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Subject:	Re: Are you paying attention, LEGO?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands
Date:	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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		Re: Are you paying attention, LEGO?
(...) 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)

		Re: Are you paying attention, LEGO?
(...) 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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		Re: Are you paying attention, LEGO?
(...) 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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