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Re: What color is this?
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lugnet.scala
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Mon, 22 May 2000 19:24:40 GMT
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In lugnet.scala, Suzanne D. Rich writes:
> In lugnet.scala, Shiri Dori writes:
> > In lugnet.scala, Suzanne D. Rich writes:
> > > In lugnet.general, Dan Boger writes:
> > > > This is a piece from 3119 - what color is it?
> > > >
> > > > http://www.giccs.georgetown.edu/~boger/Public/colors.jpg
> > >
> > > Do you want the official color name?
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> > Yes, please.
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> > -Shiri
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> SCALA colors can be broken into two schemes. The first is seen in sets of 1997
> (the 3200's) and the second beginning when the dolls became characters in 1998
> (the 3100's).
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> Although 3119 uses the newer color scheme, the element you picked out is from
> the older scheme.
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> Disregarding anything that looks orange to you, you should be able to identify
> the following colors:
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> - light red (L.RED)
> - medium red (MD.RED)
> - bright red (BR.RED)
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> Your element is medium red. It should be the same as a roof from 3290 or a
> staircase banister. Light red is a much lighter version of that (see the upper
> wall pieces in 5404 and 3270). The bright red is like pure, screaming "red"
> (see lamp shade in 3119, it's set above your element there).
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> http://www.lugnet.com/pause/search/?query=3119
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> The LEGO catalogs and scans have a difficult time reproducing the SCALA colors
> accurately. there's a huge range in the printing. I have enough sources that I
> should take care to enter scans that are only true in color. replacing as we • go.
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> Anyway, I hope that answers your question. I use the above naming scheme even
> if, only in my head, I may think: "coral" or "shell."
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> -Suz
I've been calling that one "salmon". There are many colors available only with
the Scala (and Belville) sets which defy naming other than by description.
There are at least three different shades of orange in the Scala group - I
don't label this one among them. My color chart shows at least 48 different
colors, including chrome plated with coloring - silver, gold, blue, green.
Wayne
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| (...) SCALA colors can be broken into two schemes. The first is seen in sets of 1997 (the 3200's) and the second beginning when the dolls became characters in 1998 (the 3100's). Although 3119 uses the newer color scheme, the element you picked out (...) (25 years ago, 21-May-00, to lugnet.scala)
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