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In lugnet.general, Jake McKee wrote:
> Many people have asked what colors are currently considered "universal" or
> locked. This means that these colors will almost certainly never be changed.
> Universal colors are colors that we consider to be untouchable for change.
>
> While the final list of extended "locked" colors has not been finalized yet, at
> minimum, the universal colors will include:
>
> - red
> - green
> - blue
> - yellow
> - white
> - black
> - new light gray
> - new dark gray
> - new brown
>
> This list will grow from what I understand, as decisions are made internally in
> the next couple of weeks about what colors do should be added to this list.
>
> But for sure, the colors above are locked, and considered universal. They're
> here for the very long term. Like a good club, once you're on the list, you're
> on the list.
>
> Jake
> ---
> Jake McKee
> Community Liaison
> LEGO Community Development
I know some people are still thinking this is bad news, but I disagree. Thanks
for providing this list to us, Jake. Of all the news you have given, I think
this may be the most healing. Now we can look forward to some degree of
stability somewhere.
I am really most glad about white. I was worried that it was headed for a
change, as some have noted that the old greys were combinations of the current
white and black colors. Honestly, after owning some new light grey, I think I
am on the way to accepting it. It really seems to be a trivial shade change in
my eyes. The dark grey--well thats another matter. :)
I imagine that the "sand" colors will not make the list. Not that it is
terribly important. Actually, if this new grey schema is really here to stay,
then I would expect Lego to adjust the "sand" colors to match. They really so
stand out oddly with the new greys, probably because they are color variants
that involve the old greys.
Anyway, I am glad you got back to us so quickly on this issue. Despite what
others think of your honesty, I feel that I can trust you. I also feel that I
can trust TLG, when they are intent on making a statement. Neither you nor the
company are really known for lies or deception. Lego has frequently been
secretive, but that isn't the same as deceptive, and fairly often, I bet it was
a smart move--just not this time.
-Alfred
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In lugnet.general, Alfred Speredelozzi wrote:
> I imagine that the "sand" colors will not make the list. Not that it is
> terribly important. Actually, if this new grey schema is really here to
> stay, then I would expect Lego to adjust the "sand" colors to match. They
> really so stand out oddly with the new greys, probably because they are
> color variants that involve the old greys.
You think so? In my own comparisons, I've found that there are only five opaque
colors that really go well with dark-bley (not counting light-bley and
light-light-bley, of course), which are black, dark-blue, sand-blue, sand-green,
and sand-purple. Every other color is too warm, including blue.
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In lugnet.general, David Laswell wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Alfred Speredelozzi wrote:
> > I imagine that the "sand" colors will not make the list. Not that it is
> > terribly important. Actually, if this new grey schema is really here to
> > stay, then I would expect Lego to adjust the "sand" colors to match. They
> > really so stand out oddly with the new greys, probably because they are
> > color variants that involve the old greys.
>
> You think so? In my own comparisons, I've found that there are only five opaque
> colors that really go well with dark-bley (not counting light-bley and
> light-light-bley, of course), which are black, dark-blue, sand-blue, sand-green,
> and sand-purple. Every other color is too warm, including blue.
Of course, at some level, its a matter of opinion, so maybe I am in the
minority. However, I have heard discussion from people who seem to be a lot
more interested in colors than I, that the sand colors were mixes of the base
color and original lt grey. That doesn't make it true, but that is what I
heard. Honestly, light bley doesn't look different enough to me with any other
color except old light grey.
-Alfred
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In lugnet.general, Alfred Speredelozzi wrote:
> Of course, at some level, its a matter of opinion, so maybe I am in the
> minority. However, I have heard discussion from people who seem to be a lot
> more interested in colors than I, that the sand colors were mixes of the base
> color and original lt grey.
If that's true, it would still mean that the three sand-colors I cited are mixes
of grey and a color from the cool end of the spectrum, much like the bleys. I
actually held dark-bley up against all three of those colors just to confirm
that they don't actually look all that bad together. And yet that still doesn't
comfort me much in light of the fact that dark-bley looks horrible with white
and blue.
> Honestly, light bley doesn't look different enough to me with any other
> color except old light grey.
I really only bothered to compare dark-bley because it even looks odd by itself.
However, true light-grey is reportedly the second most common color in LEGO
history, even though it's not one of the original five colors. Even if that's
the only color that doesn't go with light-bley (it doesn't look very good with
true dark-grey either), that's still pretty significant.
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