Re: Color Quiz
| September 26, 2017 07:32PM |
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John Bush Wrote:
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> . . . The maroon/burgundy color produces better and
> more compelling pictures. Our research indicates that
> this color is appropriate for passenger equipment from
> 1870 to 1918.
Right-Oh, John -
IMHO, the red cars show up well against both the bright green trees of spring & summer and the bright yellow leaves of autumn, even in most B&W photos, so it's an ideal year-round color for the C&TS. My personal preference would be for a slightly darker, more maroonish red and for black letter boards just below the roofs – like the parlor car was painted in 2009:
. . . but that's not a big deal by any means. And IMHO anything's better than the drab, faded green of the mid-nineties – there's just not much even the most skilled Phraud-O-Grapher® could do to liven up these two shots:
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
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> . . . The maroon/burgundy color produces better and
> more compelling pictures. Our research indicates that
> this color is appropriate for passenger equipment from
> 1870 to 1918.
Right-Oh, John -
IMHO, the red cars show up well against both the bright green trees of spring & summer and the bright yellow leaves of autumn, even in most B&W photos, so it's an ideal year-round color for the C&TS. My personal preference would be for a slightly darker, more maroonish red and for black letter boards just below the roofs – like the parlor car was painted in 2009:
. . . but that's not a big deal by any means. And IMHO anything's better than the drab, faded green of the mid-nineties – there's just not much even the most skilled Phraud-O-Grapher® could do to liven up these two shots:
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
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