User talk:Martocticvs

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Thank you!Martocticvs 10:50, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] old white ensign

Oh dear! my bad! I did search long and hard about this on fotw and couldn't find anything to suggest that there should be a colour difference so I just presumed that it was an artefact of the colour encoding. Any idea what the correct pantone should be? I presume it's the same as what the pre 1801 union flag should be, but again, I couldn't find any specs for that. Apologies. Emoscopes Talk 00:19, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

No, I also searched for a long time, but I couldn't find anything definite. I do know for a fact that the Admiralty wanted the blue made darker for when they introduced the new design though, as they were having trouble with it fading too quickly on the old, lighter design. In the end, I just had to take an average of all the paintings and other sources available. It's probably not exactly right, but it's hopefully not too far off. The pre-1801 red and blue ensigns on wiki at the moment need reworking completely though - they're not even in the correct proportions at the moment! Martocticvs 00:29, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
I guess it's such an old flag that you couldn't conclusively pick the colour from sources such as old paintings alone, and I'm pretty sure they didn't specify pantones in those days! I guess revert to your last version though, it just struck me that the blue was a bit on the bright side, perhaps raise the blue but with a slightly higher black level also? Emoscopes Talk 00:43, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
Aye. I've reverted it for now, and I'll look into the colour again to see if I can't get it more accurate. Martocticvs 17:57, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
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