> From: "Gerardo @neorigami.com" <gera...@neorigami.com> > > I continue working with 30 unit kusudamas. Many of them are based on a > common stellated icosahedron. I altered the sonobe unit in order to fold > the following one: > > http://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1IUdkZCFFUWp8-uSERSkbO_SCDCTIg-P9 >
I had also discovered this plain variation of a Sonobe unit in 1998. Here's a 90 unit construction with it: http://origamee.net/gallery/1998/sonobuck.jpg > I was able to use five different colors in order to fold it completely > without connecting two units of the same color together at any point of the > kusudama. Yet, the resulting color scheme is not symmetrical at all. > > I wanted to ask you guys and gals the following: Is there a way to use five > different color sheets in order to fold, in a symmetrical fashion, that > particular stellated icosahedron? > That's the best color distribution you can have in a five-color scheme. You could call it a five-way symmetry. I have an even color distribution chart for the Platonic Solids published in many of my modular origami books. But I uploaded the chart here as well if there's any interest. http://origamee.net/book7/colchart.pdf Regards, Meenakshi
