I think there are some fairly strong perceptual/psychological reasons to go with the first mapping below: Cyan = Blue - cyan IS a member of the category 'blue colors' for most intents & purposes Purple = Red - purple is very close to red & could easily be grouped w/ 'red colors' Orange = Yellow - Orange is very close to yellow & could easily be grouped w/'yellow colors' Clear = Green - this one you just have to remember, it's more or less the category of 'the one that is left over', but green & clear don't really conflict either Vs. this one: Cyan = Green - cyan is very clearly not a member of 'green colors' for most people & this association will produce a fair amount of cognitive disonance Orange = Red - orange is bording on the 'red colors' category Purple = Blue - purple could also group easily w/ 'blue colors' Clear = Yellow - once again you have to just remember this one, although there's probably a fairly week mapping between yellow & clear from a perceptual standpoint So, the 1st mapping has 1 very clear mapping, 2 mostly OK ones, & one 'leftover' mapping, the 2nd mapping as 1 very disonate mapping, 2 OK ones, & 1 that maybe has a week association. I think the very strong disonance generated by mapping cyan & green would far outweigh the very weak associate of yellow & clear. Of course, there's a pretty easy way to test the most 'natural' association of the colors. Generate some empirical data as follows: Find 10-20+ random people, preferable people not familiar with Icehouse at all, or at least not homeworlds players. Give them each 1 piece of each of the 2 sets of colors in question, tell them they have 1 minute (maybe 2?) to groups them into matching pairs of 1 color from each group. Record the results, run some simple stats. This will give you a pretty decent idea of what the most natural mapping between the colors is from a perceptual standpoint. This will also be the easiest mapping to remember. I'd be willing to bet a fair amount of money that no more than 1 out of 20 people would put green & cyan together. Science is fun! Subhan On 6/3/07, James Hazelton <jameshazelton@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'm going to have to agree with cyan=blue. The cb/pr/oy/cg correlation makes the most sense to me. I will admit that when I was reading through 3HOUSE, I did stop for a second to consider, "Cyan isn't the equivalent of blue? I wonder why." If you leave it as is, I can see it being something that a lot of people houserule. _______________________________________________ Icehouse mailing list Icehouse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.looneylabs.com/mailman/listinfo/icehouse
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