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- | ===== Colour Schemes : Universal Colour Scheme ===== | + | ===== Colour Schemes : Universal Colour Scheme |
//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: | Slightly different versions of the UCS are used by different mapmakers due to difference of opinion, but the One Key, made by [[offtopic: | ||
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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). < | 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). < | ||
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==== Most important colours ==== | ==== Most important colours ==== | ||
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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. | ||
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- | 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/ | ||
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- | Another alternative to the UCS is the Unified Colo(u)r Palate (UCP), as devised by [[offtopic: | ||
=== 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 | + | 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 |
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: | In compromise, [[offtopic: | ||
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==== See Also ==== | ==== See Also ==== | ||
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**[[Susanoism]]** | **[[Susanoism]]** | ||
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==== Navigation ==== | ==== Navigation ==== |
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