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Re: Conlang Flag Design

From:Joe <joe@...>
Date:Tuesday, August 31, 2004, 16:26
Adrian Morgan (aka Flesh-eating Dragon) wrote:

>Arnt Richard Johansen wrote: > > > >>I also dislike the golden faces. People in flags are generally not a good >>idea. When I look at your faces, I get the impression of some sightless >>idols from an ancient, long-forgotten temple that are spewing out some >>kind of indeterminate tape. I don't get any immediate impression of >>language. >> >> > >I personally don't see why a flag should give an immediate impression >of language - practically no flag in the world gives an immediate >impression of its subject matter. > >But yes, by all means let's hear different opinions and suggestions. > > > >>The choice of colours is too reminiscent of the anarchist flag[1]. (Some >>people might regard this similarity as advantageous.) >> >> > >The red, black and yellow is also the same colours as the Australian >Aboriginal flag (which I suggest is more famous than the anarchist >flag, though I may be biased on that point :-) ). This is neither a >good thing or a bad one. Anyway, I've changed the red to purple. > >My submission is now fully documented at ><http://web.netyp.com/member/dragon/temp/conlangflag.htm>. If other >people have ideas, I am willing to host them (you can email them to >me). > >
My main problem with this is that it involves a lot of Colours(everything apart from yellow and white) touching colours. Which disobeys the rules of heraldry. So, I suggest the following: Make the black white and the purple red. The former could also be yellow, and the latter any other colour. But I have to say, I do like the Red and White.