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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Gerlach wrote:
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In lugnet.general, Michael Huffman wrote:
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Here’s an interesting blog entry about color trends in industry:
Prophetable colors
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Let me get this straight - a bunch of people pay money to join an
organization that tells me what colors I want?
Huh??
This is either the most brilliant science ever, or it’s a bunch of hooey.
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Color is big business, so it’s no real suprise. And color plays a important
part in the appeal of a product. I’ve had friends go through art school and
within the first two years, you take several color theory classes; to the point
where they’re sick of it (what emotions colors evoke; the symbolism of colors;
what color palletes work well together & what don’t, etc.). In one exercise my
friends had to do, they had to make a mosiac of something, without repeating the
same color patch... Didn’t look like fun, so I stuck with programming. :)
If you think about it, primary colors appeal to children. As you grow older,
your appetite for color becomes more refined. Women seem to have a knack for
distinguishing the difference between ‘royal blue’ and ‘navy blue’ -- to me,
it’s all ‘dark blue’. And if I worked in our newspaper’s color department, I
could probably give you the Pantone number for each color.
I am a little suprised that it’s taken LEGO 20+ years to catch onto the idea.
For the longest time, my biggest lament was that I couldn’t find enough green
parts, then a few years ago, you found it in almost every set. I like earth
tones, so when tan came out I was very excited. Alot of us would love to see a
release of an earth-tone bucket; especially in castle. I honestly hate the new
color scheme; but LEGO has probably done thier market research and on some
level, it must appeal to kids 6-12.
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This kind of stuff makes my brain hurt... “Let’s try to convince people that
they need to replace their (cloths / appliances / furniture / whatever) just
because we tell them that these new colors are better!”
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The fashion industry, I would imagine, is the driving force behind this group.
I think other groups just fall in-line behind them.
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If our favorite toy company believes this, we’re all in a world of hurt.
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I’m sure LEGO does a lot of research into these kinds of things that we
don’t know about, or take for granted...
--Mike.
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| (...) Sorry, the above should have read "I honestley hate the new color scheme for castle"... I'm still undecided about the color changes... I need to get enough of the new colors & build a few things with both colors to see if (a) I like it or not; (...) (20 years ago, 14-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.color, FTX)
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| (...) Let me get this straight - a bunch of people pay money to join an organization that tells me what colors I want? Huh?? This is either the most brilliant science ever, or it's a bunch of hooey. I'm thinking it's (URL) hooey!> This kind of stuff (...) (20 years ago, 14-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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