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| | | Author: | venusasaboy73  | | Posted: | Feb 26, 2021 08:58 | | Subject: | grey vs bluish grey (help!) | | Viewed: | 116 times | | Topic: | Colors | | Status: | Open | |
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| Hello everyone,
I've created a mosaic project tha took me quite a long time to figure out,
and I find myself in a pickle having it based on the bricklink color guide. I
thought light grey and light bluish grey were 2 different colors, and bought
them accordingly from separate sellers.
As no one on the site seemed to have light grey in stock, I went to e.bay and
bought quite a big lot of it. Only to find out that it was in fact the same color
as what I thought was light bluish grey.
As I seem to have understood reading through the forum they are in fact the same
thing, as light grey was an old color now completely replaced by what bricklink
calls "bluish".
First of all, what the hell.
Second of all, now I can no longer finish the project, as I really need an intermediate
color between light (bluish) and Dark (bluish) grey.
Is there such a color?
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| | | | | Author: | psusaxman2000 | | Posted: | Feb 26, 2021 09:11 | | Subject: | Re: grey vs bluish grey (help!) | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, venusasaboy73 writes:
| | Hello everyone,
I've created a mosaic project tha took me quite a long time to figure out,
and I find myself in a pickle having it based on the bricklink color guide. I
thought light grey and light bluish grey were 2 different colors, and bought
them accordingly from separate sellers.
As no one on the site seemed to have light grey in stock, I went to e.bay and
bought quite a big lot of it. Only to find out that it was in fact the same color
as what I thought was light bluish grey.
As I seem to have understood reading through the forum they are in fact the same
thing, as light grey was an old color now completely replaced by what bricklink
calls "bluish".
First of all, what the hell.
Second of all, now I can no longer finish the project, as I really need an intermediate
color between light (bluish) and Dark (bluish) grey.
Is there such a color?
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Your original assumption is correct, they are in fact two different colors.
The problem that you might run into on bulk seller sites is that they might not
care. Finding bulk lots of Light gray is a difficult task as it gets mixed in
or seller just don't care. It can be a little difficult to tell the color
difference, but when you have them in your hand it's obvious (at least to
me). There is a slight bluish hue to the newer color and the older color tends
to be more dull from age.
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| | | | | | | Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Feb 26, 2021 09:24 | | Subject: | Re: grey vs bluish grey (help!) | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, psusaxman2000 writes:
| | In Colors, venusasaboy73 writes:
| | Second of all, now I can no longer finish the project, as I really need an intermediate
color between light (bluish) and Dark (bluish) grey.
Is there such a color?
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Your original assumption is correct, they are in fact two different colors.
The problem that you might run into on bulk seller sites is that they might not
care. Finding bulk lots of Light gray is a difficult task as it gets mixed in
or seller just don't care. It can be a little difficult to tell the color
difference, but when you have them in your hand it's obvious (at least to
me). There is a slight bluish hue to the newer color and the older color tends
to be more dull from age.
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I don't think that light gray is intermediate between light bluish gray and
dark bluish gray though. It's different but not *that* different (and it's
not always easy to tell the difference between them). I don't know that there
is a color that is really in between the two, aside from a few parts that might
be described as "medium gray" or "medium bluish gray".
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | venusasaboy73 | | Posted: | Feb 26, 2021 09:58 | | Subject: | Re: grey vs bluish grey (help!) | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| | | I don't think that light gray is intermediate between light bluish gray and
dark bluish gray though. It's different but not *that* different (and it's
not always easy to tell the difference between them). I don't know that there
is a color that is really in between the two, aside from a few parts that might
be described as "medium gray" or "medium bluish gray".
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Yes I guess it's not, but it was in the site color list I based my project
on.
I'm thinkin that maybe flat silver might be the solution?
Or is that too "metallic" a finish?
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Classicsmiley | | Posted: | Feb 26, 2021 13:30 | | Subject: | Re: grey vs bluish grey (help!) | | Viewed: | 24 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, venusasaboy73 writes:
| | | | I don't think that light gray is intermediate between light bluish gray and
dark bluish gray though. It's different but not *that* different (and it's
not always easy to tell the difference between them). I don't know that there
is a color that is really in between the two, aside from a few parts that might
be described as "medium gray" or "medium bluish gray".
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Yes I guess it's not, but it was in the site color list I based my project
on.
I'm thinkin that maybe flat silver might be the solution?
Or is that too "metallic" a finish?
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If the pieces you need are available in Sand Blue, it might be an option.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | venusasaboy73 | | Posted: | Feb 27, 2021 08:14 | | Subject: | Re: grey vs bluish grey (help!) | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, Classicsmiley writes:
| | If the pieces you need are available in Sand Blue, it might be an option.
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Unfortunatley I also have used sand blue for other parts of the mosaic.
I need another grey to fill up what should have been 2 more greys in the project.
But thanks for the tip anyway 
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | infinibrix | | Posted: | Feb 26, 2021 10:06 | | Subject: | Re: grey vs bluish grey (help!) | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, peregrinator writes:
| | I don't think that light gray is intermediate between light bluish gray and
dark bluish gray though. It's different but not *that* different (and it's
not always easy to tell the difference between them). I don't know that there
is a color that is really in between the two, aside from a few parts that might
be described as "medium gray" or "medium bluish gray".
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Yeah if you look at the current two bluish grey colours they are so significantly
far apart from each other that I am surprised Lego have'nt released a shade
between the two though I expect that will one day come as shades of grey are
extremely popular for both space and castle as well as many other builds
Strangely they seem to have poked around with too many very light greys for some
reason when you consider we've had Light Grey, Light Bluish Grey and Very
Light Bluish Grey
But in answer to the OP I think sellers on sites like ebay assume most buyers
ar'nt fully aware of Lego colour names let alone Bricklinks and so I for
one just call them Light and Dark grey on ebay as this is the best colour representation.
If I start calling them Bluish Grey I think most people would think I'm refering
to a colour closer to Sand Blue than that of a shade of grey
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | venusasaboy73 | | Posted: | Feb 26, 2021 10:22 | | Subject: | Re: grey vs bluish grey (help!) | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, infinibrix writes:
| | Yeah if you look at the current two bluish grey colours they are so significantly
far apart from each other that I am surprised Lego have'nt released a shade
between the two though I expect that will one day come as shades of grey are
extremely popular for both space and castle as well as many other builds
Strangely they seem to have poked around with too many very light greys for some
reason when you consider we've had Light Grey, Light Bluish Grey and Very
Light Bluish Grey
But in answer to the OP I think sellers on sites like ebay assume most buyers
ar'nt fully aware of Lego colour names let alone Bricklinks and so I for
one just call them Light and Dark grey on ebay as this is the best colour representation.
If I start calling them Bluish Grey I think most people would think I'm refering
to a colour closer to Sand Blue than that of a shade of grey
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Yeah, I guess that makes sense. I assumed the bricklink color chart was official
and reflective of actual lego colors in production, and that is where I went
wrong I guess.
I haven't seen very light bluish grey listed anywhere though, that also might
have been a good option.
Is it as hard to find as the other "older" colors?
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Feb 26, 2021 10:28 | | Subject: | Re: grey vs bluish grey (help!) | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, venusasaboy73 writes:
| | Yeah, I guess that makes sense. I assumed the bricklink color chart was official
and reflective of actual lego colors in production, and that is where I went
wrong I guess.
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It's not official but it *is* mostly reflective of actual Lego colors. I
believe the official Lego color name for what we call "light bluish gray" here
on BrickLink is "medium stone grey", the older color (BL "light gray") was simply
"grey".
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| | | | | | | Author: | venusasaboy73 | | Posted: | Feb 26, 2021 10:01 | | Subject: | Re: grey vs bluish grey (help!) | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| | | Your original assumption is correct, they are in fact two different colors.
The problem that you might run into on bulk seller sites is that they might not
care. Finding bulk lots of Light gray is a difficult task as it gets mixed in
or seller just don't care. It can be a little difficult to tell the color
difference, but when you have them in your hand it's obvious (at least to
me). There is a slight bluish hue to the newer color and the older color tends
to be more dull from age.
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Thanks for the reference image. I see the difference is really not that huge,
but then again it is between dark grey and dark bluish. Is Dark Grey as difficult
to find as light grey?
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Feb 26, 2021 10:09 | | Subject: | Re: grey vs bluish grey (help!) | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, venusasaboy73 writes:
| | | | Your original assumption is correct, they are in fact two different colors.
The problem that you might run into on bulk seller sites is that they might not
care. Finding bulk lots of Light gray is a difficult task as it gets mixed in
or seller just don't care. It can be a little difficult to tell the color
difference, but when you have them in your hand it's obvious (at least to
me). There is a slight bluish hue to the newer color and the older color tends
to be more dull from age.
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Thanks for the reference image. I see the difference is really not that huge,
but then again it is between dark grey and dark bluish. Is Dark Grey as difficult
to find as light grey?
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I don't believe it was made for quite as long as light gray - so it might
be more difficult to find.
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | venusasaboy73 | | Posted: | Feb 26, 2021 10:19 | | Subject: | Re: grey vs bluish grey (help!) | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, peregrinator writes:
| | I don't believe it was made for quite as long as light gray - so it might
be more difficult to find.
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Oh, damn! Thanks for the tips anyways!
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | venusasaboy73 | | Posted: | Feb 26, 2021 10:27 | | Subject: | Re: grey vs bluish grey (help!) | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| I've found this reference image.
You'd think they are all in production, but I guess this is where I was wrong
all along!
Is milky white even available?
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Feb 26, 2021 11:45 | | Subject: | Re: grey vs bluish grey (help!) | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, venusasaboy73 writes:
| | I've found this reference image.
You'd think they are all in production, but I guess this is where I was wrong
all along!
Is milky white even available?
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Milky White is available in 2x4 and 2x6 only, but that is a non-released special
part that is costly. It is a translucent color and for these bricks even slightly
glittery. It looks different in real life from how this photo shows the color.
For a mosaic, you could use the 1x1 plates in Very Light (Bluish) Gray to extend
your shades of gray.
Don't mix the old and newer shades of gray in one build, unless your intention
is to roughen up the look. They are not lighter or darker, just warmer / yellower
/ aged more.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | venusasaboy73 | | Posted: | Feb 26, 2021 12:05 | | Subject: | Re: grey vs bluish grey (help!) | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| | | Milky White is available in 2x4 and 2x6 only, but that is a non-released special
part that is costly. It is a translucent color and for these bricks even slightly
glittery. It looks different in real life from how this photo shows the color.
For a mosaic, you could use the 1x1 plates in Very Light (Bluish) Gray to extend
your shades of gray.
Don't mix the old and newer shades of gray in one build, unless your intention
is to roughen up the look. They are not lighter or darker, just warmer / yellower
/ aged more.
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Thanks for the help!
I'm using 1x1 round tiles, but they don'ìt seem to come in very light
(blusih) gray 
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | maxx3001 | | Posted: | Feb 26, 2021 13:07 | | Subject: | Re: grey vs bluish grey (help!) | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, venusasaboy73 writes:
| | | | Milky White is available in 2x4 and 2x6 only, but that is a non-released special
part that is costly. It is a translucent color and for these bricks even slightly
glittery. It looks different in real life from how this photo shows the color.
For a mosaic, you could use the 1x1 plates in Very Light (Bluish) Gray to extend
your shades of gray.
Don't mix the old and newer shades of gray in one build, unless your intention
is to roughen up the look. They are not lighter or darker, just warmer / yellower
/ aged more.
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Thanks for the help!
I'm using 1x1 round tiles, but they don'ìt seem to come in very light
(blusih) gray
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Sand blue might be an intermediate.....
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | maxx3001 | | Posted: | Feb 27, 2021 08:58 | | Subject: | Re: grey vs bluish grey (help!) | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, maxx3001 writes:
| | In Colors, venusasaboy73 writes:
| | | | Milky White is available in 2x4 and 2x6 only, but that is a non-released special
part that is costly. It is a translucent color and for these bricks even slightly
glittery. It looks different in real life from how this photo shows the color.
For a mosaic, you could use the 1x1 plates in Very Light (Bluish) Gray to extend
your shades of gray.
Don't mix the old and newer shades of gray in one build, unless your intention
is to roughen up the look. They are not lighter or darker, just warmer / yellower
/ aged more.
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Thanks for the help!
I'm using 1x1 round tiles, but they don'ìt seem to come in very light
(blusih) gray
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Sand blue might be an intermediate.....
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Trans-black, dark brown...
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | venusasaboy73 | | Posted: | Feb 26, 2021 15:34 | | Subject: | Re: grey vs bluish grey (help!) | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| | | Milky White is available in 2x4 and 2x6 only, but that is a non-released special
part that is costly. It is a translucent color and for these bricks even slightly
glittery. It looks different in real life from how this photo shows the color.
For a mosaic, you could use the 1x1 plates in Very Light (Bluish) Gray to extend
your shades of gray.
Don't mix the old and newer shades of gray in one build, unless your intention
is to roughen up the look. They are not lighter or darker, just warmer / yellower
/ aged more.
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Thanks for the help!
I'm using 1x1 round tiles, but they don'ìt seem to come in very light
(blusih) gray
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