Questions About Shades of Grey (Shades of Grey, #1)

by Jasper Fforde (Goodreads Author)

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Does anyone have an idea when the sequel will be out? It's fairly obvious from reading the story that a follow on book was meant to be written.

Steve Jasper just tweeted that SOG2 will be published in 2022. https://twitter.com/jasperfforde/stat...

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I didn't get many of the color names. Why are "Lincoln" and "Brunswick" associated with green, for example?

Cestmoi The town of Lincoln in England produced cloth in medieval times and their green dye was famous for its colour. They used Woad to make a blue then adde…moreThe town of Lincoln in England produced cloth in medieval times and their green dye was famous for its colour. They used Woad to make a blue then added another plant-based yellow dye as a secondary, to produce their green. Other towns were known for other colours. Brunswick green seems to have originated in Germany, in Braunschweig, which became Brunswick in English.(less)

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I was having a little trouble with the color codes. For example, Eddie says that he won second place for using 33-71-67 for mustard. But, in RGB, that's a dark teal. CMY is a dusty russet color. So, what system is Fforde using? Or, is it supposed to be that the people don't actually understand what things are supposed to look like?

UnwiseOwl Fforde being Fforde, there's probably logic to it somewhere, but it is beyond me.
The colour pipes are described as being CYM when Eddie comes across …moreFforde being Fforde, there's probably logic to it somewhere, but it is beyond me.
The colour pipes are described as being CYM when Eddie comes across the purple tree.
Some other codes from chapter 2 include:
35-89-96 light orange (has numbers close to mustard, so that makes sense)
116-37-97 light green
342-94-98 unknown, but possibly complementary to the light green, so somewhere in the violet range.(less)

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What's the language like in this? obviously I'm okay with some, but I don't really like reading books with cursing on every single page

UnwiseOwl Very tame. There's one 'shit' that I can recall, but Shades of Grey takes place in a very polite, genteel society where swearing just wouldn't be cons…moreVery tame. There's one 'shit' that I can recall, but Shades of Grey takes place in a very polite, genteel society where swearing just wouldn't be considered cricket.(less)

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