There are numerous ways that color codes have been developed. It is my understanding that the use of color in diagrams is fairly "modern", and related to advances in the printing industry which made color affordable.
However, different designers and different styles of lace used different "rules", so it is imperative to refer to the designer's notes. The Belgian Color Code was one of the first to be "standardized". As I said in a previous reply, I am not sure how the ICC and the BCC compare. Clay > Looking at Lorelei's charts, specifically this one > http://www.lynxlace.com/images-h-det-diag/colorcode.JPG > yes plaits are blue. > But in "Point Ground Lace, A Comparative Study", plaits are yellow, as are > gimp lines and a pair involving one thick and one thin thread. > In this book of many kinds of point ground lace which tend to have picot > edges on the headside, picots are shown as a dot within a circle in > whatever colour representing the stitch in the headside nearest the picot. > > In my Cluny book, and in my Binche diagrams, extra twists are shown as one > short red stroke across the thread for each extra twist. > Leaf-tallies are shown in yellow in my Cluny book (for one thread weaving = > yellow). I have a Binche diagram with square tallies shown in black. > Both square and leaf tallies have characteristic shapes, so maybe their > specific colour isn't that important vs. ground areas that need > clarification? - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
