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 Author: Calle_P View Messages Posted By Calle_P
 Posted: Jul 15, 2024 10:25
 Subject: Color reference board
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Calle_P (4)

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I thought of building myself a simple color reference board. I was thinking of
building it on a larger base plate.

My thought is to use the same type of piece for all color references but maybe
it will be difficult? Which piece comes in the most colors and is easiest to
get?
Colors that only appear in a few single sets I might skip.
 Author: yorbrick View Messages Posted By yorbrick
 Posted: Jul 15, 2024 10:30
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In Help, Calle_P writes:
  I thought of building myself a simple color reference board. I was thinking of
building it on a larger base plate.

My thought is to use the same type of piece for all color references but maybe
it will be difficult? Which piece comes in the most colors and is easiest to
get?
Colors that only appear in a few single sets I might skip.

I use 1x2 plates and 1x2 tiles, so I can see studded and flat surfaces. 2x4s
are also a popular choice, and 1x2 bricks if you want a smaller chart.
 Author: SirIceCream1001 View Messages Posted By SirIceCream1001
 Posted: Jul 15, 2024 10:31
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SirIceCream1001 (769)

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In Help, Calle_P writes:
  I thought of building myself a simple color reference board. I was thinking of
building it on a larger base plate.

My thought is to use the same type of piece for all color references but maybe
it will be difficult? Which piece comes in the most colors and is easiest to
get?
Colors that only appear in a few single sets I might skip.

 
Part No: 3023 Name: Plate 1 x 2
* 		3023 Plate 1 x 2
Parts: Plate {Bright Pink}
has ~68 known colors
 Author: cosmicray View Messages Posted By cosmicray
 Posted: Jul 15, 2024 11:55
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cosmicray (3573)

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In Help, Calle_P writes:
  I thought of building myself a simple color reference board. I was thinking of
building it on a larger base plate.

My thought is to use the same type of piece for all color references but maybe
it will be difficult? Which piece comes in the most colors and is easiest to
get?
Colors that only appear in a few single sets I might skip.

I use 1x2 bricks (3004) which appears in 54 colors, a few of which I don't
have. There are additional transparent colors which come in 3065 which add another
12-17 to the count. With sufficient effort, you might be able to get to 70 colors.

The original color palette (used by the model shop) was using 2x2 tiles, upon
which they wrote the TLG color number in sharpie. This is something I wish they
made a one-off run of, so that everyone could get a stable predictable color
board. Obviously having the color number printed on each tile.

Nita Rae