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Subject: 
Re: What color is this?
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.scala, lugnet.publish, lugnet.faq
Date: 
Tue, 23 May 2000 02:49:32 GMT
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In lugnet.scala, Frank Filz writes:
> Suzanne D. Rich wrote:
> > 
> > Frank Filz wrote:
> > > I've been thinking about making a LEGO color chart [...]
> > 
> > [...] In addition to photos, it would be nice to make an HTML table and use
> > bgcolor for a hue X shade chart. Could indicate w/a symbol colors that
> > were only used in DUPLO or Fabuland or SCALA, etc. With dates, it could be
> > very interesting to see things like TECHNIC colors move into SYSTEM. Would
> > be easy to re-sort the table data for chronology. Hmm, gotta do it!
> > 
> > We could store it in the LUGNET FAQ or Publish area. Any better ideas on
> > that? Would be a useful reference for everyone. Even if it has three
> > different names for each color... (I know auctioneers sometimes make up
> > their own)
> > 
> > If you take some pics, please share! sounds like you have good selection.
> 
> Maybe I'll try it over the weekend. I may even do a bit of associated
> detective work to find the part which is available in the most different
> colors.

Whoah! that sounds like a challenge. good luck :-)

> I hopefully can get good pictures. I have a slave flash which I have
> made good use of with the digital camera to get plenty of light on the
> subject and it avoids a lot of the flash reflection. Of course if
> there's a nice sunny day this weekend, I can take a picture under
> natural light also.
> 
> What other people will need to contribute is first occurence(s) of each
> color.

Yes. and that's a tricky one because of things like Fabuland. Some colors were
there first. For someone like me, I only see them in catalog pictures (at best).

help will be needed for sure. but sounds like fun.

-Suz



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(...) Maybe I'll try it over the weekend. I may even do a bit of associated detective work to find the part which is available in the most different colors. I hopefully can get good pictures. I have a slave flash which I have made good use of with (...) (26 years ago, 22-May-00, to lugnet.scala, lugnet.publish, lugnet.faq)

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