (GCS) - Created as an independent effort at a new derivative of the original UCS.
Susanoism - Courtesy of Susano et al. Not so much a wholly new colour scheme, as a set of objections to Thande's colouring system, raised by Susano.
Unified Colour Palette (UCP) - This revision has the integral changes of Susanoism, as well as additional territories that have been added. It was eventually absorbed (sans Susanoist conventions) into TCS.
TACOS Colour Scheme (TACOS) - A collective creation, later revised twice by oshron. Alternative to UCS/RCS, considered best used for radically different timelines.
"Colour It Whatever You Like" (CIWYL) - Not so much a colour scheme as an anti-colour scheme design philosophy. Also referred to as “Munroism”.
See Also
Map Database - The AH.com archive of blank maps for mapmakers and timeline authors.
Colour Scheme Designer - A rather useful external website.