On 2020-03-07 12:23 PM (-4), Alain Martel wrote:
> Le 2020-03-06 à 20:30, Cousin Ricky a écrit :
>>
>> ----------[BEGIN CODE EXCERPT]----------
>> // The official Olympic colors are from fairspielen.de.  For sable,
>> // an RGB equivalent of PMS 426C is used because the official #000000
>> // (pure black) is generally unsuitable for 3-D ray traced objects.
>> // The other colors are the official RGB values.
>> #declare c_Olympic_colors = array[5]
>> { srgb <0, 129, 200> / 255,  // azure
>>    srgb <252, 177, 49> / 255, // or
>>    srgb <37, 40, 42> / 255,   // sable via Pantone.com calculator
>>    srgb <0, 166, 81> / 255,   // vert
>>    srgb <238, 51, 78> / 255,  // gules
>> }
>> -----------[END CODE EXCERPT]-----------
> 
> I see that they are using the heraldic names,

The heraldic names were my idea, not theirs.  (I'm sure that the IOC 
knows nothing of POV-Ray SDL.)  I used them because the colors were said 
to represent those of the flags of the participant countries.

> and there are two that are 
> incorrect.
> 
> «vert» should be «sinople» and means green, and «gules» should be 
> «gueule» and stand for red.

I used the only names I have ever seen for heraldic colors.

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