Re: Chinese rod numerals

[Elliotte Rusty Harold]

One very interesting thing I noted on the page:

Negative numbers were usually represented using distinguisable 
features like color. Positive rods were usually colored red while 
negative rods were usually colored black.

Wasn't there a really long thread not very long ago about whether 
color was ever a distinguishing characteristic of two otherwise 
identical characters?
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  Elliotte Rusty Harold
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