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(...) I only have trouble with the light greys. Dark Bley is an obviously different color to my eyes, and blown is different enough to be noticeable in most light- but the light greys give me fits even in sunlight. :-( (18 years ago, 9-Apr-07, to lugnet.color)
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(...) That's a bit of a generalization, I'd say. I can peg dark-grey vs. dark-bley every time, regardless of the lighting (well, as long as there is some, that is), and I'm very accurate with light-grey vs. light-bley under flourescent lighting and (...) (18 years ago, 9-Apr-07, to lugnet.color)
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(...) I agree that people won't know what "old" versus "new" means, but that's precisely the point I'm driving at. You *need* to know if you're a seller. So you have to go find out. If you call them "New Gray" and "Old Gray", you've successfully (...) (18 years ago, 9-Apr-07, to lugnet.color)
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(...) The trouble with this idea is that 'old' and 'new' grey only have meaning to those of us who have been around long enough to know the old from the new. Somebody coming into the hobby post-bley won't have any idea what distinguishes the two. I (...) (18 years ago, 9-Apr-07, to lugnet.color)
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(...) I'd been wondering about this myself, but I think I figured it out: "I may have to just bend over and take it." I think it has something to do with finding money on the sidewalk or something... (...) Hmm... with all the new colors out there, I (...) (18 years ago, 9-Apr-07, to lugnet.color)
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(...) I've got a few of those too. In every case, I send a friendly email, and the seller was happy to resolve the matter. (...) That's a new acronym. What does it stand for? My first experience with Blay was when I purchased a few sets from LS@H (...) (18 years ago, 9-Apr-07, to lugnet.color)
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(...) Personally, I think BrickLink needs to change their color names. Peeron approached this problem by VERY EXPLICITLY renaming "Gray" to "OldGray", "DkGray" to "OldDkGray" and "Brown" to "OldBrown". The problem is of course as you point out, that (...) (18 years ago, 8-Apr-07, to lugnet.color)
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(...) snip The problem will get worst on BrickLink. As people or even new sellers find BrickLink and have 'no clue' about the color change. It make me wonder if BrickLink should add a 'warning' or 'disclaimer' about the color change for newbies. (...) (18 years ago, 8-Apr-07, to lugnet.color)
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(...) i will admit that i use the new brown quite a bit for several reasons but the new grey's "blays" are not usefull . it's not that i haven't tried to use the new grey's they simply just don't look right. the only signifagant use of the new greys (...) (18 years ago, 8-Apr-07, to lugnet.color)
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(...) Hi, Baz. I was pretty upset when they launched the color change. It was the catalyst that pushed me away from the hobby for the last year or two. I still don't like the look of the new colors, and I hate the confusion of trying to keep the new (...) (18 years ago, 8-Apr-07, to lugnet.color)
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