From cube-lovers-errors@mc.lcs.mit.edu Fri Nov 14 10:37:37 1997 Return-Path: Received: from sun30.aic.nrl.navy.mil by mc.lcs.mit.edu (8.8.1/mc) with SMTP id KAA10458; Fri, 14 Nov 1997 10:37:36 -0500 (EST) Precedence: bulk Errors-To: cube-lovers-errors@mc.lcs.mit.edu Mail-from: From cubeman@idirect.com Thu Nov 13 21:03:37 1997 Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 19:06:53 -0500 (EST) From: Mark Longridge To: Richard M Morton Cc: cube-lovers@ai.mit.edu Subject: Re: Cube Colours In-Reply-To: <199711120955.EAA01537@life.ai.mit.edu> Message-Id: On Wed, 12 Nov 1997, Richard M Morton wrote: > Mark Longridge wrote: > > > First of all, the STANDARD colour arrangement used by Ideal Toy is as > > follows: > > > > UP = White > > DOWN = Blue > > FRONT = Yellow > > BACK = Green > > LEFT = Red > > RIGHT = Orange > > ... Ok folks, one last bit of info about the cube colour controversy The colouring "standard" I was referring to was used by Canadian and the USA cube contests. Having said that there were probably contests where people brought there own cubes, and that would make it potpourri. Moreover, this was stipulated in the rules of the contest. I still have the form. The only difference between differ by yellow and the standard Ideal cube was the transposition of yellow and blue. There isn't really a standard orientation, save for the orientation I use in my own cube programs. All the Ideal cubes I have conform to White/Blue, Yellow/Green, Red/Orange for Top/Down, Front/BACK, Left/Right. So I suppose it is open to interpretation. I thought David Singmaster might mention what colour arrangement was used in the World Championship. So a case may be made for both "Differ by Yellow" and Ideal Contest Colours. Would someone like to pick one?? :-) -> Mark <- The Colourist