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Re: New Partsref is pure bliss
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lugnet.cad, lugnet.general
Date: 
Thu, 2 Nov 2000 18:57:00 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Charles Eric McCarthy writes:
(*) I think the word "beige" is more apt.  Does anyone really
think the word "tan" is better for this color?

I had always been planning someday to use the word "beige" instead of "tan"
for the tan brick color, until I noticed last week that LEGO calls it "Tan"
in the new Holiday S@H catalog.  Wow.

--Todd



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  Re: New Partsref is pure bliss
 
(...) (Entering deeep water) That's because you stopped thinking like a kid Kids don't know beige They do know tan -Jon (BAYLIT has always been tanned) (24 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.general)
  Re: New Partsref is pure bliss
 
(...) I've always thought of that color as "tan". As in "tanned leather". It's always made sense to me - but then, I'm in Alberta - surrounded by the cattle market. I've never considered it beige. James James Brown's Parts Sale: (URL) parts, (...) (24 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.general)
  Re: New Partsref is pure bliss
 
(...) Another reason to call it 'tan' is because that's a lot easier to spell! :-) -- David Schilling (24 years ago, 3-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.general)

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  Re: New Partsref is pure bliss
 
Thanks very much! My constructive criticisms: (1) The edge lines don't stand out well enough for these colors: Teal - 3 Brown - 6 Turquoise - 11 Purple - 22 and several other colors could also be improved by more contrastive edge lines. (2) The dark (...) (24 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.general)

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