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    Why Blue windows? —Daniel Darby
   Why are a large portion of the windows in Lego sets a light blue color? Does anyone know? Thanks, Dan (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Why Blue windows? —Rick Kujawa
     I think they want to make it look like glass without being totally transparent, so they give it a light blue tint so you see its glass (clear barrier). My (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Why Blue windows? —Gary R. Istok
      (...) It's so those sometimes klutzy minifigs see that there is glass there, and don't accidentally run into them. :-) Gary Istok (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.general)
    
         Re: Why Blue windows? —Steve Bliss
      (...) Then why don't they just give us stickers with minifig silhouettes, to paste on the windows? ;) Steve (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.general)
    
         Re: Why Blue windows? —Tobias Möller
     Mayb e so they should be easier to spot on a floor? Or perhaps light-blue windows doesn't get that "solid"-look that clear windows get when they get scratched. I have some old clear windshields and they are impossible to see through. Well, not (...) (24 years ago, 23-May-00, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Why Blue windows? —Adrian Drake
     (...) My thoughts on that the light blue color: 1) emulates the look of glass in sunlight a little better (Reflections of the sky and all that) 2) The blue tint helps to hide defects in the ABS 3) The blue isn't subject to the yellowing that older (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Why Blue windows? —Tom McDonald
   (...) I think they do it to mimick the real world to a degree. A lot of the glass made these days is tinted, and much of the time one doesn't really notice. Newer house windows often use a more reflective type (which ends up being tinted) to reflect (...) (24 years ago, 23-May-00, to lugnet.general)
 

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