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| | | Author: | Lord.Oddfish  | | Posted: | Aug 27, 2018 03:29 | | Subject: | Colour confusion | | Viewed: | 157 times | | Topic: | Colors | | Status: | Open | |
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| Ok I'm having a colour problem. I have a 8434 Aircraft set which is missing
some parts.
In the picture you can see three distinct colours. On the left are "dark bluish
gray" blocks for reference. In the middle are some replacement pieces which are
meant to be "pearl dark gray" but are not the same as the far right pieces which
are from the aircraft set. They defintely are "pearl dark gray".
The thing is, that type of "panel fairing" comes in pearl dark gray or dark
bluish gray only. It is not listed as existing in the old shade of dark gray
which it appears to be. Same goes for the 1x2 liftarms in the picture.
The colour is consistant over the whole piece, it isn't faded or discoloured.
It doesnt havethe same amount of texture that the "pearl dark gray" on the far
right do, but then again it seem to have a bit of shine to it that a regular
old "dark gray" piece doesn't have. So i guess my question is, is there a
known large varation of the colour of the "pearl dark gray" pieces?
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| | | | | Author: | Pippysblocks | | Posted: | Aug 27, 2018 04:11 | | Subject: | Re: Colour confusion | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| I know Pearl Dark Grey has an older variation which looks like that one in the
middle, I have quite a few Bionicle pieces and they look very similar in colour.
I always note them though as they are so far off the normal Pearl Dark Grey
which is a lot 'blacker'.
In Colors, Lord.Oddfish writes:
| | Ok I'm having a colour problem. I have a 8434 Aircraft set which is missing
some parts.
In the picture you can see three distinct colours. On the left are "dark bluish
gray" blocks for reference. In the middle are some replacement pieces which are
meant to be "pearl dark gray" but are not the same as the far right pieces which
are from the aircraft set. They defintely are "pearl dark gray".
The thing is, that type of "panel fairing" comes in pearl dark gray or dark
bluish gray only. It is not listed as existing in the old shade of dark gray
which it appears to be. Same goes for the 1x2 liftarms in the picture.
The colour is consistant over the whole piece, it isn't faded or discoloured.
It doesnt havethe same amount of texture that the "pearl dark gray" on the far
right do, but then again it seem to have a bit of shine to it that a regular
old "dark gray" piece doesn't have. So i guess my question is, is there a
known large varation of the colour of the "pearl dark gray" pieces?
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| | | | | Author: | randyf | | Posted: | Aug 27, 2018 08:26 | | Subject: | Re: Colour confusion | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, Lord.Oddfish writes:
| | So i guess my question is, is there a known large varation of the colour of the "pearl dark gray" pieces?
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Yes. There is a Pearl Dark Gray pre-2010 (LEGO Color "Dark Grey Metallic"), and
a Pearl Dark Gray post-2010 (LEGO Color "Titanium Metallic").
https://www.flickr.com/photos/126975831@N07/17768155498
The set you are referring to was released in 2004, so the pieces should be in
the old Pearl Dark Gray which looks much more yellow than the current Pearl Dark
Gray.
HTH,
Randy
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| | | | | | | Author: | WoutR | | Posted: | Aug 27, 2018 09:48 | | Subject: | Re: Colour confusion | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, randyf writes:
| | In Colors, Lord.Oddfish writes:
| | So i guess my question is, is there a known large varation of the colour of the "pearl dark gray" pieces?
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Yes. There is a Pearl Dark Gray pre-2010 (LEGO Color "Dark Grey Metallic"), and
a Pearl Dark Gray post-2010 (LEGO Color "Titanium Metallic").
https://www.flickr.com/photos/126975831@N07/17768155498
The set you are referring to was released in 2004, so the pieces should be in
the old Pearl Dark Gray which looks much more yellow than the current Pearl Dark
Gray.
HTH,
Randy
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... AND the earliest parts in Dark Grey Metallic did look a bit more greenish
in color than the later parts.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | randyf | | Posted: | Aug 27, 2018 13:42 | | Subject: | Re: Colour confusion | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, WoutR writes:
| | In Colors, randyf writes:
| | In Colors, Lord.Oddfish writes:
| | So i guess my question is, is there a known large varation of the colour of the "pearl dark gray" pieces?
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Yes. There is a Pearl Dark Gray pre-2010 (LEGO Color "Dark Grey Metallic"), and
a Pearl Dark Gray post-2010 (LEGO Color "Titanium Metallic").
https://www.flickr.com/photos/126975831@N07/17768155498
The set you are referring to was released in 2004, so the pieces should be in
the old Pearl Dark Gray which looks much more yellow than the current Pearl Dark
Gray.
HTH,
Randy
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... AND the earliest parts in Dark Grey Metallic did look a bit more greenish
in color than the later parts.
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Wonderful. Something *else* to remember about these colors! 
Randy
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Lord.Oddfish | | Posted: | Aug 28, 2018 21:28 | | Subject: | Re: Colour confusion | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| Ah excellent info, thank you kindly for that! Unfortunately I'll have trouble
getting the whole set to be the exact same shade since bricklink doesn't
list all those shades separately.
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