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> • Transparent Yellow¬
> • Transparent Red¬
> • Transparent Blue¬
> • Transparent Dove Blue¬
> • Transparent Green¬
> • Transparent Clear¬
What? No Transparent Orange (as in the color from classic themes like Ice
Planet 2002 and Aquasharks)
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In lugnet.color, Jonathan Wilson wrote:
> > • Transparent Yellow¬
> > • Transparent Red¬
> > • Transparent Blue¬
> > • Transparent Dove Blue¬
> > • Transparent Green¬
> > • Transparent Clear¬
> What? No Transparent Orange (as in the color from classic themes like Ice
> Planet 2002 and Aquasharks)
Which was actually Trans-Neon Orange (although never called that). The spring
cleaning boxes have a Trans-Orange (not Neon, people are calling it
Trans-DkOrange). Also missing from the list is Trans-Neon Green. The Bionicle
eye pieces also had a couple of unusual neon-like trans colors.
Ray
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I think that the new "Trans Orange" was also reported as being present in
the recent arctic alpha team sets.
In fact, mabie that explains why Trans-Orange is not in the universal color
list.
Because they have dropped the classic transparent orange (the fluro orange)
and instead moved to a new non fluro (and crappier IMO) color.
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In lugnet.color, Jonathan Wilson wrote:
> I think that the new "Trans Orange" was also reported as being present in
> the recent arctic alpha team sets.
>
> In fact, mabie that explains why Trans-Orange is not in the universal color
> list.
> Because they have dropped the classic transparent orange (the fluro orange)
> and instead moved to a new non fluro (and crappier IMO) color.
I much prefer the new transparent orange, although the old one worked OK for
flames. I didn't find it very usable for much of anything else, as the color
was too saturated, and its hue was a bit too far on the red side of the
spectrum. For anything other than fire, the new one is better, I think.
I expect that they will continue to use both for some time, just as they have
several transparent blues. I wouldn't be surprised to see both transparent
oranges replaced by a color midway between the two at some point in the future,
though, if they decide to cut down on their colors.
Overall I'm pretty happy with LEGO's color changes. The new greys are much
better IMHO, especially the dark grey. I always found the old dark grey rather
ugly (it's not really grey ... more of an greyish olive color, very brown,
slightly green)
The new light yellow is an improvement too, I think.
The only change I don't like is the new brown. It has too much red. I would
have preferred something about halfway between the new and old browns.
In any case, I expect that we will see some changes in the future, but I would
be happy to see more advance warning and more information in the future.
--
Tim Buchheim
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