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In lugnet.general, Todd Lehman writes:
> In lugnet.general, "Eric Kingsley" <kingsley@nelug.nospam.org> writes:
> > > > and Lego has a subpage http://www.lego.com/mcdonalds
> > > Hmm. Are those *purple* slope bricks on Grimace's car? Look at toy #5...
> > Definitely looks like it might be. Plus Purple would go with Grimace.
> It could certainly be the new blue-purple color -- the one that shows up in
> the new DUPLO Dinosaurs sets. It's not purple, and it's not blue, but it's
> in-between. It's a *gorgeous* color and it does look great with yellow or
> orange. What's got me confused, though, is that the Grimace face on the
> stamp in the upper-left corner
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> http://www.lego.com/mcdonalds/teaser005.asp
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> is purple, while the Grimace face on the brick on the front of the car in
> the photo is bluer than the sloped bricks.
OK -- got it!
It's not blue, and it's not purple, and it's not even indigo -- but in fact
it's violet -- the same exact hue as the new DUPLO Dinosaur. :)
Waycool!
Here's a webpage from April showing a comparison of LEGO "purples"...
http://www.fibblesnork.com/lego/temporary/purples/
(Note: it doesn't show the new violet color, and the blueish-purple Wal*Mart
limited edition playtable is roughly indigo. The DUPLO dinos turned out not
to be the playtable indigo color, but instead a new color, violet.)
Purple (almost magenta) -- seen in CyberSlam and MindStorms
Indigo* (almost blue -- WM playtable and rubber tubing in 8250 Search Sub)
Violet (deep purple -- seen in DUPLO Dinosaurs and McDonald's Grimace)
*AFAIK, TLC hasn't made any actual Indigo-colored ABS bricks, so the only
two "actual" purples are Purple (the redder of the two purples, almost like
Barney the Dinosaur) and Violet (darker and "purpler" just like violets the
flowers).
> Could be due to the printing of
> purple onto green[1], although the green shown isn't the classic green,
> either -- it looks more like the newer bright green. Guess we'll just hafta
> wait and see, huh? :) My bets are on purple-blue, because that's what I'd
> love to see. :)
I'll be darned -- the green bricks in the Grimace set are regular LEGO leaf-
green. Cool.... :)
--Todd
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