The reproduction of colours, as viewed on the computer screen, is difficult, as all the monitors are different. What the stamp hobby should do is what the printing industry did.
We should standardise the colours, using the Pantone image colours so we all know what "light green 287" vs "yellow green 291" is.
Collecting color variations is very fascinating. Many of the "dull" Postage Due issues become far more interesting when one notices the various shades they come in!
Thank you for posting this. I was actually going to ask a question here about the reason(s) for the abundance of carmine stamps in the U.S. in the 1920s and violet stamps in the 1930s; now I know why...
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Posted 02/18/2009 3:14 pm
