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Re: Are you paying attention, LEGO?
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Wed, 1 Nov 2000 00:41:54 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Daniel Allen writes:
In lugnet.general, Jonathan Wilson writes:
Trans-Red, Trans-Dark-Blue, Trans-Green, Trans-Chartreuse, Trans-Yellow,
I am guessing that Trans-Chartreuse is the color used on blacktron II?

Yes.  According to M-W online, the color chartreuse is "a variable color
averaging a brilliant yellow green."  It describes the LEGO color perfectly!


Nope, that would be Trans-Neon Green, aka Trans-Antifreeze or Trans-Yellow
green.

My favorite name for it (I think Jeff Thompson coined it?) is "Alien Vomit."
:-)

--Todd



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(...) Wow, for some reason I always thought Chartreuse was a red or pink color. Oh well...now I know! (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) FWIW, oed2 sez: chartreuse chartreuse Sartrö+-z. Fr.; fem. of Chartreux: see next and Charterhouse. 1. A liqueur made by the monks of La Grande-Chartreuse (the head monastery of the Carthusians, near Grenoble), with aromatic herbs and brandy. (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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(...) Nope, that would be Trans-Neon Green, aka Trans-Antifreeze or Trans-Yellow green. -dead (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)

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