Assignment of party colors

[Joe Republic]

I was thinking earlier, we don't seem to have any established colors that refer to each party.  I know it probably doesn't matter very much, but it would help me when I do my political compass chart, plus a few other things I have in mind.

The system I used for the chart is as follows:

Independent Liberals
Farmer Labor
Constitutional Union
Freedom
Atlas Conservative Alliance
Libertarians
Independent
Others

Does anybody agree with that scheme, or would you prefer a different color of a particular party?

[Joe Republic]

I figured there might be some kind of contest for purple between the two centrist parties.  That's largely why I left it out.

[Joe Republic]

I like King's idea, but how about just a few slight changes:


Independent Liberals
Farmer Labor
Constitutional Union
Freedom
Atlas Conservative Alliance
Libertarians
Independent
Others

What do the party chairmen think of this color scheme?

Also, if the Neglected Majority Party get enough members, then I guess they could have sky blue.

[Joe Republic]

OK, well I guess King's proposed scheme is the best so far.

Is the FLP better suited for dark red, and the Radical Party bright red?

[Joe Republic]

OK then, how about this color scheme:


Independent Liberals
Farmer Labor
Radical Party
Constitutional Union
Freedom
Neglected Majority
Atlas Conservative Alliance
Libertarians
Independent
Others

Also, how many members does a party need to be fully recognized?

And Peter, is there an alternative color you'd like for the ILP, as opposed to beige?

[Joe Republic]

I'm not so sure.  Using gold for the Libertarians and beige for the ILP would be pretty confusing.  And plus, the colors probably wouldn't be used for forum text - I just did it like that to better illustrate the scheme.  So I'd still prefer bright yellow for the Libertarians.

[Joe Republic]

I'm still not so sure they are:

Independent Liberals
Libertarians

Or maybe I'm just verging on color blind.....

[Joe Republic]

Me too, but still, if you put them side by side they don't like as different as they do from the other colors.

The best way to solve this is to have Peter pick a color other than beige for the ILP.