Talk:Dynastic Chinaball/@comment-18014300-20180531071224

You guys should diversify each of the dynastic balls. At the very least, color them according to the national colors that each dynasty adopted based on their chosen element.

Wood = green or blue-green (never blue); Fire = red; Earth = yellow or gold; Metal = white or silver; Water = black

The colors chosen are as follows with Xia–Zhou being elements later dynasties retroactively decided for them. Xia (green or white), Shang (white or black), Zhou (fire or green), Qin (black), Western Han (yellow), Eastern Han (red), Shu Han (red), Cao Wei (yellow), Sun Wu (green), Jin (white), Sui (fire), Tang (yellow), Song (red), Jurchen Jin, Yuan (white), Ming (red). Qing's color is black, and they wore a lot of black, but their actual flag is yellow.

Each Chinese dynasty chose an element according to a cycle, but the cycle could get disrupted, hence why there isn't an overall, smooth pattern.

For more information on how each dynasty chose their color, refer to this comprehensive and accurate explanation someone gave on Quora.

https://www.quora.com/Was-the-Qin-Dynasty-idea-of-the-various-dynasties-each-matching-and-element-accepted-by-anyone-else