Description For Characteristics Of The 3 Cents 1861/1863 About "Contrast" (Mcclung)

Hello,

in the Chronicle 144 (USPCS) there is an article by McClung about the 3 Cents stamp and its colors. I think it's a very good text, only one part is not easy to understand. There seems to be an area which is typical for pinkish stamps around the "3" at the top left. The article says:

"There is contrast and sometimes an absence of color between the latticework and the shading under the upper left "3". This characteristic is seen on many other shades, but some of the "pinkish" shades from 1863 printings show no contrast or color break".

"The area between the latticework and the shading under the upper left "3" usually shows little or no color, evidently to produce contrast."

"The pinkish shades of 1863 show no contrast below the left "3" as is shown in Figure 3."

I really can't get this together to a picture...:)

I can see that there is a shading under the upper left "3" on many stamps. But what is then typical for pinkish stamps?

1. Is the color of the shading and the latticework the same for pink stamps?
2. Is there an area of no ink between shading and latticework for pink stamps?

(I don't have a pink stamp, so I can't show any scan here.)

I can't answer your questions, but have you looked at McClung's article "Colors In Print" in Chronicle 235?

Thank you. Yes, that is also a very interesting article about the 3c colors, but more as a color guide and with much focus on pigeon blood pink and its name and color. What I like about the older article is that there are many characteristics described for pink stamps which are not directly related to the color itself but more to the printing details. Only the thing about the upper left "3" is not written very clearly, so I ask.