I think we are getting some where. How about this for a fair way to measure it?
Start with Dean's method of deteriming how much of the surface is covered with any CCH regardless of it's color. Then rather than trying to assign a value to the originality of the color, just describe it. For example, the gun shown could be described as ____% CCH faded original colors. If the CCH was still there but faded to grey, it could be described as ___% CCH faded to mottle grey. This provides an objective evaluation and accurately describes the condition and originality of the gun.
I think that is more or less what Julia's does. With some exceptions, they are pretty consistent at it. Trying to describe the percentage of CCH and then the percentage of original color is difficult for a couple of reasons. First, one would have to know what the original colors were (which I actually think are fairly known to us). Second and more difficult, is to determine how much of the original color is left and how it may have faded. This would be subjective. Whether they were shown as two values or averaged would still lead to a subjective result that reasonable folks could differ on.
If we adopted something like I suggest, you would have a value for condition, ie the amount of CCH remaining, and a description of it originality, ie the color compared to the day it left the factory.
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