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-====== Universal Colour Scheme ======+===== Colour Schemes : Universal Colour Scheme (UCS) =====
  
 //One Key to rule them all,//\\ //One Key to rule them all,//\\
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 Slightly different versions of the UCS are used by different mapmakers due to difference of opinion, but the One Key, made by [[offtopic:Calcion]] and [[offtopic:euio]], is now accepted by most mapmakers. Slightly different versions of the UCS are used by different mapmakers due to difference of opinion, but the One Key, made by [[offtopic:Calcion]] and [[offtopic:euio]], is now accepted by most mapmakers.
  
-**[[offtopic:UCS media]]** 
  
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 ==== Reasoning behind colour choices ==== ==== Reasoning behind colour choices ====
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 There remains a debate as to whether there should be one UCS for ancient times and another, reusing colours, for periods after about 500 AD, but this seems to have been solved by the division of the UCS into four sub-schemes (Ancient, Medieval, Early Modern, Late Modern). <del>Knowing the UCS fanatics around here, though, this will most likely be regarded as traitorous blasphemy.</del>  This has been accepted into the One Key. There remains a debate as to whether there should be one UCS for ancient times and another, reusing colours, for periods after about 500 AD, but this seems to have been solved by the division of the UCS into four sub-schemes (Ancient, Medieval, Early Modern, Late Modern). <del>Knowing the UCS fanatics around here, though, this will most likely be regarded as traitorous blasphemy.</del>  This has been accepted into the One Key.
  
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 ==== Most important colours ==== ==== Most important colours ====
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 {{alternate_history:nucs_key.png|}} {{alternate_history:nucs_key.png|}}
  
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 ==== Alternatives to and controversies about the UCS ==== ==== Alternatives to and controversies about the UCS ====
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 While the UCS is the largest unified colour scheme on AH.com, hence the name, of course only a relative minority of AH maps employ it (although it has become the dominant standard for OTL maps, as was originally intended). Some parts of it enjoy use outside the UCS as a whole, like certain colours for certain nations (blue for France and pale red for the UK, for example), but just as often even those standard colours are not used.  While the UCS is the largest unified colour scheme on AH.com, hence the name, of course only a relative minority of AH maps employ it (although it has become the dominant standard for OTL maps, as was originally intended). Some parts of it enjoy use outside the UCS as a whole, like certain colours for certain nations (blue for France and pale red for the UK, for example), but just as often even those standard colours are not used. 
  
-[[offtopic:Scarecrow]] has let it be known that he is the most virulent objectionist to the concept of the UCS in and of itself, a fact stemming from an argument about [[timelines:Decades of Darkness]] maps with [[offtopic:Thande]].  [[offtopic:FallenMorgan]] also thinks poorly of the UCS.+[[offtopic:Scarecrow]] has let it be known that he is the most virulent objectionist to the concept of the UCS in and of itself, a fact stemming from an argument about [[timelines:Decades of Darkness]] maps with [[offtopic:Thande]].  [[offtopic:xnm|FallenMorgan]] also thinks poorly of the UCS.
  
-There is one point in the UCS that does incite more moderate debate now and then: The issue of outlining vs colouring. In the UCS, colouring means de facto, and outlining de jure control, though some people disagree with that. The alternative mode of outlining/colouring has been dubbed [[alternate_history:Susanoism]], due to [[offtopic: Susano]] being its most outspoken proponent, but to his own surprise. 
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-Another alternative to the UCS is the Unified Colo(u)r Palate (UCP), as devised by [[offtopic:09camaro]]. This revision has the integral changes of [[alternate_history:Susanoism]], as well as additional territories that have been added. [[offtopic:09camaro]] was the first and foremost proponent of adding many different historical and territorial regions throughout the UCS revision period. Babylon and the Hunnic Empire were those that were added to the UCS. Though continued debate from [[offtopic:09camaro]] calls for the addition of several more national colors. The most heated topics involve the inclusion of Hungary, Korea, and Ethiopia; with some minor debate over Brazil, Pakistan, Siam, and the Khmer Empire (the latter use a different color from one another to further distinguish during the periods of their co-existence). [[offtopic:09camaro]] continues to push for the changes for the UCP to become the predominant OTL coloring system, which will not likely happen. 
  
 === UCS clarification conference and the Russian colour poll === === UCS clarification conference and the Russian colour poll ===
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 The Russian colour poll was a poll made by Thande about whether Russia should be green or golden yellow on UCS maps. The Russian colour poll was a poll made by Thande about whether Russia should be green or golden yellow on UCS maps.
  
-After much discussion in the UCS clarification conference the community was divided, and so Thande set up a poll to put the issue to a vote. This sparked a massive conflict between those who believe Russia should stay gold and those who wanted it green, calling themselves [[offtopic:Greensheviks]]. The Greensheviks eventually formed a loose organisation, drawing on Soviet rhetoric to promote the "green revolution." They were opposed by the conservative [[offtopic:Goldilocks]] faction.+After much discussion in the UCS clarification conference the community was divided, and so Thande set up a poll to put the issue to a vote. This sparked [[offtopic:the Colour Scheme War|an almost-massive conflict]] between those who believe Russia should stay gold and those who wanted it green, calling themselves [[offtopic:Greensheviks]]. The Greensheviks eventually formed a loose organisation, drawing on Soviet rhetoric to promote the "green revolution." They were opposed by the conservative [[offtopic:Goldilocks]] faction.
  
 But like any true fringe party there were schism within the Green movement. Some just wanted Russia to be green, others wanted more changes to the UCS. Some went so far as the say that UCS was shit and a new standard had to be implemented. They called this the ACS. But like any true fringe party there were schism within the Green movement. Some just wanted Russia to be green, others wanted more changes to the UCS. Some went so far as the say that UCS was shit and a new standard had to be implemented. They called this the ACS.
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 In compromise, [[offtopic:Thande]] followed up on this with a new version of the UCS, otherwise known as the TCS, which had both Gold and Green Russias, along with the traditional Red Soviet Union. This was later extended futher into the current RCS by [[offtopic:Alex Richards]] to take into account the plethora of new colours required by the medieval era basemaps. In compromise, [[offtopic:Thande]] followed up on this with a new version of the UCS, otherwise known as the TCS, which had both Gold and Green Russias, along with the traditional Red Soviet Union. This was later extended futher into the current RCS by [[offtopic:Alex Richards]] to take into account the plethora of new colours required by the medieval era basemaps.
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 +==== Supporters ====
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 +  * Originally most AH.commers who weren't [[colour it whatever you like|CIWYL]]s.
 +  * [[offtopic:Tallest Skil]] (even in 2013, long after the original's abandonment for newer versions)
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 ==== See Also ==== ==== See Also ====
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 **[[Susanoism]]** **[[Susanoism]]**
  
-**[[offtopic:AH.com Conflicts]]**+**[[Unified Colour Palette]]** 
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 +**[[Thandean Colour Scheme]]** 
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 +**[[offtopic:AH.com Conflicts]]**  
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 ==== Navigation ==== ==== Navigation ====
  
-**[[resources:Map colour schemes|Main Map Colour Schemes Directory]]** +**[[resources:Map colour schemes|Map Colour Schemes Main Page]]**  
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 +**[[maps|Useful Map Resources Main Page]]** 
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