Masochism (was Re: color codes)

I said:
> > 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?.  

and Jeff Walters replied:
> 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).

Ok, sounds like I did miss something (the business about full and pale -
where does it say that in the books?).  And Sharon McAllister also tells
me that ROCOCCO, W2B means white ground, plicata, blue on both standards
and falls, because there were no bicolor plicatas at that time.

I won't even begin on the blend/squalens mess!  Auuughh!

Has anybody written an annotated guide to the color charts used in the
R&I books?

For those on the list not trying to wade through these charts, the
latest frustration is learning that I also have to know what year new
colors and patterns appeared in order to know what POSSIBILITIES there
were for hybridizers to make up new improvisations about.  Which.

Thanks Jeff.  And teacher Sharon.

Linda Mann east Tennessee USA
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