Piecepack Wiki: Rainbow Deck

The 12 suits of the free, printable, 162-card Rainbow Deck might be useful for piecepack game designers who would like to expand the 12 suits made by combining a standard piecepack, playing cards piecepack, and seasonal piecepack.

piecepack suit	Mesomorph color	JCD color	Suggested Rainbow Deck color	Mnemonic
Suns	red	red	red	same as basic piecepack
Crowns	yellow or green	green	yellow	same as basic piecepack
Arms (JCD: Anchors)	blue	blue	dark blue	same as basic piecepack
Moons	black	black	black	same as basic piecepack
Spring (Flowers)	light blue	purple	light blue	same as original Mesomorph
Summer (Fish)	purple	light blue	dark purple	same as original Mesomorph
Autumn (Leaves)	orange	orange	orange	same as Mesomorph and JCD
Winter (Snowflakes)	white	white	gray	close to Mesomorph and JCD
Hearts	red	red	pink	color of love; pink = light red; goes with light purple (other red suit)
Spades	black	black	light green	blade of grass; both black suits are green
Diamonds	red	red	light purple	goes with pink (other red suit)
Clubs	black	black	dark green	clover; both black suits are green

I had originally mapped Spring onto light purple and Diamonds onto light blue, but MartyHaleEvans made a good case for reversing these (see comments). Most of the original colors of the basic and seasonal piecepacks are now preserved. However, the playing card suits are now red(dish) and green instead of red and black.

Like the JcdPiecepack, the Rainbow Deck is divided into light and dark suits. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be a sensible, non-arbitrary way to map the light and dark suits of the Rainbow Deck onto the JcdPiecepack.

--RonHaleEvans

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