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Re: Why do you love bley?
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lugnet.color
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Wed, 9 May 2007 18:55:37 GMT
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In lugnet.color, David Laswell wrote:
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In lugnet.color, Timothy Gould wrote:
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- More attractive hues which better match other LEGO colours
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Are you sure your eyes are working correctly? The vast majority of the LEGO
color palette has a warm tone to it, including “primary” blue, a color which
is traditionally supposed to be the far extreme of the cool palette. The
bleys have a very distinct and unusual (for LEGO parts) cool tone that
actually clashes with all but a handful of colors.
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As a trained graphic designer, and self-proclaimed student of color, I would
like to point out that most art instruction books, professors, and other color
experts state that pairing warm and cool colors creates stronger contrast and
visual interest. I’ve never been told in all my years of art training that
pairing warm/cool tones is an inherit error.
Further, I take exception to your arguement that LEGO standard blue is ‘warm’.
It may be somewhat more green or brown than other companies ‘primary’ blue. But
I’ve yet to see any document codifying what ‘primary’ blue is the correct one.
It is generally accepted that the cool colors range from green to purple, with
blue in between.
I think your malignment of Tim’s eyes is unfair. He clearly has an amazing
talent with color (peruse his MOCs sometime). I would go so far as to suggest it
is your own perception of color that causes your dislike of these new colors. We
do not all see colors exactly the same way.
As for your argument about flourescent lights at stores, I also disagree. Other
than very poorly lit displays at TRU, I have not seen an actual brick or even
untouched photo of LEGO on their packaging in 3 years. Exo-Force doesn’t even
show the lines between bricks. I would hazard a guess that NO ONE would stop
buying LEGO for their children because of the bley color change.
It’s fine for you to express your preference for colors. That’s your right. But
becareful making dramatic claims to support that preference, or I’ll start
making up reasons why chocolate tastes bad and fuzzy kittens are ugly.
Aaron
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| (...) I fully understand the concept of contrasting cool/warm tones. It's one of the first things I was taught regarding theatrical lighting design (though heavily weighted with the idea that you use a strong color for the primary lights, with a (...) (18 years ago, 10-May-07, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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| (...) Are you sure your eyes are working correctly? The vast majority of the LEGO color palette has a warm tone to it, including "primary" blue, a color which is traditionally supposed to be the far extreme of the cool palette. The bleys have a very (...) (18 years ago, 9-May-07, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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