Originally Posted By: Ken61
....the correct color balance. I try to imagine the colors three dimensionally, first by identification of the "base", or the color that is prevalent. With Turnbull, it is obviously (and correctly) blue. If you look at others, that is not always the case. What I see is often gray or even charcoal. The other colors, although good, just don't look correct over a base that is clearly not blue. In my opinion, this applies to English guns as well as Parkers, the Base being slightly different for some other makes.

It's mentioned occasionally, but distribution and shape of the colors may also be part picture. Similar colors that are present in similar percentages can be arranged to look very different.