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Subject: Re: Colors on Maps
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 11:20:29 +0000
From: martin gamache <[log in to unmask]>
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Cynthia Brewer of Penn State, has done much research on color scheme design
for thematic cartography and has co-written a wonderful application called
the Color Brewer.

http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/c/a/cab38/

Martin Gamache



>From: "Johnnie D. Sutherland" <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Maps and Air Photo Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: Colors on Maps]]
>Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 16:14:34 -0400
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>Subject: Re: Colors on Maps]
>Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 14:44:10 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Roger Wheate <[log in to unmask]>
>To: Maps and Air Photo Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>
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>The use of (light) red for British Empire -> Commonwealth countries on
>'old style' maps was likely for maximum contrast with the blue for French
>possessions (associated with their flag colour), and association with the
>red on the english flag, prior to Union with Scotland and the adoption
>of the union jack.
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>Otherwise the use of colour simply for fill or outline seems mostly
>arbitrary (did they usually use orange for the Netherlands ?)
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