Re: color codes
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- Subject: Re: color codes
- From: "* a* C* W* <c*@digitalpla.net>
- Date: Sun, 25 Jan 1998 18:57:50 -0700 (MST)
Linda Mann writes:
>
> Also, the bitone and plicata codes in the 50s and 60s seemed to be
> improvised so that the last part of the code, instead of being L, M, or
> D to indicate light, medium or dark, was often (always?) a color code
> instead. For example, NINEVAH, 1965, V3RV violet standards, bitone,
> ?red-violet falls?; LATIN LOVER, 1969, RV3PF red-violet standards,
> bitone, ?purple falls?; ROCOCCO, 1959, W2B, white standards, plicata,
> ?blue plicata marks on falls?.
>
> Did I miss something in the 50s and 60s R&I's or are these
> 'non-standard' codes?
As a general rule, your statement appears to be correct. There are even
improvisations that stray farther from the standard pattern, such as MERRY
CHRISTMAS, 1966: W1R for a red-bearded white, and MEXICALI, 1969: Y4W-2R
for an early approach to a variegata-plicata. However, it looks like LATIN
LOVER was trying to stick with the original system, as I would interpret
'RV3PF' to signify red-violet bitone with pale (standards) and full-colored
(falls).
Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4, Sunset Zone 2)
cwalters@digitalpla.net
