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Re: New colors and other info
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lugnet.general
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Wed, 19 Nov 2003 13:25:20 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Michael Dallaston wrote:
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In lugnet.lego, Jake McKee wrote:
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2. The LEGO color palette has grown a bit organically (a nice way of saying
haphazardly) over time. As needs for new colors came up, new colors were
created somewhat independently of the rest of the colors. Since we have
added many new colors in the last few years, it was clear that we needed a
specific, focused, and defined color palette. In design terms, the colors
needed to “fit together” better.
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Correct me if I’m wrong here, but does this mean that the new colours were
chosen because the design dudes think it will make them look better in
combination with the other primaries? I believe, if this is so, then it is a
good move. Future builders may look back at our generation’s grey and think
‘ewww, they built with that?’ :P
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My take on Jake’s statement and on looking at the comparative pictures that have
been posted is that the colors have been shifted to be chromatically linear. In
other words, if you were to map the colors into RGB space, Dark Grey is not on a
straight line between Grey and Black, but appears to have a tinge of extra
Yellow added in there. Compare this to Sand Red (and the other Sand colors)
which appears to be a roughly equal mix of Red and White. So this change might
make the colors more consistent from a mathematical point of view, but it also
makes them less realistic. In the real world, not everything is Red, Yellow,
and Blue, which was why LEGO came out with earth tone colors like Brown and Dark
Grey in the first place.
Personally, I can understand the rationale for coming out with colors that are
more linear, and I understand that even a company the size of LEGO has limits on
how many different products they can carry, but I am still disappointed that two
of the most useful colors currently available are being abandoned.
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Whenever I get my hands on new pieces, new styles, new themes, I say, ‘I
wonder what I could do with these...’
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New is good, but getting rid of old is bad. (Can you say Monorail?) It’s not
that the new shades aren’t welcome, but not at the expense of the old ones.
- Chris.
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| (...) I wonder how much confusion would arise from having two sets of such similar colours on the shelves at the same time (I imagine the transitional period is going to be complicated enough). I can see why people with alerady large amounts of grey (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| Hello all, and thanks Jake for such a speedy response! It seems a majority of people (at least of those who posted) here are disappointed in this new direction Lego appears to be taking. And I can fully understand where they are coming from. But I (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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