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>
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> Jane Williams writes:
>
> >Just been reading some ancient notes on what colour
> >goes with what element, and I gather that Orange is
> >(or was) the colour associated with Air.
>
> I think this originates in the time just after the
> erruption
> of the volcano which inspired the stories of
> Atlantis. Some
> investigators have concluded that for several
> generations
> the air was so full of dust that it was orange.
That's RW - I was talking about Glorantha. Dragon Pass the boardgame, for instance. Glorantha long before I met it.
> Certainly the modern association is pale blue for
> air.
It is? Or are you talking RW again?
> Something else to confuse the issue is that the
> names of
> colours have changed over time. Someone found an
> original
> material swatch from the Brighton Pavilion which had
> been
> preserved away from light. It is described as
> scarlet but
> in modern terms it is a reddish orange.
> There's also the matter of available dyes. I'm of
> the view
> that the dark red of the Moon is only achievable
> with rare dyes.
Makes sense to me. Sort of like Imperial Purple was to Rome.
> Given that there are limits to what hair dyes can do
> to
> change a shade unless the hair is bleached first I
> think
> there's an awful lot of variation in "Vingan red".
Agreed. OK, magic is involved, but even so, the basis is the physical use of mundane dye.
> Of course that's Sartarite Vingans. I wonder what
> the Vingans
> of Holay do. Maybe they follow a crimson haired
> Vinga.
Lunar influence? Maybe.
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