You loved it (knew what to do); grew to love it (when you did the research
about RGB encoding); or hated it (because you didn't accept the challenge).
Each colour was a solid colour made up of a red and green (but not blue)
component. The colour intensities can range from 0 to 255. Most desktop graphics
programs (I still use Paint Shop Pro which dates back to 1996!) have the
capability to (via a dropper tool) to show the component values. There are also
stacks of web-based tools freely available on the Internet which do the same.
Take the first colour. Red component = 21, Green = 81. On the second colour,
Red = 55 and Green = 70. Therefore the first 8-digit map reference to visit was
2181 5570.
The full list of map references was:
2181 5570, 2211 5612, 2037 5524, 1814 5695, 2050 5784, 2146
5719, 2162 5817, 2246 5755, 2271 5716,
2371 5670, 2528 5795, 2388 5777, 2381 5841, 2294 5807, 2288
5891, 2367 5913, 2349 6002, 2296 6046, 2231 6070
Remember this was a Master-level Route Card on a table-top rally, so don't
expect navigation that you can solve immediately. The Route Card was aimed to
educate you in the mysteries of colour encoding and there was a decent clue in
the title. Some competitors actually thanked me for forcing them to research the
subject.
Best on Route Card: Matthew Vokes in 36:03.
Least Visited Control: PC13
