AH, My failure to see "would" as opposed to "wouldn't". I guess I was reading your post too fast. Apologies Morgan. ops :764:
My comment was centered mainly on base coat rather than the decorative paint. The Tudor ships had very famboyant colorful schemes, so whose to say. Can't assume or apply generalizations to the whole I suppose. It's interesting how dramatically coloring changed in the first decades of the 17th century. By 1620, you rarely saw the colorful geometric paint schemes anymore. The base coat should be dark. That contrasts the colors even more.
I would bet that ships of the 1550's through 1610 timeframe often came back to England with very faded colors after a long journey/expedition. It would be neat to have a faded version.
One other thing I was thinking about that might favor the lighter door frame over the darker is that often when you walk around on the replicas, you really have to duck your head before you enter/exit thresholds. If it were dark (and it can get very dark at sea) I think I might appreciate a bright doorway so as not to knock my head into concusion. I will make it a point to research a few period models and see if I can observe what color their thresholds are.
MK
My comment was centered mainly on base coat rather than the decorative paint. The Tudor ships had very famboyant colorful schemes, so whose to say. Can't assume or apply generalizations to the whole I suppose. It's interesting how dramatically coloring changed in the first decades of the 17th century. By 1620, you rarely saw the colorful geometric paint schemes anymore. The base coat should be dark. That contrasts the colors even more.
I would bet that ships of the 1550's through 1610 timeframe often came back to England with very faded colors after a long journey/expedition. It would be neat to have a faded version.
One other thing I was thinking about that might favor the lighter door frame over the darker is that often when you walk around on the replicas, you really have to duck your head before you enter/exit thresholds. If it were dark (and it can get very dark at sea) I think I might appreciate a bright doorway so as not to knock my head into concusion. I will make it a point to research a few period models and see if I can observe what color their thresholds are.
MK