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There's a standard? (/sincere)

An unofficial standard as far as having the symbols printed commercially in color, at least; it's understood that adding color to the cards is a modern twist.

When they do show up in color, the color scheme that shows up on Wikipedia seems to be the most common (with some variations), and the earliest reference of that colorscheme seems to be 2008 on the site itself. So it's likely a case of Wikipedia informing an unofficial commercial standard.

Either way! It'd be interesting to hear the thought process on the symbols' colors and meanings, even if it ends up being not that deep. 'They just felt fitting' can be fascinating in its own right.

Mrs. Vulture / BSTDev42 days ago (1 edit) (+1)

Here's what I could reconstruct from notes from two weeks ago me.

Circle is gold because it is the ordinary living bulk of language: people, food, nature, substance, and connective tissue. Warm, plentiful feedstock.

Waves is phosphor green because it is perception, communication, radio, light, dreams, and cognition. Green-screen information.

Star is ultraviolet because it is feelings, babble, anomalous language, magic, and things outside ordinary knowledge. Literally beyond visible violet.

Cross is signal red because it is force, wounds, weapons, competition, and immediate expenditure. Alarm, blood, action.

Square began as concrete gray-amber because it is manufactured structure, paperwork, government, custody, quantities, and containment. Institutional material. It was too close to Circle, so I made it bluer.

DeathByCommerce41 days ago

That's enough riveting insight for Clarence to be very pleased.
Thank you and two-weeks-ago-dev!

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