tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post636192046122592636..comments2024-01-08T14:21:37.465-08:00Comments on Infinite Art Tournament: 40% Teal, 23% Ochre, 12% Mauve....Michael5000http://www.blogger.com/profile/10148584819327475239noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-90198921795055133052010-05-20T12:30:35.610-07:002010-05-20T12:30:35.610-07:00I don't know about the subnational divisions o...I don't know about the subnational divisions of any other country, but an unofficial flag in use in Newfoundland (Canada) is a vertical tricolour of green, white, and pink. You can buy them all over NF, and you will often see T-shirts with the flag with the inscription "REPUBLIC OF NEWFOUNDLAND" beneath -- a tongue-in-cheek separatist sentiment.Jinkiesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-64447963492456147682009-11-01T14:41:17.567-08:002009-11-01T14:41:17.567-08:00What about pink?What about pink?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-58036412339341679402009-10-26T14:57:33.961-07:002009-10-26T14:57:33.961-07:00Purple used to be the most expensive pigment. Fla...Purple used to be the most expensive pigment. Flags are old. Thus, less purple?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-36284763001513560802009-10-16T07:33:23.398-07:002009-10-16T07:33:23.398-07:00This is indeed excellent. And I'm sure you'...This is indeed excellent. And I'm sure you've also seen Josh Parsons' work giving <a href="http://www.otago.ac.nz/philosophy/Staff/JoshParsons/flags/alpha.html" rel="nofollow">letter grades to the flags</a> of the world.Aviatrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-91532132864645842092009-10-06T16:29:29.574-07:002009-10-06T16:29:29.574-07:00This makes me want to build an empire of, say, 12 ...This makes me want to build an empire of, say, 12 or 24 countries, so I could have a flag that was an array of my constituent pie charts.mrs.5000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-85154015406567336102009-10-06T11:12:32.666-07:002009-10-06T11:12:32.666-07:00I could totally see you loving this. Even I am kin...I could totally see you loving this. Even I am kind of interested in it ... though not the point of getting a book or something.<br /><br />More purple flags! More purple flags!Jennershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08044537551139633301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-26288288723761791152009-10-05T22:16:48.107-07:002009-10-05T22:16:48.107-07:00Yup. More purple flags. Maybe the U.N. could wor...Yup. More purple flags. Maybe the U.N. could work on this.Bridgethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17274259856710507938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-65247228757816614822009-10-05T06:11:10.794-07:002009-10-05T06:11:10.794-07:00Why do you think that, of the secondary colors, th...Why do you think that, of the secondary colors, the green spectrum does so much better than purple and orange? (I admit that it would have better contrast against red, which dominates.) Historically, would it be because of the difficulty finding good, accessible, colorfast dyes? (What % of nations made their flags in the era of modern dyes, though?)<br /><br />I was thinking that it would be fun to play the "flags by colours" link like a game at first, too, until I noticed the pattern. (You try to guess what flag each pie chart is, and then if you click it, the answer comes up. Technically, mousing over shows the answer too, but the answer stays up if you click it, which helps with the game.)Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09075041892999096779noreply@blogger.com