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Re: Never noticed this before . . .
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Fri, 8 Apr 2005 14:17:04 GMT
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In lugnet.color, David Simmons wrote:
> Hey all,
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> Just recently while working on a project I've lined up LOTS of those black
> arches from Star Wars #7201 Final Duel II and I noticed that there are
> several shades of black! Additionally, while rummaging through my drawer of
> large original dark gray plates where I have stacked all the 8x8 plates with
> grille together I noticed again that there were several different shades of
> the same color. I find it funny that I never really noticed this before.
> It's even funnier (to me anyway) that the color change hullabaloo has made
> many of us hyperaware of even the slightest differences in shades so that
> we're now scrutinizing (and criticizing) our bricks even more than we were
> before!
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> Just my thought for the day.
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> Dave
You can't believe the various shades of grey in my light grey tub--from the
original space sets to the technic pieces from a few years back--all different
shades of grey.
I do know that with age comes discolouration, especially if you leave your MOC
together, especially, again, out in the sun--some of my white bricks are
virtually indistinguishable from my tan.
Eh, many variables factor into the shading.
Dave K
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| (...) the (...) different (...) Oh yeah, I've always noticed that. (...) MOC (...) Indeed! I have quite a few bricks and plates like this, and I've been setting them all aside for a special project that I hope to attempt sometime in the near future. (...) (20 years ago, 8-Apr-05, to lugnet.color)
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| (...) Over the long term the colors most prone to yellowing (due to sunlight) are blue, gray and white. Of course with all the new Lego colors out, it will be interesting to see which new colors also have this tendency (obviously those that are (...) (20 years ago, 9-Apr-05, to lugnet.color)
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| Hey all, Just recently while working on a project I've lined up LOTS of those black arches from Star Wars #7201 Final Duel II and I noticed that there are several shades of black! Additionally, while rummaging through my drawer of large original (...) (20 years ago, 7-Apr-05, to lugnet.color)
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