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 Author: technoluddite View Messages Posted By technoluddite
 Posted: Jul 5, 2023 10:37
 Subject: Colour translation from LEGO to Bricklink
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technoluddite (1617)

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Hi fellow AFOL's and others,

I'm annoyed that Bricklink doesn't use the same wording for the various
colours as LEGO does. I guess because they started independently? Are they going
to sync up at some point?

Regardless, I'm looking for Bricklink's Pearl Dark Gray. Does
that match up to LEGO's "Titanium Metallic"?

Also, is that a translation table/chart out there (in English) somewhere that
some very clever person has created to help with this issue?

Thanks in advance for all your help.

Building a better world, one plastic brick at a time.

Chris
HammertownBricks
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
 Posted: Jul 5, 2023 10:44
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In Help, technoluddite writes:
  Hi fellow AFOL's and others,

I'm annoyed that Bricklink doesn't use the same wording for the various
colours as LEGO does. I guess because they started independently?

Yes.  And LEGO names are crap (“Earth”?).


   Are they going to sync up at some point?

Nope.


  Regardless, I'm looking for Bricklink's Pearl Dark Gray. Does
that match up to LEGO's "Titanium Metallic"?

Yes.  (That and Metallic Dark Grey, which was the previous version of that colour,
from 2000 to 2010.)


  Also, is that a translation table/chart out there (in English) somewhere that
some very clever person has created to help with this issue?

http://www.ryanhowerter.net/colors.php (where I got the info for Metallic Dark
Grey)


  Thanks in advance for all your help.

Building a better world, one plastic brick at a time.

Chris
HammertownBricks
 Author: iprice View Messages Posted By iprice
 Posted: Jul 5, 2023 12:12
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In Help, SylvainLS writes:
  In Help, technoluddite writes:
  Hi fellow AFOL's and others,

I'm annoyed that Bricklink doesn't use the same wording for the various
colours as LEGO does. I guess because they started independently?

Yes.  And LEGO names are crap (“Earth”?).


I wholeheartedly agree. At least BL names actually make sense (most of the time
)
 Author: Nubs_Select View Messages Posted By Nubs_Select
 Posted: Jul 5, 2023 12:19
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In Help, iprice writes:
  In Help, SylvainLS writes:
  In Help, technoluddite writes:
  Hi fellow AFOL's and others,

I'm annoyed that Bricklink doesn't use the same wording for the various
colours as LEGO does. I guess because they started independently?

Yes.  And LEGO names are crap (“Earth”?).


I wholeheartedly agree. At least BL names actually make sense (most of the time
)


+1 I think It wouldn’t be a good idea to change to the names lego uses as they
are just “weird”
 Author: iprice View Messages Posted By iprice
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In Help, Nubs_Select writes:
  In Help, iprice writes:
  In Help, SylvainLS writes:
  In Help, technoluddite writes:
  Hi fellow AFOL's and others,

I'm annoyed that Bricklink doesn't use the same wording for the various
colours as LEGO does. I guess because they started independently?

Yes.  And LEGO names are crap (“Earth”?).


I wholeheartedly agree. At least BL names actually make sense (most of the time
)


+1 I think It wouldn’t be a good idea to change to the names lego uses as they
are just “weird”

+10000
 Author: wildchicken13 View Messages Posted By wildchicken13
 Posted: Jul 7, 2023 05:24
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In Help, Nubs_Select writes:
  
+1 I think It wouldn’t be a good idea to change to the names lego uses as they
are just “weird”

I think you're just weird
 Author: Nubs_Select View Messages Posted By Nubs_Select
 Posted: Jul 7, 2023 11:28
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In Help, wildchicken13 writes:
  In Help, Nubs_Select writes:
  
+1 I think It wouldn’t be a good idea to change to the names lego uses as they
are just “weird”

I think you're just weird
 
 Author: crimson30 View Messages Posted By crimson30
 Posted: Jul 5, 2023 14:09
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Facts. BL names, in general, are much better.

I'd still like to see Light Brown changed to something like Bionicle Brown,
though 😛
 Author: jennnifer View Messages Posted By jennnifer
 Posted: Jul 5, 2023 11:17
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In Help, technoluddite writes:
  Hi fellow AFOL's and others,

I'm annoyed that Bricklink doesn't use the same wording for the various
colours as LEGO does. I guess because they started independently? Are they going
to sync up at some point?

Regardless, I'm looking for Bricklink's Pearl Dark Gray. Does
that match up to LEGO's "Titanium Metallic"?

Also, is that a translation table/chart out there (in English) somewhere that
some very clever person has created to help with this issue?

Thanks in advance for all your help.

Building a better world, one plastic brick at a time.

Chris
HammertownBricks

I would also be very annoyed at having to use LEGO color names like Transparent
Medium Reddish Violet. (whatever that is)

https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1402730

We have a quick chart here for new colors:

https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2594

A google search returns several results. There are charts on Rebrickable and
Brickowl. The link previously posted for Ryan's site is a good one!

~Jen