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Re: Color Change - color names
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Date:
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Thu, 6 May 2004 06:16:54 GMT
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In lugnet.lego, Kelly McKiernan wrote:
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OK, now that’s just over the line.
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It was intended in a sarcastic vein, which I appear to have failed to adequately
express. I fully understand the logic behind calling it “Nazi grey” (I actually
prefer “gun-metal grey”), on the basis that it’s reported to be very close to
the colors used on their military vehicles. The concept of calling it
“Confederate grey” in an attempt to equate it with slavery, on the other hand,
appears more motivated by negative association with the Confederates themselves
than with the colors they wore. The shade of grey cloth known as “Confederate
grey” appears to be closest to the old light-grey with a tinge of brown. The
blue-grey shade currently associated with the Confederates is called Richmond
Grey, and it’s quite a bit darker than either dark-grey shade. There’s simply
no chromatic justification for calling the new dark-grey “Confederate grey”.
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Message is in Reply To:
 | | Re: Color Change - color names
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| (...) OK, now that's just over the line. Assigning a color as "Nazi" is bad enough, but adding "Death Slaver" to it pushes it over. Don't like the color change? Fine. But I personally take exception when someone associates a relatively minor change (...) (20 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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