Re: AIS: checklist mysteries and nostalgia

In a message dated 2/2/01 9:41:45 AM Mountain Standard Time, lmann@icx.net 
[Linda Mann] writes:

<<  When I saw a description that
 said something like 'beard yellow, tipped purple', I assumed that meant
 that the whole beard was yellow, except that the tips of each 'hair' in
 the beard was purple.  Very exotic sounding!  Much to my surprise, I
 learned that often meant that the part of the beard in the throat where
 you can't even see it is yellow, with the part that shows being purple! >>

Just imagine the challenge of distinguishing between the types of patterns 
that result from individually striped beard hairs.  

If they are uniform, when viewed from the top the beard looks solid -- but 
from the side  it appears layered [like a cake].  

If different hairs have different stripe patterns, from a normal viewing 
distance the beard looks like a blend of the two colors -- but up close it 
appears mottled.   

Sharon McAllister

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