Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies Author: | SurplusParts | Posted: | Mar 17, 2021 06:20 | Subject: | Help with Colour | Viewed: | 65 times | Topic: | Colors | Status: | Open | |
| So i have a
But the monkey in it seems to have brown limbs and the body is a strange colour.
I don't have much experience with the much older browns but the body does
look more Reddish Brown. However that did not exist in 1990.
I have a photo here against the modern Reddish Brown.
Did the old Brown come in different shades?
Thanks for any help.
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Author: | Tarkur | Posted: | Mar 9, 2021 15:38 | Subject: | Bionicle masks known colors list | Viewed: | 83 times | Topic: | Colors | Status: | Open | |
| Here is a list of all known colors for certain masks released in different sets
between 2001-2004. This list contains masks from sets, gear and the various supplemental
mask packs. There are a few more masks I've left out due to their origin
being unkown but there are theories suggesting they are prototypes those being
a Brown 32572 Bionicle Mask Komau and a White 32573 Bionicle Mask Huna. Below
you'll find the list and a Clarifyr for how to interpret the list:
Clarifyer
item no, name
Known colors
Bl color in x set/sets (set/sets)....
32505 Bionicl Mask Hau
Known colors
Dark gray in 1 set (8596-1)
Red in 2 sets (8534-1,8534-2)
Yellow in 2 sets (1391-1,8594-1)
Chrome silver in 1 set (8546-1)
Black in 1 set (8530-1)
White in 1 set (8530-1)
Green in 1 set (8530-1)
Blue in 1 set (8530-1)
Brown in 1 set (8530-1)
Metallic gold in 1 set (8559-1)
Metallic silver in 1 set (8559-1)
32571 Bionicle Mask Kaukau
Known colors
Trans black in 1 set (8530-1)
Trans clear in 1 set (8530-1)
Trans dark blue in 5 sets (8530-1,8533-1,8533-2,8538-1,8713-1)
Trans green in 1 set (8530-1)
Trans neon orange in 1 set (8530-1)
Trans red in 1 set (8530-1)
Trans yellow in 1 set (8530-1)
Metallic gold in 1 set (8559-1)
Metallic silver in 1 set (8559-1)
32568 Bionicle Mask Kakama
Known colors
Dark orange in 4 sets (8584-1,8584-2,1388-1,8713-1)
Dark turqoise in 1 set (8549-1)
Red in 1 set (8530-1)
Black in 1 set (8530-1)
White in 1 set (8530-1)
Green in 1 set (8530-1)
Blue in 1 set (8530-1)
Brown in 3 sets (8530-1,8531-1,8531-2)
Metallic gold in 1 set (8559-1)
Metallic silver in 1 set (8559-1)
32566 Bionicle Mask Pakari
Known color
Orange in 4 sets (8556-1,1441-1,8713-1,10023-1)
Purple in 3 sets (8713-1,8548-1,1389-1)
Medium blue in 2 sets (8548-1,8595-1)
Red in 1 set (8530-1)
Black in 2 sets (8530-1)
White in 1 set (8530-1)
Green in 1 set (8530-1)
Blue in 2 sets (8530-1, 8549-1)
Brown in 1 set (8530-1)
Metallic gold in 1 set (8559-1)
Metallic silver in 1 set (8559-1)
32565 Bionicle Mask Miru
Known colors
Trans neon green in 0 sets (LEGOLAND Promo)
Dark turqoise in 1 set (1392-1)
Red in 1 set (8530-1)
Black in 1 set (8530-1)
White in 1 set (8530-1)
Green in 4 sets (8530-1,8535-1,8535-2,8713-1)
Blue in 1 set (8530-1)
Brown in 1 set (8530-1)
Metallic gold in 1 set (8559-1)
Metallic silver in 1 set (8559-1)
32569 Bionicle Mask Akaku
Known colors
Sand blue in 3 sets (8713-1,8582-1,1393-1)
Red in 1 set (8530-1)
Black in 1 set (8530-1)
White in 4 sets (8530-1,8536-1,8536-2,8713-1)
Green in 1 set (8530-1)
Blue in 1 set (8530-1)
Brown in 1 set (8530-1)
Metallic gold in 1 set (8559-1)
Metallic silver in 1 set (8559-1)
32570 Bionicle Mask Matatu
Known colors
Light gray in 3 sets (8530-1,8544-1,1420-1)
Dark gray in 3 sets (8530-1,8581-1,8713-1)
Lime in 1 set (8530-1)
Orange in 1 set (8530-1)
Medium blue in 1 set (8530-1)
Tan in 1 set (8530-1)
Red in 1 set (8530-1)
Black in 1 sets (8530-1)
White in 1 set (8530-1)
Green in 1 set (8530-1)
Blue in 1 set (8530-1)
Brown in 1 set (8530-1)
32567 Bionicle Mask Ruru
Known colors
Light gray in 2 sets (8530-1,7397)
Dark gray in 2 sets (8530-1,8545-1)
Lime in 1 set (8530-1)
Orange in 2 sets (8530-1,8539-1)
Medium blue in 1 set (8530-1)
Trans dark blue in 1 set (8537-1)
Tan in 1 set (8530-1)
Red in 2 sets (8530-1,7397)
Black in 5 sets (8530-1,8585-1,8585-2,8713-1,8546-1)
White in 1 set (8530-1)
Green in 1 set (8530-1)
Blue in 1 set (8530-1)
Brown in 1 set (8530-1)
32575 Bionicle Mask Mahiki
Known colors
Light gray in 1 set (8530-1)
Dark gray in 1 set (8530-1)
Lime in 3 sets (8530-1,8541-1,1418-1)
Orange in 1 set (8530-1)
Medium blue in 1 set (8530-1)
Tan in 1 set (8530-1)
32574 Bionicle Mask Rau
Known colors
Light gray in 1 set (8530-1)
Dark gray in 1 set (8530-1)
Lime in 1 set (8530-1)
Orange in 1 set (8530-1)
Medium blue in 3 sets (8530-1,8543-1,1419-1)
Tan in 1 set (8530-1)
32573 Bionicle Mask Huna
Known colors
Black in 1 set (8538-1)
Blue in 3 sets (8586-1,8586-2,1390-1)
Copper in 1 set (bilmasks-1)
Light gray in 1 set (8530-1)
Dark gray in 1 set (8530-1)
Lime in 1 set (8530-1)
Orange in 5 sets (8530-1,8713,8540-1,1417-1,1417-2)
Medium blue in 1 set (8530-1)
Tan in 1 set (8530-1)
32572 Bionicle Mask Komau
Known colors
Yellow in 1 set (8539-1)
Copper in 1 set (bilmasks-1)
Light gray in 1 set (8530-1)
Dark gray in 1 set (8530-1)
Lime in 1 set (8530-1)
Orange in 1 set (8530-1)
Medium blue in 1 set (8530-1)
Tan in 2 set (8530-1,8542-1)
43853 Bionicle Mask Hau Nuva
Red in 6 sets (4193353,8572-1,8597-1,8598-1,8599-1,8600-1)
Black in 4 sets (8597-1,8598-1,8599-1,8600-1)
White in 4 sets (8597-1,8598-1,8599-1,8600-1)
Green in 4 sets (8597-1,8598-1,8599-1,8600-1)
Blue in 4 sets (8597-1,8598-1,8599-1,8600-1)
Brown in 4 sets (8597-1,8598-1,8599-1,8600-1)
Pearl light gray in 2 sets (8599-1,8600-1)
43856 Bionicle Mask Kaukau Nuva
Known colors
Red in 4 sets (8597-1,8598-1,8599-1,8600-1)
Black in 4 sets (8597-1,8598-1,8599-1,8600-1)
White in 4 sets (8597-1,8598-1,8599-1,8600-1)
Green in 4 sets (8597-1,8598-1,8599-1,8600-1)
Blue in 6 sets (8570-1,8713-1,8597-1,8598-1,8599-1,8600-1)
Brown in 4 sets (8597-1,8598-1,8599-1,8600-1)
Pearl light gray in 2 sets (8599-1,8600-1)
43615 Bionicle Mask Kakama Nuva
Known colors
Red in 4 sets (8597-1,8598-1,8599-1,8600-1)
Black in 4 sets (8597-1,8598-1,8599-1,8600-1)
White in 4 sets (8597-1,8598-1,8599-1,8600-1)
Green in 4 sets (8597-1,8598-1,8599-1,8600-1)
Blue in 4 sets (8597-1,8598-1,8599-1,8600-1)
Brown in 5 sets (8568,8597-1,8598-1,8599-1,8600-1)
Pearl light gray in 2 sets (8599-1,8600-1)
43616 Bionicle Mask Pakari Nuva
Known colors
Red in 4 sets (8597-1,8598-1,8599-1,8600-1)
Black in 6 sets (8713-1,8566-1,8597-1,8598-1,8599-1,8600-1)
White in 4 sets (8597-1,8598-1,8599-1,8600-1)
Green in 4 sets (8597-1,8598-1,8599-1,8600-1)
Blue in 4 sets (8597-1,8598-1,8599-1,8600-1)
Brown in 4 sets (8597-1,8598-1,8599-1,8600-1)
Pearl light gray in 2 sets (8599-1,8600-1)
43614 Bionicle Mask Miru Nuva
Known colors
Red in 4 sets (8597-1,8598-1,8599-1,8600-1)
Black in 4 sets (8597-1,8598-1,8599-1,8600-1)
White in 4 sets (8597-1,8598-1,8599-1,8600-1)
Green in 6 sets (8567-1,8713-1,8597-1,8598-1,8599-1,8600-1)
Blue in 4 sets (8597-1,8598-1,8599-1,8600-1)
Brown in 4 sets (8597-1,8598-1,8599-1,8600-1)
Pearl light gray in 2 sets (8599-1,8600-1)
43855 Bionicle Mask Akaku Nuva
Known colors
Red in 4 sets (8597-1,8598-1,8599-1,8600-1)
Black in 4 sets (8597-1,8598-1,8599-1,8600-1)
White in 5 sets (8571-1,8597-1,8598-1,8599-1,8600-1)
Green in 4 sets (8597-1,8598-1,8599-1,8600-1)
Blue in 4 sets (8597-1,8598-1,8599-1,8600-1)
Brown in 4 sets (8597-1,8598-1,8599-1,8600-1)
Pearl light gray in 2 sets (8599-1,8600-1)
Hopefully these could be added by someone with a little more spare time than
a university student, otherwise I would have added them myself. However felt
it was better to let someone who can take their time to do it.
//Tarkur
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Author: | Mirko8710 | Posted: | Mar 9, 2021 08:21 | Subject: | Re: Tile Round 1x1 in 76175 | Viewed: | 31 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| Ok Randy!
Thanks!
Mirko
In Colors, randyf writes:
| In Colors, Mirko8710 writes:
| So, in your opinion, I need to inventory them all in Trans Yellow?
Mirko
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LEGO does not consider them a different color, and BrickLink is not going to
differentiate them. If you want to separate them in your store like some separate
the various shades of Pearl Gold, then that is up to you.
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Author: | starbeanie | Posted: | Mar 7, 2021 14:58 | Subject: | Re: What is this chrome armor's base color | Viewed: | 32 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| My worn ones are Milky White.
In Colors, ybtfbiwgw writes:
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Does anyone have a worn one that exposes the color of the plastic? From this
picture a seller uploaded, I'm thinking maybe it's trans clear, but without
a worn one in hand I can't really tell.
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Author: | wyvern | Posted: | Mar 7, 2021 13:10 | Subject: | What is this chrome armor's base color | Viewed: | 83 times | Topic: | Colors | Status: | Open | |
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Does anyone have a worn one that exposes the color of the plastic? From this
picture a seller uploaded, I'm thinking maybe it's trans clear, but without
a worn one in hand I can't really tell.
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Author: | randyf | Posted: | Mar 6, 2021 19:58 | Subject: | Re: Tile Round 1x1 in 76175 | Viewed: | 33 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, Mirko8710 writes:
| So, in your opinion, I need to inventory them all in Trans Yellow?
Mirko
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LEGO does not consider them a different color, and BrickLink is not going to
differentiate them. If you want to separate them in your store like some separate
the various shades of Pearl Gold, then that is up to you.
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Author: | Mirko8710 | Posted: | Mar 6, 2021 18:35 | Subject: | Re: Tile Round 1x1 in 76175 | Viewed: | 40 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| So, in your opinion, I need to inventory them all in Trans Yellow?
Mirko
In Colors, SylvainLS writes:
| In Colors, tec writes:
| Do Lego left Polycarbonate for new plastic?
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Yes, they are now beginning to use a transparent ABS: MABS. It seems it’s still
a bit cloudy (when coloured).
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Author: | SylvainLS | Posted: | Mar 6, 2021 12:59 | Subject: | Re: Tile Round 1x1 in 76175 | Viewed: | 37 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, tec writes:
| Do Lego left Polycarbonate for new plastic?
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Yes, they are now beginning to use a transparent ABS: MABS. It seems it’s still
a bit cloudy (when coloured).
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Author: | tec | Posted: | Mar 6, 2021 10:17 | Subject: | Re: Tile Round 1x1 in 76175 | Viewed: | 38 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| Do Lego left Polycarbonate for new plastic?
In Colors, Mirko8710 writes:
| Hi all!
I'm inventorying
This is the first time that happen to me this fact.
In the instructions there are showed 18x Tile Round 1x1 in Trans Yellow but checking
better you can see how 16 of 18 are completely different from the standard Trans
Yellow.
In my picture you can see:
1) Slopes and plates in trans yellow
2) a group of tiles where the first two are trans yellow and below there are
two plate in Trans Neon Green for comparision.
I think that it could be probably due to a different composition of the material
but how I can consider them in the inventory...and most of all, in the shop?
Cheers,
Mirko
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Author: | Mirko8710 | Posted: | Mar 6, 2021 09:28 | Subject: | Tile Round 1x1 in 76175 | Viewed: | 87 times | Topic: | Colors | Status: | Open | |
| Hi all!
I'm inventorying
This is the first time that happen to me this fact.
In the instructions there are showed 18x Tile Round 1x1 in Trans Yellow but checking
better you can see how 16 of 18 are completely different from the standard Trans
Yellow.
In my picture you can see:
1) Slopes and plates in trans yellow
2) a group of tiles where the first two are trans yellow and below there are
two plate in Trans Neon Green for comparision.
I think that it could be probably due to a different composition of the material
but how I can consider them in the inventory...and most of all, in the shop?
Cheers,
Mirko
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Author: | Dutchbricks | Posted: | Mar 3, 2021 14:04 | Subject: | Re: list of when colors are used for the first ti | Viewed: | 23 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| -Facepalm- to easy
In Colors, firestar246 writes:
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Author: | Dutchbricks | Posted: | Mar 3, 2021 13:38 | Subject: | list of when colors are used for the first ti | Viewed: | 66 times | Topic: | Colors | Status: | Open | |
| Hey everybody,
I was wondering if there is a list or somwthing about in which year New lego
colors were used for the first time.
Is there something like that?
Cheers
Niels
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Author: | Turez | Posted: | Mar 2, 2021 06:33 | Subject: | Re: What color is this? (middle one) | Viewed: | 41 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, leosan30 writes:
| In Colors, Yo_Yo_Flamingo writes:
| In Colors, leosan30 writes:
| These are lego 1x4 tiles I found in my collection, and I am struggling to find
the name of the colour for the piece in the centre. For reference I put next
to it a regular blue plate (TOP) an older yellowed blue plate (RIGHT and 2nd
from top on second pic), a dark green (LEFT) and a dark blue (BOTTOM). This piece
doesn't look old and I have a few more exactly like this. I can't remember
when or where I got these pieces..
I appreciate the help!
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Brittle Blue or yellowed blue.
| Thanks! I don't see that listed as a selection for colours when ordering parts.. Is it a rare colour?
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"Brittle Blue" means the parts are of very bad quality. Actually the name explains
everything...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHnNNZbwaNQ
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Author: | peregrinator | Posted: | Mar 1, 2021 20:23 | Subject: | Re: What color is this? (middle one) | Viewed: | 41 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, leosan30 writes:
| Thanks! I don't see that listed as a selection for colours when ordering parts.. Is it a rare colour?
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It's not that it's rare, it's that it's not an official color.
I think there is a market for brittle blue pieces but yellowed blue parts are
just blue parts that have yellowed over time.
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Author: | leosan30 | Posted: | Mar 1, 2021 20:21 | Subject: | Re: What color is this? (middle one) | Viewed: | 43 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, Yo_Yo_Flamingo writes:
| In Colors, leosan30 writes:
| These are lego 1x4 tiles I found in my collection, and I am struggling to find
the name of the colour for the piece in the centre. For reference I put next
to it a regular blue plate (TOP) an older yellowed blue plate (RIGHT and 2nd
from top on second pic), a dark green (LEFT) and a dark blue (BOTTOM). This piece
doesn't look old and I have a few more exactly like this. I can't remember
when or where I got these pieces..
I appreciate the help!
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Brittle Blue or yellowed blue.
| Thanks! I don't see that listed as a selection for colours when ordering parts.. Is it a rare colour?
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Author: | Yo_Yo_Flamingo | Posted: | Mar 1, 2021 20:15 | Subject: | Re: What color is this? (middle one) | Viewed: | 40 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, leosan30 writes:
| These are lego 1x4 tiles I found in my collection, and I am struggling to find
the name of the colour for the piece in the centre. For reference I put next
to it a regular blue plate (TOP) an older yellowed blue plate (RIGHT and 2nd
from top on second pic), a dark green (LEFT) and a dark blue (BOTTOM). This piece
doesn't look old and I have a few more exactly like this. I can't remember
when or where I got these pieces..
I appreciate the help!
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Brittle Blue or yellowed blue.
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Author: | leosan30 | Posted: | Mar 1, 2021 20:13 | Subject: | What color is this? (middle one) | Viewed: | 138 times | Topic: | Colors | Status: | Open | |
| These are lego 1x4 tiles I found in my collection, and I am struggling to find
the name of the colour for the piece in the centre. For reference I put next
to it a regular blue plate (TOP) an older yellowed blue plate (RIGHT and 2nd
from top on second pic), a dark green (LEFT) and a dark blue (BOTTOM). This piece
doesn't look old and I have a few more exactly like this. I can't remember
when or where I got these pieces..
I appreciate the help!
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Author: | maxx3001 | Posted: | Feb 27, 2021 08:58 | Subject: | Re: grey vs bluish grey (help!) | Viewed: | 37 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| 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 27, 2021 08:14 | Subject: | Re: grey vs bluish grey (help!) | Viewed: | 27 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| 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: | venusasaboy73 | Posted: | Feb 26, 2021 15:34 | Subject: | Re: grey vs bluish grey (help!) | Viewed: | 33 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| | 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: | Classicsmiley | Posted: | Feb 26, 2021 13:30 | Subject: | Re: grey vs bluish grey (help!) | Viewed: | 24 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| 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: | maxx3001 | Posted: | Feb 26, 2021 13:07 | Subject: | Re: grey vs bluish grey (help!) | Viewed: | 31 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| 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: | venusasaboy73 | Posted: | Feb 26, 2021 12:05 | Subject: | Re: grey vs bluish grey (help!) | Viewed: | 28 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| | 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.
|
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: | hpoort | Posted: | Feb 26, 2021 11:45 | Subject: | Re: grey vs bluish grey (help!) | Viewed: | 31 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| 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: | peregrinator | Posted: | Feb 26, 2021 10:28 | Subject: | Re: grey vs bluish grey (help!) | Viewed: | 32 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| 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 10:27 | Subject: | Re: grey vs bluish grey (help!) | Viewed: | 28 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| 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: | venusasaboy73 | Posted: | Feb 26, 2021 10:22 | Subject: | Re: grey vs bluish grey (help!) | Viewed: | 30 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| 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: | venusasaboy73 | Posted: | Feb 26, 2021 10:19 | Subject: | Re: grey vs bluish grey (help!) | Viewed: | 27 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| 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: | peregrinator | Posted: | Feb 26, 2021 10:09 | Subject: | Re: grey vs bluish grey (help!) | Viewed: | 28 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| 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: | infinibrix | Posted: | Feb 26, 2021 10:06 | Subject: | Re: grey vs bluish grey (help!) | Viewed: | 36 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| 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 10:01 | Subject: | Re: grey vs bluish grey (help!) | Viewed: | 38 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| | 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.
|
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: | venusasaboy73 | Posted: | Feb 26, 2021 09:58 | Subject: | Re: grey vs bluish grey (help!) | Viewed: | 34 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| | 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: | peregrinator | Posted: | Feb 26, 2021 09:24 | Subject: | Re: grey vs bluish grey (help!) | Viewed: | 45 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| 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?
|
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.
|
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: | psusaxman2000 | Posted: | Feb 26, 2021 09:11 | Subject: | Re: grey vs bluish grey (help!) | Viewed: | 52 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| 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?
|
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: | venusasaboy73 | Posted: | Feb 26, 2021 08:58 | Subject: | grey vs bluish grey (help!) | Viewed: | 116 times | Topic: | Colors | Status: | Open | |
| 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: | yorbrick | Posted: | Feb 22, 2021 15:51 | Subject: | Re: white horse bridle dark orange or brown?? | Viewed: | 41 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, BellaFux writes:
| Hi there,
I am currently separating different horse types from each other - there are a
few hundred of them here with me.
I found my way through all the colours and types until the simple white horse
-
here on BL it has 4493c01pb04 - white horse with Black Eyes, White Pupils
and DARK ORANGE bridle Pattern .
On brick owl the same Item number says "white horse blabla eyes and BROWN
bridle. (the picture looks very much like dark orange)
I have a lot of them, and some sure look brown, some sure dark orange (I dont
think it is just faded)
but there seems to be no distinction in the item number...
if I want to sell them - do I put both under the same item number???
thanks a lot for your help!!
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It is printed, so it is neither of them. Some examples are close to one of the
colours, other examples closer to the other. And many somewhere in between. If
you have any that are far from the named colour, I'd mention it so a buyer
knows what they are getting. Otherwise, ignore it, as there are often variations
in print density and hence colour.
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Author: | BellaFux | Posted: | Feb 22, 2021 15:37 | Subject: | white horse bridle dark orange or brown?? | Viewed: | 81 times | Topic: | Colors | Status: | Open | |
| Hi there,
I am currently separating different horse types from each other - there are a
few hundred of them here with me.
I found my way through all the colours and types until the simple white horse
-
here on BL it has 4493c01pb04 - white horse with Black Eyes, White Pupils
and DARK ORANGE bridle Pattern .
On brick owl the same Item number says "white horse blabla eyes and BROWN
bridle. (the picture looks very much like dark orange)
I have a lot of them, and some sure look brown, some sure dark orange (I dont
think it is just faded)
but there seems to be no distinction in the item number...
if I want to sell them - do I put both under the same item number???
thanks a lot for your help!!
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Author: | Turez | Posted: | Feb 22, 2021 07:03 | Subject: | Re: Colour Identification | Viewed: | 28 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, SurplusParts writes:
| So on my colour chart here, you have from top left down, old light grey, new
light grey, new dark grey and then old dark grey.
So what colour are the 2 4085a in the middle. They never were released in old
dark grey, but they dont really look old light grey.
I of course know there is colour variations across all colours but i have never
really seen this in the old greys before.
Not sure if i should sell them as light grey as they aren't really.
Any advice appreciated.
Douglas
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This is a known variation of light gray for these clips.
See
https://www.bricklink.com/messageThread.asp?ID=261737&nID=1171994
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1208961
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Author: | Ber_i | Posted: | Feb 22, 2021 06:29 | Subject: | Re: Colour Identification | Viewed: | 20 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| I think they are old light gray.
They are visible on the boxart of set 6801 (back of the craft).
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Author: | SurplusParts | Posted: | Feb 22, 2021 06:04 | Subject: | Colour Identification | Viewed: | 85 times | Topic: | Colors | Status: | Open | |
| So on my colour chart here, you have from top left down, old light grey, new
light grey, new dark grey and then old dark grey.
So what colour are the 2 4085a in the middle. They never were released in old
dark grey, but they dont really look old light grey.
I of course know there is colour variations across all colours but i have never
really seen this in the old greys before.
Not sure if i should sell them as light grey as they aren't really.
Any advice appreciated.
Douglas
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Author: | Admin_Russell | Posted: | Feb 19, 2021 14:58 | Subject: | Re: 3700pb02 Doesn't Look White to Me | Viewed: | 71 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, axaday writes:
| In Colors, Admin_Russell writes:
| In Colors, axaday writes:
| In Colors, axaday writes:
|
This doesn't look white to my eyes
|
I reprocessed the pics. I'm waiting to hear from the photographer and admins
about submitting them and letting the credit stay in the original name.
|
I actually reprocessed them as well. I will go through your submissions and see
if they offer improvement over mine. I notice in some of yours, the Dark Blue
has turned to Black.
Image credit of course will be given to the original submitter.
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I thought it WAS black. If all of those sticker prints are dark blue, I don't
have the skills to take the orange out and leave the blue. I masked off some
obvious colors and then took the color out entirely.
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I believe the Lufthansa logo is always Dark Blue:
https://brickset.com/sets/40146-1
The windows are black though.
I used Irfanview, and in half the cases, Auto-Adjust Colors did the trick. In
the other ones I used the Color Corrections feature. If you click on an area
in the left image that is supposed to be white, it makes the adjustment for you.
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Author: | runner.caller | Posted: | Feb 19, 2021 14:00 | Subject: | Re: 3700pb02 Doesn't Look White to Me | Viewed: | 28 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, axaday writes:
|
This doesn't look white to my eyes
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I said the same thing when they revealed the Indominus Rex in Jurassic world.
It's like the CGI team didn't read the script.
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Author: | axaday | Posted: | Feb 19, 2021 13:58 | Subject: | Re: 3700pb02 Doesn't Look White to Me | Viewed: | 36 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, Admin_Russell writes:
| In Colors, axaday writes:
| In Colors, axaday writes:
|
This doesn't look white to my eyes
|
I reprocessed the pics. I'm waiting to hear from the photographer and admins
about submitting them and letting the credit stay in the original name.
|
I actually reprocessed them as well. I will go through your submissions and see
if they offer improvement over mine. I notice in some of yours, the Dark Blue
has turned to Black.
Image credit of course will be given to the original submitter.
|
I thought it WAS black. If all of those sticker prints are dark blue, I don't
have the skills to take the orange out and leave the blue. I masked off some
obvious colors and then took the color out entirely.
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Author: | Admin_Russell | Posted: | Feb 19, 2021 12:49 | Subject: | Re: 3700pb02 Doesn't Look White to Me | Viewed: | 65 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, axaday writes:
| In Colors, axaday writes:
|
This doesn't look white to my eyes
|
I reprocessed the pics. I'm waiting to hear from the photographer and admins
about submitting them and letting the credit stay in the original name.
|
I actually reprocessed them as well. I will go through your submissions and see
if they offer improvement over mine. I notice in some of yours, the Dark Blue
has turned to Black.
Image credit of course will be given to the original submitter.
|
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Author: | popsicle | Posted: | Feb 19, 2021 11:22 | Subject: | Re: 3700pb02 Doesn't Look White to Me | Viewed: | 66 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, axaday writes:
|
This doesn't look white to my eyes
|
Maybe the contributing member, LegoMego, is just an optimist looking at their
world through rose colored glasses and doesn't see things as clearcut or
black & white as others
Okay, I'll stop with the idioms
Two file adjustments below: two and three click adjustments, respectively, to
the original file using my old iMac. Just tonal.
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Author: | TBS | Posted: | Feb 19, 2021 09:39 | Subject: | Re: White or LBG....can you see it? | Viewed: | 27 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, chetzler writes:
| In Colors, dcarmine writes:
| So, who can tell the difference between these two images? One is white and one
is LBG. They are screen shots of rendered parts without any editing. What say
you?
Donna
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Yep! I have shipped, or almost shipped, the wrong color on more than one occasion.
Tan and Dark Tan renders are also terrible and nigh indistinguishable at times.
|
As similar things happened to me as well in the past, i started to dig into the
settings here.
You can choose to show a color box and the color name directly, in your order
settings.
Then the small Image is shown, next to it the color box, and then the real color
name.
Learn or adjust to pack only by the colorname and box, this way you eradicate
most picking errors. Never pack from the shown pictures, as they are wrong some
times.
Unlearn what you have learned. * *
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Author: | axaday | Posted: | Feb 19, 2021 08:27 | Subject: | Re: 3700pb02 Doesn't Look White to Me | Viewed: | 47 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, axaday writes:
|
This doesn't look white to my eyes
|
I reprocessed the pics. I'm waiting to hear from the photographer and admins
about submitting them and letting the credit stay in the original name.
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Author: | paulej72 | Posted: | Feb 19, 2021 08:22 | Subject: | Re: 3700pb02 Doesn't Look White to Me | Viewed: | 35 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, axaday writes:
| In Colors, WoutR writes:
| In Colors, axaday writes:
|
This doesn't look white to my eyes
|
The other parts from that set have the same problem.
|
Oh wow, even the stickers!
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White balance issue on the camera.
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Author: | axaday | Posted: | Feb 19, 2021 08:11 | Subject: | Re: 3700pb02 Doesn't Look White to Me | Viewed: | 35 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, WoutR writes:
| In Colors, axaday writes:
|
This doesn't look white to my eyes
|
The other parts from that set have the same problem.
|
Oh wow, even the stickers!
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Author: | WoutR | Posted: | Feb 19, 2021 08:10 | Subject: | Re: 3700pb02 Doesn't Look White to Me | Viewed: | 33 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, axaday writes:
|
This doesn't look white to my eyes
|
The other parts from that set have the same problem.
|
Author: | axaday | Posted: | Feb 19, 2021 07:57 | Subject: | 3700pb02 Doesn't Look White to Me | Viewed: | 157 times | Topic: | Colors | Status: | Open | |
|
This doesn't look white to my eyes
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Author: | iprice | Posted: | Feb 19, 2021 07:27 | Subject: | Re: See all parts in a specific colour? | Viewed: | 20 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, hpoort writes:
| In Colors, StephenB76 writes:
| In Colors, iprice writes:
| Is there a way to see all available Lego parts in a specific colour - either
here on BL or other sites?
Rather than searching for individual pieces that might not exist in a certain
colour, I'd like to see the parts that are available/do exist to help with
MOCs.
|
If you go to the catalog tab there is a color guide part which lists all the
colors and you can then select from there to see all the parts that are made
in that colour
|
https://www.bricklink.com/catalogColors.asp?utm_content=subnav
Note that there are different ways of defining 'color exists':
(1) Is it for sale? If there are only a few available worldwide, check those
listings: if they say 'HTF' (hard to find) they are probably legit; if
they are cheap with no specification and generally no image: they are likely
non-existent results of typos.
(2) On wanted lists: This is just wishful thinking of Bricklink users, hoping
that the part will someday appear in that color.
(3) Appearing in sets: Did LEGO bring out a set (and does Bricklink have the
inventory of this set) in which this part appears in that color. Some parts are
available in colors even though they never came out in a set. Beware, as those
ghost parts may be rather expensive.
These 3 different ways all appear on the above Color Guide page. And then there
is:
(4) Proof of existence: is there an actual photo of the part in the Bricklink
catalog? This can be seen in store listings and on the catalog page.
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That link was exactly what I was looking for. I just wanted to know if parts
I want exist and are for sale and if not, find something similar that might do
(or actually be better than the ones I considered). Cheers
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Author: | iprice | Posted: | Feb 19, 2021 07:25 | Subject: | Re: See all parts in a specific colour? | Viewed: | 13 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, StephenB76 writes:
| In Colors, iprice writes:
| Is there a way to see all available Lego parts in a specific colour - either
here on BL or other sites?
Rather than searching for individual pieces that might not exist in a certain
colour, I'd like to see the parts that are available/do exist to help with
MOCs.
|
If you go to the catalog tab there is a color guide part which lists all the
colors and you can then select from there to see all the parts that are made
in that colour
|
Bingo! That's exactly what I wanted. Cheers
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Author: | hpoort | Posted: | Feb 19, 2021 06:23 | Subject: | Re: See all parts in a specific colour? | Viewed: | 20 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, StephenB76 writes:
| In Colors, iprice writes:
| Is there a way to see all available Lego parts in a specific colour - either
here on BL or other sites?
Rather than searching for individual pieces that might not exist in a certain
colour, I'd like to see the parts that are available/do exist to help with
MOCs.
|
If you go to the catalog tab there is a color guide part which lists all the
colors and you can then select from there to see all the parts that are made
in that colour
|
https://www.bricklink.com/catalogColors.asp?utm_content=subnav
Note that there are different ways of defining 'color exists':
(1) Is it for sale? If there are only a few available worldwide, check those
listings: if they say 'HTF' (hard to find) they are probably legit; if
they are cheap with no specification and generally no image: they are likely
non-existent results of typos.
(2) On wanted lists: This is just wishful thinking of Bricklink users, hoping
that the part will someday appear in that color.
(3) Appearing in sets: Did LEGO bring out a set (and does Bricklink have the
inventory of this set) in which this part appears in that color. Some parts are
available in colors even though they never came out in a set. Beware, as those
ghost parts may be rather expensive.
These 3 different ways all appear on the above Color Guide page. And then there
is:
(4) Proof of existence: is there an actual photo of the part in the Bricklink
catalog? This can be seen in store listings and on the catalog page.
|
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Author: | StephenB76 | Posted: | Feb 19, 2021 06:12 | Subject: | Re: See all parts in a specific colour? | Viewed: | 22 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, iprice writes:
| Is there a way to see all available Lego parts in a specific colour - either
here on BL or other sites?
Rather than searching for individual pieces that might not exist in a certain
colour, I'd like to see the parts that are available/do exist to help with
MOCs.
|
If you go to the catalog tab there is a color guide part which lists all the
colors and you can then select from there to see all the parts that are made
in that colour
|
Author: | iprice | Posted: | Feb 19, 2021 06:09 | Subject: | See all parts in a specific colour? | Viewed: | 64 times | Topic: | Colors | Status: | Open | |
| Is there a way to see all available Lego parts in a specific colour - either
here on BL or other sites?
Rather than searching for individual pieces that might not exist in a certain
colour, I'd like to see the parts that are available/do exist to help with
MOCs.
|
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Author: | Stellar | Posted: | Feb 19, 2021 04:34 | Subject: | Re: White or LBG....can you see it? | Viewed: | 51 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, Admin_Russell writes:
| In Colors, RecycledBrick writes:
| I like the old renders because they are better for color. Where did the pictures
for the categories in BL XP come from? They are crisp and the colors seem decent.
|
The edge lines on the representative renders on XP came as a result of tens of
thousands of Studio renders being set aside during the 2017 image project. Here's
one of the ones that made it through:
With no edge lines and only a minimal amount of shading, a majority of those
images lacked enough definition at a small size to be an improvement over the
classic "black line" render. So in most cases, official LEGO renders were used
instead:
The standard rendering engine on Studio is configured more for entire models
than single parts, so for those XP images, we used a special processing system
that is not part of the regular Studio package. They were not batch produced
- each one was hand crafted.
The trouble with renders is that line-drawn renders like those representative
images are "tuned" to an optimal size. Troy's renders were given edge lines
just thick enough to look great at 80 x 60. If they would be shown smaller or
bigger than that you would need to adjust the line thickness. Those of you who
have used LDraw and some of the popular rendering tools associated with it, you
may be familiar with that setting.
In modern web design, images are often expected to be used at a variety of sizes.
The old BrickLink did not have that challenge. All part images on the site were
small and exactly the same standard size, except for the large "see it closer"
images which would open in another setting and were often a different image entirely
from the "thumbnail". I hesitate to even call those images thumbnails because
they actually were the standard for the site. All the catalog list pages, inventories,
order detail pages, etc (and even the Forum macro tags) were only shown at that
standard. Yes, there are/were ways to see the large images in some different
views, but most of the time people were looking at the small ones.
|
If you do more renders in the future, please, enable the setting to show the
word LEGO on the studs... the XP images may be confused as knock-offs brands...
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Author: | Admin_Russell | Posted: | Feb 19, 2021 01:24 | Subject: | Re: White or LBG....can you see it? | Viewed: | 78 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, RecycledBrick writes:
| I like the old renders because they are better for color. Where did the pictures
for the categories in BL XP come from? They are crisp and the colors seem decent.
|
The edge lines on the representative renders on XP came as a result of tens of
thousands of Studio renders being set aside during the 2017 image project. Here's
one of the ones that made it through:
With no edge lines and only a minimal amount of shading, a majority of those
images lacked enough definition at a small size to be an improvement over the
classic "black line" render. So in most cases, official LEGO renders were used
instead:
The standard rendering engine on Studio is configured more for entire models
than single parts, so for those XP images, we used a special processing system
that is not part of the regular Studio package. They were not batch produced
- each one was hand crafted.
The trouble with renders is that line-drawn renders like those representative
images are "tuned" to an optimal size. Troy's renders were given edge lines
just thick enough to look great at 80 x 60. If they would be shown smaller or
bigger than that you would need to adjust the line thickness. Those of you who
have used LDraw and some of the popular rendering tools associated with it, you
may be familiar with that setting.
In modern web design, images are often expected to be used at a variety of sizes.
The old BrickLink did not have that challenge. All part images on the site were
small and exactly the same standard size, except for the large "see it closer"
images which would open in another setting and were often a different image entirely
from the "thumbnail". I hesitate to even call those images thumbnails because
they actually were the standard for the site. All the catalog list pages, inventories,
order detail pages, etc (and even the Forum macro tags) were only shown at that
standard. Yes, there are/were ways to see the large images in some different
views, but most of the time people were looking at the small ones.
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Author: | dcarmine | Posted: | Feb 19, 2021 00:39 | Subject: | Re: White or LBG....can you see it? | Viewed: | 38 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| Thank you all for your input, good to see I am not alone.
The brick is LBG and the slope white.
Having the old renders would be an improvement. The images that RecycledBrick
showed seem great.
Again, Thanks for participating.
Donna
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Author: | chetzler | Posted: | Feb 18, 2021 23:39 | Subject: | Re: White or LBG....can you see it? | Viewed: | 36 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, dcarmine writes:
| This has been bugging me for a while. Many years ago the color of the rendering
images was changed. Ever since, I have had trouble telling the difference between
some color images. I know others complained about it also. Because of this,
I make mistakes when pulling the right color parts.
I have no trouble telling the difference between any colors of real bricks or
any of the photo images. It is only the part renderings. Maybe if enough people
can't tell either, we can get it changed to something that is easier to see.
So, who can tell the difference between these two images? One is white and one
is LBG. They are screen shots of rendered parts without any editing. What say
you?
Donna
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Yep! I have shipped, or almost shipped, the wrong color on more than one occasion.
Tan and Dark Tan renders are also terrible and nigh indistinguishable at times.
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Author: | crazylegoman | Posted: | Feb 18, 2021 23:13 | Subject: | Re: White or LBG....can you see it? | Viewed: | 34 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, Admin_Russell writes:
| However, this does bring up a larger point about which types of images serve
our users the best. To be honest, the old renders with black lines were terrific
at the 80 x 60 size, and I've long considered the idea of bringing them back
as an option, specifically for sellers picking orders.
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...
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If enough people think they are an improvement over what we have now, we could
maybe give an option to select one or the other depending on preference.
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I agree that the older renders with the black edges were terrific. One reason
was their simplicity, but another was consistency. I've browsed stores
where I'm looking at one color category of parts, and the small images are
not all the same color. (This is most noticeable with light bluish gray and
dark tan.)
I would love an option for viewing the original style thumbnail images. Maybe
it could be some checkbox or dropdown menu option?
All attached images are just for nostalgia.
David
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Author: | axaday | Posted: | Feb 18, 2021 19:36 | Subject: | Re: White or LBG....can you see it? | Viewed: | 39 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, Admin_Russell writes:
| If enough people think they are an improvement over what we have now, we could
maybe give an option to select one or the other depending on preference.
|
I think they are very ugly and I have spent hours and hours replacing them because
I was told that Bricklink wants their pictures to be attractive.
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Author: | Admin_Russell | Posted: | Feb 18, 2021 18:35 | Subject: | Re: White or LBG....can you see it? | Viewed: | 91 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, dcarmine writes:
| This has been bugging me for a while. Many years ago the color of the rendering
images was changed. Ever since, I have had trouble telling the difference between
some color images. I know others complained about it also. Because of this,
I make mistakes when pulling the right color parts.
I have no trouble telling the difference between any colors of real bricks or
any of the photo images. It is only the part renderings. Maybe if enough people
can't tell either, we can get it changed to something that is easier to see.
So, who can tell the difference between these two images? One is white and one
is LBG. They are screen shots of rendered parts without any editing. What say
you?
Donna
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You may be able to solve the problem partially by adjusting the brightness of
your screen. I have mine set at 50% and it's perfect.
However, this does bring up a larger point about which types of images serve
our users the best. To be honest, the old renders with black lines were terrific
at the 80 x 60 size, and I've long considered the idea of bringing them back
as an option, specifically for sellers picking orders.
The trouble we have with White images now is that the definition of the brick
is created not by hard lines but by shading. The old renders had no shading,
so the color was perfectly clear and consistent throughout the image. Although
some of the larger parts had interference from the heavy black stud lines.
With the new LEGO renders, they are bigger of course, and are superior from a
marketing standpoint because of the elegant shading, which sort of puts them
halfway between a render and a photo. But I'm thinking they are not so great
when it comes to hardcore order pulling where you want to keep the images small
so you get more inventory lines per screen.
For newer users, take a look here to see what the old renders looked like:
https://www.bricklink.com/catalogColors.asp?itemType=P&itemNo=3001special&v=2
If enough people think they are an improvement over what we have now, we could
maybe give an option to select one or the other depending on preference.
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Author: | infinibrix | Posted: | Feb 18, 2021 17:57 | Subject: | Re: White or LBG....can you see it? | Viewed: | 34 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, peregrinator writes:
| In Colors, infinibrix writes:
| I have sometimes done the same thing but for me its been where Black looked more
DBG
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My current inventory bugaboo is black vs dark blue, but I've mostly "solved"
it by storing them in separate drawers.
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I know that feeling too. If you hav'nt got good natural daylight they can
all look black
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Author: | peregrinator | Posted: | Feb 18, 2021 17:41 | Subject: | Re: White or LBG....can you see it? | Viewed: | 25 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, infinibrix writes:
| I have sometimes done the same thing but for me its been where Black looked more
DBG
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My current inventory bugaboo is black vs dark blue, but I've mostly "solved"
it by storing them in separate drawers.
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Author: | infinibrix | Posted: | Feb 18, 2021 17:26 | Subject: | Re: White or LBG....can you see it? | Viewed: | 25 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, axaday writes:
| In Colors, dcarmine writes:
| This has been bugging me for a while. Many years ago the color of the rendering
images was changed. Ever since, I have had trouble telling the difference between
some color images. I know others complained about it also. Because of this,
I make mistakes when pulling the right color parts.
I have no trouble telling the difference between any colors of real bricks or
any of the photo images. It is only the part renderings. Maybe if enough people
can't tell either, we can get it changed to something that is easier to see.
So, who can tell the difference between these two images? One is white and one
is LBG. They are screen shots of rendered parts without any editing. What say
you?
Donna
|
The way my inventory is stored makes it unlikely that I would pull the wrong
piece, but I do frequently waste my time looking for the wrong color because
of the LBG/white renders.
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I have sometimes done the same thing but for me its been where Black looked more
DBG
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Author: | axaday | Posted: | Feb 18, 2021 17:25 | Subject: | Re: White or LBG....can you see it? | Viewed: | 26 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, jennnifer writes:
| In Colors, dcarmine writes:
| This has been bugging me for a while. Many years ago the color of the rendering
images was changed. Ever since, I have had trouble telling the difference between
some color images. I know others complained about it also. Because of this,
I make mistakes when pulling the right color parts.
I have no trouble telling the difference between any colors of real bricks or
any of the photo images. It is only the part renderings. Maybe if enough people
can't tell either, we can get it changed to something that is easier to see.
So, who can tell the difference between these two images? One is white and one
is LBG. They are screen shots of rendered parts without any editing. What say
you?
Donna
|
The images from LEGO are very poorly rendered with way too much light and shadow
which leads to color confusion. Our old thumbnail images had much more color
clarity but couldn't be enlarged, so what we have now is just a decent compromise.
Since the site changed to using renders, members like randyf have spent countless
hours manually adjusting each image to visually match a color.
https://www.bricklink.com/catalogMembers.asp?viewAll=I
The White items are particularly bad. I am happy to help fix any items that still
have bad part renders that are bothering you. Just send me a message with the
number and color and I will upload a color-corrected image to replace the one
we have. I really don't mind helping so don't be shy!
I will fix the White slope from your example.
Jen
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You rigged the game!
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Author: | axaday | Posted: | Feb 18, 2021 17:13 | Subject: | Re: White or LBG....can you see it? | Viewed: | 29 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, dcarmine writes:
| This has been bugging me for a while. Many years ago the color of the rendering
images was changed. Ever since, I have had trouble telling the difference between
some color images. I know others complained about it also. Because of this,
I make mistakes when pulling the right color parts.
I have no trouble telling the difference between any colors of real bricks or
any of the photo images. It is only the part renderings. Maybe if enough people
can't tell either, we can get it changed to something that is easier to see.
So, who can tell the difference between these two images? One is white and one
is LBG. They are screen shots of rendered parts without any editing. What say
you?
Donna
|
The way my inventory is stored makes it unlikely that I would pull the wrong
piece, but I do frequently waste my time looking for the wrong color because
of the LBG/white renders.
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Author: | Admin_Russell | Posted: | Feb 18, 2021 16:42 | Subject: | Re: White or LBG....can you see it? | Viewed: | 84 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, jennnifer writes:
| In Colors, dcarmine writes:
| This has been bugging me for a while. Many years ago the color of the rendering
images was changed. Ever since, I have had trouble telling the difference between
some color images. I know others complained about it also. Because of this,
I make mistakes when pulling the right color parts.
I have no trouble telling the difference between any colors of real bricks or
any of the photo images. It is only the part renderings. Maybe if enough people
can't tell either, we can get it changed to something that is easier to see.
So, who can tell the difference between these two images? One is white and one
is LBG. They are screen shots of rendered parts without any editing. What say
you?
Donna
|
The images from LEGO are very poorly rendered with way too much light and shadow
which leads to color confusion. Our old thumbnail images had much more color
clarity but couldn't be enlarged, so what we have now is just a decent compromise.
Since the site changed to using renders, members like randyf have spent countless
hours manually adjusting each image to visually match a color.
https://www.bricklink.com/catalogMembers.asp?viewAll=I
The White items are particularly bad. I am happy to help fix any items that still
have bad part renders that are bothering you. Just send me a message with the
number and color and I will upload a color-corrected image to replace the one
we have. I really don't mind helping so don't be shy!
I will fix the White slope from your example.
Jen
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Author: | jennnifer | Posted: | Feb 18, 2021 15:43 | Subject: | Re: White or LBG....can you see it? | Viewed: | 54 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, dcarmine writes:
| This has been bugging me for a while. Many years ago the color of the rendering
images was changed. Ever since, I have had trouble telling the difference between
some color images. I know others complained about it also. Because of this,
I make mistakes when pulling the right color parts.
I have no trouble telling the difference between any colors of real bricks or
any of the photo images. It is only the part renderings. Maybe if enough people
can't tell either, we can get it changed to something that is easier to see.
So, who can tell the difference between these two images? One is white and one
is LBG. They are screen shots of rendered parts without any editing. What say
you?
Donna
|
The images from LEGO are very poorly rendered with way too much light and shadow
which leads to color confusion. Our old thumbnail images had much more color
clarity but couldn't be enlarged, so what we have now is just a decent compromise.
Since the site changed to using renders, members like randyf have spent countless
hours manually adjusting each image to visually match a color.
https://www.bricklink.com/catalogMembers.asp?viewAll=I
The White items are particularly bad. I am happy to help fix any items that still
have bad part renders that are bothering you. Just send me a message with the
number and color and I will upload a color-corrected image to replace the one
we have. I really don't mind helping so don't be shy!
I will fix the White slope from your example.
Jen
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Author: | yorbrick | Posted: | Feb 18, 2021 15:38 | Subject: | Re: White or LBG....can you see it? | Viewed: | 32 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, dcarmine writes:
| This has been bugging me for a while. Many years ago the color of the rendering
images was changed. Ever since, I have had trouble telling the difference between
some color images. I know others complained about it also. Because of this,
I make mistakes when pulling the right color parts.
I have no trouble telling the difference between any colors of real bricks or
any of the photo images. It is only the part renderings. Maybe if enough people
can't tell either, we can get it changed to something that is easier to see.
So, who can tell the difference between these two images? One is white and one
is LBG. They are screen shots of rendered parts without any editing. What say
you?
Donna
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I sort by colour when picking so it isn't an issue.
I looked up both parts in white and neither matches the shades you have shown
here, so I don't know if something strange is going on.
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Author: | SurplusParts | Posted: | Feb 18, 2021 15:21 | Subject: | Re: White or LBG....can you see it? | Viewed: | 31 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| Probably happened to me a hundred times when picking orders. For me it is not
just the close proximity of the colour renders. When i pick orders i do so off
a laptop and if you don't have the screen at the right angle it makes the
colour proximity worse.
I am yet to pick the wrong coloured part but that is because i always double
check and go back and read what colour it is. So no mistakes, but costs me time
when picking.
For me the 1x1 brick with stud is the lbg and the 1x3 slope is the white one.
Cheers
Douglas
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Author: | dcarmine | Posted: | Feb 18, 2021 15:08 | Subject: | Re: White or LBG....can you see it? | Viewed: | 36 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, War_builder writes:
|
I looked at both pictures and the white is lighter than the light bluish gray
but the difference is small.
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Thank you for replying. I will let this get more replies and then revel the answer.
Donna
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Author: | dcarmine | Posted: | Feb 18, 2021 15:07 | Subject: | Re: White or LBG....can you see it? | Viewed: | 26 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, firestar246 writes:
| The brick is LBG, the slope is white.
I agree though, they are super similar.
|
Thank you for replying. I will let this get more replies and then revel the answer.
Donna
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Author: | War_builder | Posted: | Feb 18, 2021 15:04 | Subject: | Re: White or LBG....can you see it? | Viewed: | 31 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, dcarmine writes:
| This has been bugging me for a while. Many years ago the color of the rendering
images was changed. Ever since, I have had trouble telling the difference between
some color images. I know others complained about it also. Because of this,
I make mistakes when pulling the right color parts.
I have no trouble telling the difference between any colors of real bricks or
any of the photo images. It is only the part renderings. Maybe if enough people
can't tell either, we can get it changed to something that is easier to see.
So, who can tell the difference between these two images? One is white and one
is LBG. They are screen shots of rendered parts without any editing. What say
you?
Donna
|
I looked at both pictures and the white is lighter than the light bluish gray
but the difference is small.
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Author: | tons_of_bricks | Posted: | Feb 18, 2021 15:04 | Subject: | Re: White or LBG....can you see it? | Viewed: | 34 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| The brick is LBG, the slope is white.
I agree though, they are super similar.
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Author: | dcarmine | Posted: | Feb 18, 2021 14:45 | Subject: | White or LBG....can you see it? | Viewed: | 228 times | Topic: | Colors | Status: | Open | |
| This has been bugging me for a while. Many years ago the color of the rendering
images was changed. Ever since, I have had trouble telling the difference between
some color images. I know others complained about it also. Because of this,
I make mistakes when pulling the right color parts.
I have no trouble telling the difference between any colors of real bricks or
any of the photo images. It is only the part renderings. Maybe if enough people
can't tell either, we can get it changed to something that is easier to see.
So, who can tell the difference between these two images? One is white and one
is LBG. They are screen shots of rendered parts without any editing. What say
you?
Donna
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Author: | peregrinator | Posted: | Feb 18, 2021 10:03 | Subject: | Re: torso 973pb0906c01 | Viewed: | 34 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, axaday writes:
| The Bricklink Color "Light Blue" was out of service years before this part came
out. The person who wrote the description for the part was just using general
color description. It probably should have said sand blue, but a lot of people
don't bother to track down exact colors.
|
Thanks for the background information! I guess "light blue" was just being descriptive
rather than trying to name an exact color. I guess my confusion was due to the
fact that sometimes exact colors are named - e.g. minifig heads with "dark orange"
features
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Author: | axaday | Posted: | Feb 18, 2021 10:00 | Subject: | Re: torso 973pb0906c01 | Viewed: | 17 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, peregrinator writes:
| Greetings,
I have a couple of torsos that I think are
however, the underlying sweater pattern looks sand blue to me instead of light
blue. Is this just normal color variation?
Thanks in advance.
|
The Bricklink Color "Light Blue" was out of service years before this part came
out. The person who wrote the description for the part was just using general
color description. It probably should have said sand blue, but a lot of people
don't bother to track down exact colors.
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Author: | peregrinator | Posted: | Feb 18, 2021 09:59 | Subject: | Re: torso 973pb0906c01 | Viewed: | 22 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, psusaxman2000 writes:
| I have one of
* | | cty0473 (Inv) Orange Jacket with Hood over Light Blue Sweater, Blue Legs, Dark Orange Short Tousled Hair, Crooked Smile with Black Dimple Minifigures: Town: City | and the shirt is toward the sand blue shade,
but not quite. I think this is an result of the lighting in the picture for
this part. You should be good to go.
|
Thanks! I listed a minifig and it unsurprisingly got deleted as my description
implied that I had swapped out one torso for another: "sweater pattern appears
to be sand blue rather than light blue"
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Author: | psusaxman2000 | Posted: | Feb 18, 2021 09:32 | Subject: | Re: torso 973pb0906c01 | Viewed: | 19 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, peregrinator writes:
| Greetings,
I have a couple of torsos that I think are
however, the underlying sweater pattern looks sand blue to me instead of light
blue. Is this just normal color variation?
Thanks in advance.
|
I have one of
* | | cty0473 (Inv) Orange Jacket with Hood over Light Blue Sweater, Blue Legs, Dark Orange Short Tousled Hair, Crooked Smile with Black Dimple Minifigures: Town: City | and the shirt is toward the sand blue shade,
but not quite. I think this is an result of the lighting in the picture for
this part. You should be good to go.
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Author: | peregrinator | Posted: | Feb 18, 2021 09:13 | Subject: | torso 973pb0906c01 | Viewed: | 73 times | Topic: | Colors | Status: | Open | |
| Greetings,
I have a couple of torsos that I think are
however, the underlying sweater pattern looks sand blue to me instead of light
blue. Is this just normal color variation?
Thanks in advance.
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Author: | Royroy | Posted: | Feb 15, 2021 16:19 | Subject: | Re: Some help with Modulex colors please? | Viewed: | 30 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, Royroy writes:
| I have some modulex here, and but I am just not 100% what colors they are.
All have M on studs.
For reference:
Lime, Medium Azure, Medium Blue
Bright light Yellow, light Yellow and Dark Orange.
Thanks in advance
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Thanks for the help, got it!
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Author: | maxx3001 | Posted: | Feb 15, 2021 16:13 | Subject: | Re: Some help with Modulex colors please? | Viewed: | 29 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, Royroy writes:
| I have some modulex here, and but I am just not 100% what colors they are.
All have M on studs.
For reference:
Lime, Medium Azure, Medium Blue
Bright light Yellow, light Yellow and Dark Orange.
Thanks in advance
|
The middle row are the M bricks:
1. white, light gray, black, terracotta, brown, buff, red , orange, ochre yellow,
lemon, pastel green, olive green, teal blue, pastel blue, pink (not in this picture)
and clear
2. white, light gray, black, terracotta, buff, red , orange, lemon, pastel green,
pastel blue, pink
3. Light bluish gray, charcoal, light orange, light yellow, medium blue, aqua
green, pink, violet
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Author: | starbeanie | Posted: | Feb 15, 2021 16:09 | Subject: | Re: Some help with Modulex colors please? | Viewed: | 24 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| Very bottom of this page.
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2100&q=Modulex#ColorComparisons
In Colors, Royroy writes:
| I have some modulex here, and but I am just not 100% what colors they are.
All have M on studs.
For reference:
Lime, Medium Azure, Medium Blue
Bright light Yellow, light Yellow and Dark Orange.
Thanks in advance
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Author: | Royroy | Posted: | Feb 15, 2021 14:48 | Subject: | Some help with Modulex colors please? | Viewed: | 66 times | Topic: | Colors | Status: | Open | |
| I have some modulex here, and but I am just not 100% what colors they are.
All have M on studs.
For reference:
Lime, Medium Azure, Medium Blue
Bright light Yellow, light Yellow and Dark Orange.
Thanks in advance
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Author: | weblectricity | Posted: | Feb 15, 2021 14:37 | Subject: | Re: Trans-Light Blue variations? | Viewed: | 19 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| Thanks all, very informative!
In Colors, cosmicray writes:
| In Colors, pikachu3 writes:
| yep — I don't think I worded that clearly enough. It used to be extremely
variable, sometimes appearing yellowish, sometimes not. Now it has been stabilized
BUT at the expense of creating yet another variant.
|
Rather than creating variants (which strays from the official list of colors)
I wish we could tag consistency instead. Some are more consistent than others.
Nita Rae
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Author: | tec | Posted: | Feb 15, 2021 08:48 | Subject: | Re: transparent colors chemically react - now wha | Viewed: | 34 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| On my way to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_welding
Thanks for the hint
In Colors, SylvainLS writes:
| In Colors, tec writes:
| Found it! There is 1 slide on trans*
Still, Jamie's bond is a phisical one, e.g. high friction. no chemistry.
|
Depends what you call a “physical bond.” There are stronger chemical bonds (covalence…)
and weaker ones (Van der Waals…).
Here, it’s not only (static) friction, it’s adhesion.
And a chemist would say everything is chemistry https://xkcd.com/435/
| I'm still puzzled in someone can make chemical bonds by hard-pressing 2 pieces
together... that would be new to me.
|
Never heard about cold welding?
(Not what happens here but it’s “creating a chemical bond by hard-pressing two
pieces together” )
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Author: | SylvainLS | Posted: | Feb 15, 2021 07:45 | Subject: | Re: transparent colors chemically react - now wha | Viewed: | 40 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, tec writes:
| Found it! There is 1 slide on trans*
Still, Jamie's bond is a phisical one, e.g. high friction. no chemistry.
|
Depends what you call a “physical bond.” There are stronger chemical bonds (covalence…)
and weaker ones (Van der Waals…).
Here, it’s not only (static) friction, it’s adhesion.
And a chemist would say everything is chemistry https://xkcd.com/435/
| I'm still puzzled in someone can make chemical bonds by hard-pressing 2 pieces
together... that would be new to me.
|
Never heard about cold welding?
(Not what happens here but it’s “creating a chemical bond by hard-pressing two
pieces together” )
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Author: | LegoLDK | Posted: | Feb 15, 2021 07:37 | Subject: | Re: transparent colors chemically react - now wha | Viewed: | 32 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| So is the problem with #7 just that it is stood on end?
The actual combining of the bricks is all standard isn't it?
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Author: | tec | Posted: | Feb 15, 2021 05:54 | Subject: | Re: transparent colors chemically react - now wha | Viewed: | 37 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| Found it! There is 1 slide on trans*
Still, Jamie's bond is a phisical one, e.g. high friction. no chemistry.
I'm still puzzled in someone can make chemical bonds by hard-pressing 2 pieces
together... that would be new to me.
In Colors, SylvainLS writes:
| In Colors, hpoort writes:
| In Colors, tec writes:
Just recently LEGO has changed the type of plastic used for transparent bricks;
with this new type the problem does not occur anymore.
Stud on antistud generally is not a problem, as there is little contact surface.
So you can 'legally' stack two transparent bricks or plates together.
They might want to fuse, but I've not seen these to be too hard to detach.
What you should not do, is to insert a transparent bar in a transparent cone.
They fuse together rather soon.
The only hazard would be that you can't detach the bricks anymore. So feel
free to do whatever your fantasy leads you to. Only if you are making a professional
design for others to build, you should think of these issues of what is 'legal'.
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And if you want to know WHY (some of)¹ the builds in the post your refer are
illegal, search for Jamie Berard’s presentation “Stressing the Elements.”
(¹ Not all are illegal, some are just flimsy, some are totally legal.)
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Author: | tec | Posted: | Feb 15, 2021 05:46 | Subject: | Re: transparent colors chemically react - now wha | Viewed: | 36 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| I'm found a counterexample, in 2009
So the tran-clear plates (see the water) are now bonded together?
After 11 years, someone should verify...
In Colors, hpoort writes:
| In Colors, tec writes:
Just recently LEGO has changed the type of plastic used for transparent bricks;
with this new type the problem does not occur anymore.
Stud on antistud generally is not a problem, as there is little contact surface.
So you can 'legally' stack two transparent bricks or plates together.
They might want to fuse, but I've not seen these to be too hard to detach.
What you should not do, is to insert a transparent bar in a transparent cone.
They fuse together rather soon.
The only hazard would be that you can't detach the bricks anymore. So feel
free to do whatever your fantasy leads you to. Only if you are making a professional
design for others to build, you should think of these issues of what is 'legal'.
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Author: | cosmicray | Posted: | Feb 14, 2021 17:03 | Subject: | Re: Trans-Light Blue variations? | Viewed: | 50 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, pikachu3 writes:
| yep — I don't think I worded that clearly enough. It used to be extremely
variable, sometimes appearing yellowish, sometimes not. Now it has been stabilized
BUT at the expense of creating yet another variant.
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Rather than creating variants (which strays from the official list of colors)
I wish we could tag consistency instead. Some are more consistent than others.
Nita Rae
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Author: | pikachu3 | Posted: | Feb 14, 2021 15:34 | Subject: | Re: Trans-Light Blue variations? | Viewed: | 40 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, randyf writes:
| In Colors, pikachu3 writes:
| In Colors, weblectricity writes:
| Hey all, I've googled this but didn't find anything...
Are there variations in trans-light blue? I've got all my trans light blue
1x1 round plates from sealed seats I've bought in local stores and parted
out according to the BrickLink catalog. I can see two distinct batches, a lighter
and a darker variant, often inside the same set. Is this a known "issue" or are
the part listings wrong and it's actually a different color?
Thanks,
Peter
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Yep, lots of variation in this color. They used to be noticeably more yellowish
on occasion — the newest ones have fixed this problem, but they're now a
bit more milky-looking than before. I think they changed the plastic type.
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They did change the plastic used for transparent parts (from polycarbonate to
methyl methacrylate-acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene), but the color problem existed
before that.
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yep — I don't think I worded that clearly enough. It used to be extremely
variable, sometimes appearing yellowish, sometimes not. Now it has been stabilized
BUT at the expense of creating yet another variant.
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Author: | peregrinator | Posted: | Feb 14, 2021 14:59 | Subject: | Re: Trans-Light Blue variations? | Viewed: | 28 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, randyf writes:
| They did change the plastic used for transparent parts (from polycarbonate to
methyl methacrylate-acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene), but the color problem existed
before that.
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I wonder whether smaller pieces tend to have greater variation in color than
larger.
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Author: | yorbrick | Posted: | Feb 14, 2021 14:40 | Subject: | Re: transparent colors chemically react - now wha | Viewed: | 44 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, Teup writes:
| In Colors, SylvainLS writes:
| In Colors, Teup writes:
| In Colors, tec writes:
What's wrong with #7? (or #8, or #9?)
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Nothing. The post is an accumulation of building techniques, some of them illegal,
some of them flimsy, some of them totally legal.
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"The issue with this is that there will be great strain placed on the pieces
since they are not meant to be combined this way."
Apparently, you're not supposed to make a roof out of cheese slopes. Who
knew
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Putting a 1x1 cheese slope on any stud is enough to crack it. Sometimes I think
looking at them is enough.
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Author: | randyf | Posted: | Feb 14, 2021 14:30 | Subject: | Re: Trans-Light Blue variations? | Viewed: | 39 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, pikachu3 writes:
| In Colors, weblectricity writes:
| Hey all, I've googled this but didn't find anything...
Are there variations in trans-light blue? I've got all my trans light blue
1x1 round plates from sealed seats I've bought in local stores and parted
out according to the BrickLink catalog. I can see two distinct batches, a lighter
and a darker variant, often inside the same set. Is this a known "issue" or are
the part listings wrong and it's actually a different color?
Thanks,
Peter
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Yep, lots of variation in this color. They used to be noticeably more yellowish
on occasion — the newest ones have fixed this problem, but they're now a
bit more milky-looking than before. I think they changed the plastic type.
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They did change the plastic used for transparent parts (from polycarbonate to
methyl methacrylate-acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene), but the color problem existed
before that.
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Author: | Teup | Posted: | Feb 14, 2021 14:20 | Subject: | Re: transparent colors chemically react - now wha | Viewed: | 48 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, SylvainLS writes:
| In Colors, Teup writes:
| In Colors, tec writes:
What's wrong with #7? (or #8, or #9?)
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Nothing. The post is an accumulation of building techniques, some of them illegal,
some of them flimsy, some of them totally legal.
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"The issue with this is that there will be great strain placed on the pieces
since they are not meant to be combined this way."
Apparently, you're not supposed to make a roof out of cheese slopes. Who
knew
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Author: | SylvainLS | Posted: | Feb 14, 2021 14:11 | Subject: | Re: transparent colors chemically react - now wha | Viewed: | 38 times | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, Teup writes:
| In Colors, tec writes:
What's wrong with #7? (or #8, or #9?)
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Nothing. The post is an accumulation of building techniques, some of them illegal,
some of them flimsy, some of them totally legal.
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