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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gbroke, post: 1679602, member: 22585&quot;]Hi Doug, there certainly is an explanation.</p><p>I&#039;ll do my best to portray it properly.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s not that the colors stayed within &quot;lines&quot;, but rather they are progressing beautifully on the elevations/devices. As toning progresses, they start to move up the the devices and affect them accordingly. For example, the main horse/figure are the highest elevation, so the first colors they will turn is gold/yellow. The highest elevations will be the last to tone.&nbsp; This is also why you will see the texture on the horse has not toned as much as the skin around it yet.</p><p><br /></p><p>The toning (on the obverse) appears to have started and been most aggressive on the lower half of this coin.&nbsp; It follows the color chart progression exactly as it should in regard to naturally toning.</p><p>That being: yellow/orange/red/magenta/blue/green/darker...</p><p>Our eyes are seeing near perfectly painted colors between the lines, but its actually the elevation changes that are causing it. I&#039;m certain the blue sky started off as yellow/gold when the toning began.</p><p><br /></p><p>Left in it&#039;s original environment, this medal would not look the same after xx amount of years. Every color you see would continue to progress through the chart and would eventually not match up with the design so perfect.</p><p>&nbsp;It happens that it&#039;s the right time in it&#039;s life, and toning color cycle, that it worked out to be this way.</p><p><br /></p><p>I hope this makes a little sense.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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