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| | | Author: | BigOhbricks  | | Posted: | Dec 8, 2022 00:41 | | Subject: | color | | Viewed: | 119 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| Im having some issue figuring out what is bluish grey, grey , light grey, light
bluish grey , matt silver etc. Same on the tans and all versions of the blues.
Is the a sure fire way to know Ive specified the correct color? Thanks !
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| | | | | Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Dec 8, 2022 00:53 | | Subject: | (Cancelled) | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| | | | | Author: | rylie_aitch | | Posted: | Dec 8, 2022 00:58 | | Subject: | Re: color | | Viewed: | 59 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, BigOhbricks writes:
| | Im having some issue figuring out what is bluish grey, grey , light grey, light
bluish grey , matt silver etc. Same on the tans and all versions of the blues.
Is the a sure fire way to know Ive specified the correct color? Thanks !
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Hi! I have a handy list here:
www.ryanhowerter.net/colors
Note that LEGO uses a different naming system from BrickLink — they are cross-referenced
here. If you click the color name, it will take you to a photo of the individual
color on a Light Bluish Gray baseplate.
There are many other resources online — even a "Periodic Table of LEGO Colors"
you can buy that includes many 1x1 samples of the most common colors. You can
also just find a BL store that really knows their colors (3001: A Brick Odyssey
is a great choice), and buy a 2x4 brick in every color they have to start your
own color chart 
Regards,
Ryan
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| | | | | Author: | Akir | | Posted: | Dec 8, 2022 04:24 | | Subject: | Re: color | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, BigOhbricks writes:
| | Im having some issue figuring out what is bluish grey, grey , light grey, light
bluish grey , matt silver etc. Same on the tans and all versions of the blues.
Is the a sure fire way to know Ive specified the correct color? Thanks !
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Greys is a difficult question, and mostly you can't answer it via pictures
- a few basic principles:
Light gray and dark gray are the oldest shades. They were replaced in the early
2000s by light bluish gray and dark bluish gray. Especially the light varieties
are only safely distinguishable in natural sunlight, but once you've seen
the difference, you'll know it (and why one is called "bluish", the other
isn't). This is made more difficult by the fact that old pieces tend to fade
and slightly change colour, but except in really bad cases, they should still
be recognizable.
The "pearl" usually points to marbled colors, i.e. lighter/darker patches in
the same piece (very crude description...). That can be rather subtle, so it's
not always easy to distinguish them from "flat" varieties.
As you'll see in the colour guide that others have mentioned already: https://www.bricklink.com/catalogColors.asp
, most shades are rather rare, compared to LG/DG and LBG/DBG. If you have a few
pieces where you know what set they came from, look up the set here, and it will
tell you what color it's supposed to be.
That said, the bricklink catalogue is not infallible. There was a major overhaul
of grey pieces in inventories recently, especially in the Bionicle line if I
remember correctly. These monsters are annoying in so many ways!
My 2 cents, I'm just a beginner myself though, when in doubt, believe the
others!
P.
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| | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Dec 8, 2022 04:54 | | Subject: | Re: color | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, BigOhbricks writes:
| | Im having some issue figuring out what is bluish grey, grey , light grey, light
bluish grey , matt silver etc. Same on the tans and all versions of the blues.
Is the a sure fire way to know Ive specified the correct color? Thanks !
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If you are going to be in it for the long term, find an established seller with
a decent selection of colours and buy one or two of each and build a colour chart.
Ask the seller to keep similar colours apart, and label them. Or buy obviously
different parts in different colours so they are easy to identify. Write the
colour names on them with a sharpie.
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| | | | | Author: | BigOhbricks | | Posted: | Dec 11, 2022 14:52 | | Subject: | Re: color | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, BigOhbricks writes:
| | Im having some issue figuring out what is bluish grey, grey , light grey, light
bluish grey , matt silver etc. Same on the tans and all versions of the blues.
Is the a sure fire way to know Ive specified the correct color? Thanks !
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Thank you all for the feedback and the resources you referanced That gave me
precisely what I needed ! Happy Holidays!!
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