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| | | Author: | Gligo  | | Posted: | Oct 17, 2023 13:28 | | Subject: | Do the colour shades of the bricks get change | | Viewed: | 80 times | | Topic: | Colors | | Status: | Open | |
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| Hello! I was wondering if the same colour shades for bricks get changed over
the years. For example, would a black or dark bluish grey brick today be the
exact same shade the same brick had 20 years ago or more? I know there are different
types of shades for colours like blue or grey, but a brick listed as being dark
bluish grey today and one listed as being dark bluish grey in the 90s or 2000s
are the exact same brick, right?
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| | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Oct 17, 2023 13:36 | | Subject: | Re: Do the colour shades of the bricks get change | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, Gligo writes:
| | Hello! I was wondering if the same colour shades for bricks get changed over
the years. For example, would a black or dark bluish grey brick today be the
exact same shade the same brick had 20 years ago or more? I know there are different
types of shades for colours like blue or grey, but a brick listed as being dark
bluish grey today and one listed as being dark bluish grey in the 90s or 2000s
are the exact same brick, right?
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Lego often dosnt have exactly consistent colours for example pearl gold is only
1 colour but could be split into 3 with how different it can be and recently
red and black parts look different
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| | | | | Author: | iprice | | Posted: | Oct 17, 2023 14:21 | | Subject: | Re: Do the colour shades of the bricks get change | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, Gligo writes:
| | Hello! I was wondering if the same colour shades for bricks get changed over
the years. For example, would a black or dark bluish grey brick today be the
exact same shade the same brick had 20 years ago or more? I know there are different
types of shades for colours like blue or grey, but a brick listed as being dark
bluish grey today and one listed as being dark bluish grey in the 90s or 2000s
are the exact same brick, right?
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TBH the colour of bricks in a single set can differ significantly (white, dark
red and dark blue can be really bad from presonal experience), but in general
the colour is generally consistant. Don't expect a perfect match with any
two Lego piecess and you'll be OK... So, yeah. And no! 
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| | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Oct 17, 2023 14:47 | | Subject: | Re: Do the colour shades of the bricks get change | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, Gligo writes:
| | Hello! I was wondering if the same colour shades for bricks get changed over
the years. For example, would a black or dark bluish grey brick today be the
exact same shade the same brick had 20 years ago or more? I know there are different
types of shades for colours like blue or grey, but a brick listed as being dark
bluish grey today and one listed as being dark bluish grey in the 90s or 2000s
are the exact same brick, right?
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Nope.
In 2003-2004, LEGO changed almost all their colours. That’s known as “The Great
Colour Shift” (name trademarked by SylvainLS).
People only see/remember the 3 colours that were discontinued, Light Gray, Dark
Gray, and Brown and the new colour created to replace them, LBG, DBG, and Reddish
Brown, but actually many other colours changed or were replaced.
See http://www.ryanhowerter.net/colors.php for accurate dates.
So, “20 years ago” was 2003, when all the colours changed and DBG (your example)
just started to exist
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