I'm colorblind (red-green) and struggle with successfully identifying some
of these colors. I had no idea there were so many variations of the color gray!
Has anyone put together a convenient brick color guide? I'd happily
buy one so that I don't order wrong.
I'm colorblind (red-green) and struggle with successfully identifying some
of these colors. I had no idea there were so many variations of the color gray!
Has anyone put together a convenient brick color guide? I'd happily
buy one so that I don't order wrong.
I'm colorblind (red-green) and struggle with successfully identifying some
of these colors. I had no idea there were so many variations of the color gray!
Has anyone put together a convenient brick color guide? I'd happily
buy one so that I don't order wrong.
Thanks in advance!
Jason
Hi, I am not sure if somebody created an easy listing of one but many of us do
have color guides. I use 2x4's for mine. If you want I (or many others) could
put together one for you with a good variety of colors for a nice start.
I'm colorblind (red-green) and struggle with successfully identifying some
of these colors. I had no idea there were so many variations of the color gray!
Has anyone put together a convenient brick color guide? I'd happily
buy one so that I don't order wrong.
Thanks in advance!
Jason
This is a common collector's project.
It would be great now that TLG owns Bricklink if they would produce color guides
to sell to sellers.
I'm colorblind (red-green) and struggle with successfully identifying some
of these colors. I had no idea there were so many variations of the color gray!
Has anyone put together a convenient brick color guide? I'd happily
buy one so that I don't order wrong.
Thanks in advance!
Jason
This is a common collector's project.
It would be great now that TLG owns Bricklink if they would produce color guides
to sell to sellers.
That would be great and really seems like it should be a thing. Maybe it could
get snuck in under the AFOL designer program. 🤔
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It would be great now that TLG owns Bricklink if they would produce color guides
to sell to sellers.
But they would only include current colours.
The rarer ones aren’t a big issue but the old greys would.
I guess they could do a printed sheet instead of actual bricks.
However it is probably cheaper to put a real one together from a BL seller for
the common colours. The OP could always go to a big seller, select by colour
and add a brick or part in each colour that they have difficulty with.
I'm colorblind (red-green) and struggle with successfully identifying some
of these colors. I had no idea there were so many variations of the color gray!
Has anyone put together a convenient brick color guide? I'd happily
buy one so that I don't order wrong.
Thanks in advance!
Jason
Yes, go to a store that has a lot of colors and buy the parts you think will
help you.
A lot of us have done this over the years, some with 2x4 bricks, but you can
choose any part you like and comes in a wide variety of colors.
The one with 1x1 plates is very nice. A few remarks/questions:
1. The Bleys look really bluish. According to experience and data, they are
“objectively” grey, it’s the old greys that are yellowish/greenish. Did you
balance or post-tune the image? Because your white really looks white
2. There are very rare colours there. To anyone who would want to make a small
working palette, I’d advise to look for 1x1 round plates and flowers.
3. You’re missing the old colours (Yellow, Red, Blue, Green and their transparent
siblings and Trans-Clear from before 2003)
4. You know you have a problem when all the logos are aligned. Even more of
a problem when you remark it
The one with 1x1 plates is very nice. A few remarks/questions:
1. The Bleys look really bluish. According to experience and data, they are
“objectively” grey, it’s the old greys that are yellowish/greenish. Did you
balance or post-tune the image? Because your white really looks white
I didn't balance and didn't post tune the colors. I used Canon D700 +
white led light and I think that the colors in the picture are pretty close to
the real color.
2. There are very rare colours there. To anyone who would want to make a small
working palette, I’d advise to look for 1x1 round plates and flowers.
Maybe, but because it is so common part you can find a lot of non production
colors for this part (like 2x4 bricks)
3. You’re missing the old colours (Yellow, Red, Blue, Green and their transparent
siblings and Trans-Clear from before 2003)
I didn't get what is you're point here. I do not collect different shades
of the same color, only one plate for each offical color, this is my rule here.
4. You know you have a problem when all the logos are aligned. Even more of
a problem when you remark it
Yes, I do know that I have serious OCD problem.
5. How did you sort them? By eye only?
Yes. Sometime I use other parts from the same color to verify.
The one with 1x1 plates is very nice. A few remarks/questions:
1. The Bleys look really bluish. According to experience and data, they are
“objectively” grey, it’s the old greys that are yellowish/greenish. Did you
balance or post-tune the image? Because your white really looks white
I didn't balance and didn't post tune the colors. I used Canon D700 +
white led light and I think that the colors in the picture are pretty close to
the real color.
Okay. It may be my screen then, or my eyes
2. There are very rare colours there. To anyone who would want to make a small
working palette, I’d advise to look for 1x1 round plates and flowers.
Maybe, but because it is so common part you can find a lot of non production
colors for this part (like 2x4 bricks)
Like the poet said: Expensive is in the eye of the purse-holder. Or something
like that
3. You’re missing the old colours (Yellow, Red, Blue, Green and their transparent
siblings and Trans-Clear from before 2003)
I didn't get what is you're point here. I do not collect different shades
of the same color, only one plate for each offical color, this is my rule here.
Then one could argue that the bleys are just new shades of the old bleys: they
replaced them and both groups were even found mixed in boxes.
Why New Yellow should be different
4. You know you have a problem when all the logos are aligned. Even more of
a problem when you remark it
Yes, I do know that I have serious OCD problem.
You’re not alone
5. How did you sort them? By eye only?
Yes. Sometime I use other parts from the same color to verify.
I meant how did you decide to place them that way?
But, cheaper and still having a lot of surface area to check colors against is
the 1x2 brick.
1x1 plates are tiny and the surface has a stud on it, so harder to compare colors
to.
I'm colorblind (red-green) and struggle with successfully identifying some
of these colors. I had no idea there were so many variations of the color gray!
Has anyone put together a convenient brick color guide? I'd happily
buy one so that I don't order wrong.
Thanks in advance!
Jason
The easiest way to get a color guide for yourself is to find a part that comes
with printing from LEGO only in that color. That way you know you've got
the right one. For example:
I'm colorblind (red-green) and struggle with successfully identifying some
of these colors. I had no idea there were so many variations of the color gray!
Has anyone put together a convenient brick color guide? I'd happily
buy one so that I don't order wrong.
Thanks in advance!
Jason
I never really thought that I would need a color guide and then I got into reselling
and buying bulk lots and realized what a world of colors there are out there.
First I would check out this BL Color guide (https://www.bricklink.com/catalogColors.asp).
It's a great resource for helping to narrow some things down when you are
looking at parts.
As others have already mentioned, find a brick style or size that works for you
and build a wanted list. My preference was towards 2x4 bricks for solid colors
and 2x2 for trans-colors. For me, this gives enough surface area to give a full
comparison of the piece in question. I just started building mine about 3 weeks
ago and have several orders on the way to fill in the gaps. You also find with
that color guide above, that not all colors come in all sizes. My Coral is 4
- 1x2 bricks (3004)
In all, mine will end up with 57 solid colors (currently) and 14 trans colors.
There are significantly more, but I wanted to start with the more popular and
recent colors that I felt would end up in lots that I would sell. Just find
a good way to organize and label them and you'll should be good to go.
I wanted to make a color guide for myself but feared it would annoy a seller
to order like 30 tiles with each a different color. Labor intensive on their
part. I didn't know anyone was selling pre-made guides on Bricklink.
I've resorted to looking up the name of a color used in a set I already own
to figure out how to order something else in that color.
I wanted to make a color guide for myself but feared it would annoy a seller
to order like 30 tiles with each a different color. Labor intensive on their
part. I didn't know anyone was selling pre-made guides on Bricklink.
I've resorted to looking up the name of a color used in a set I already own
to figure out how to order something else in that color.
Yeah, I've only seen one person selling a color guide in passing (as I wasn't
really looking), but in my recent experiences, none of the sellers I've order
from have had an issue with it. As a matter of fact, two of them reached out
to me prior to sending my order asking if I was making a color pallet and if
there was any others I needed. All of the sellers that I ended up purchasing
from was all high feedback, so I'm sure the realized what was happening.
USA, Nevada
France, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
United Kingdom, England
Netherlands, Utrecht
Israel, Mehoz Tel Aviv
Canada, Alberta
