Wikipedia talk:Colors of political parties in the Netherlands

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CONTENT WISE
* The current parties should be presented in clearly distinguishable colours.
** Yellow and brown have less then perfect reputation. 
** There is a large overlap especially in the use of green by parties themselves.
** Purple is also difficult although this is a christian colour, it is not used in Dutch politics and is more Roman Catholic
** Predecessor parties should ideally be representable in a colour close to the current party.
* There should be a logical grouping that is reflected in the colour scheme
** This should at least distinguish between Left wing / socialist parties | Liberal parties | Christian parties | Green parties | One issue parties
** More detailed schemes have been proposed which should fit the colour spectrum
PRACTICALLY
* Yellow is not a very stable colour, it quickly turns to green, orange or brown with only minor addition of other colours.
* On the other hand Yellow is a primary bright colour where purple is secondary and tends to be fairly dark.
* Codes should use a format as simple as possible (e.g. ggee55 rather then f1e457) Arnoutf 14:12, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Summary 

message: Current            	Color        	Party	RGB   	RGB
Current            	Color        	Party	hex   	dec
Liberal            	Blue         	VVD  	0066ee	0,102,238
Liberal            	Blue-Green   	D66  	00ffaa	0,255,170
Green              	Green        	GL   	44ff00	68,0,255
Green              	Green        	PvdD 	44aa44	68,170,68
Socialist          	Red          	PvdA 	ff0000	255,0,0
Socialist          	Dark red     	SP   	cc0000	204,0,0
Christian          	Yellow       	CDA  	ffff00	255,255,0
Orthodox protestant	Yellow Orange	CU   	ffcc00	255,204,0
Orthodox protestant	Yellow Orange	SGP  	eeaa00	238,170,0
Populist           	Grey         	PVV  	bbbbbb	187,187,187
Arnoutf 15:40, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposal current parties 

message: Current                  	Color         	2006+ Party	RGB hex	1946-2006 Parties       	RGB hex	pre 1945 Parties	RGB hex
Liberal                  	Blue          	VVD        	0066ee 	PvdV PvdV               	2233cc 	LSP LSP         	3344aa
Liberal                  	Blue-Green    	D66        	00ffaa 	                        	       	VDB             	44dd99
Green                    	Green         	GL         	44ff00 	PPR                     	44ff44 	                	
Green                    	Green         	PvdD       	44aa44 	                        	       	                	
Socialist                	Red           	PvdA       	ff0000 	                        	       	SDAP            	ee3344
Socialist                	Red           	           	       	DS70                    	ff8888 	                	
Socialist                	Red           	SP         	cc0000 	                        	       	                	
Socialist                	Red           	           	       	CPN                     	dd3355 	                	
Socialist                	Red           	           	       	Pacifist Socialist Party	aa55555	                	
Left Protestant Christian	Reddish-Orange	           	       	EVP                     	ff8800 	BCS             	ff8855
                         	              	           	       	                        	       	CSP             	ee3333
                         	              	           	       	                        	       	CDP             	ffbb00
                         	              	           	       	                        	       	CDU             	ee6600
Oecemnical Christian     	Yellow        	CDA        	ffff00 	                        	       	                	
Catholic Christian       	Yellow Green  	           	       	KNP                     	bbff00 	                	
                         	              	           	       	RKPN                    	999900 	                	
                         	              	           	       	KVP                     	889966 	RKSP            	ddee00
                         	              	           	       	                        	       	AB              	99dd00
                         	              	           	       	                        	       	RKVP            	88aa00
Protestant Christian     	Yellow        	           	       	ARP                     	dddd44 	                	
                         	              	           	       	CHU                     	bbbb66 	                	
Orthodox protestant      	Yellow Orange 	CU         	ffcc00 	RPF                     	cc8855 	                	
                         	              	           	       	GPV                     	ddaa33 	                	
                         	              	SGP        	eeaa00 	                        	       	                	
                         	              	           	       	                        	       	HGS             	ddcc11
Populist                 	Grey          	PVV        	bbbbbb 	                        	       	                	
                         	              	           	       	LPF                     	888888 	                	
Elderly interest         	Khaki         	           	       	AOV                     	ccaa88 	                	
                         	              	           	       	U55+                    	ccbb66 	                	
Middleclass interest     	Blue-grey     	           	       	NMP                     	557799 	                	
                         	              	           	       	BP                      	4488bb 	PB              	6699cc
                         	              	           	       	                        	       	MPSL            	aabbcc
Nationalist              	Grey-Brown    	           	       	CD                      	776666 	                	
                         	              	           	       	CP                      	666655 	NSB             	443311
I will fix the layout later on; for now the overview. Arnoutf 16:25, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Ok, that settles it then. Alas I can't really contribute anymore now. Not out of spite, it's just that I can't wrap my head around the logic of giving the colours green and red to religious parties, even though precisely those two colours have clear internationally understood political associations with parties (the 'greens' and the 'reds' - they're even named after those colours) that are traditionally far from religious (damn, I forgot to use that argument). And if I can't follow the logic it would be hard for me to participate in any further discussions. DirkvdM 13:28, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Fair enough, you did (more then) your bit which I really appreciate; to be honest, the arguments were pretty close (many of the christian parties were linked to labour or green (e.g. Evp) so the colour are not that weird) and it has been my own subjective preference that tipped the scales. I will finish this and implement it on the non-talk page and notify every editor who has provides images with the colours. If a different consensus arrises in the future I will not object. Arnoutf 19:32, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposal all parties