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| | | Author: | rainbowmist  | | Posted: | Dec 19, 2022 14:26 | | Subject: | Early Lego Colors. | | Viewed: | 156 times | | Topic: | Colors | | Status: | Open | |
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| Hello. I have (2) part 4175 in a solid cream color. They both are uniform in
coloring, have the Lego logo, and are more of a lighter weight plastic. They
came from a large 4 pound lot of various vintage parts to modern parts. They
don't look yellowed to me compared to a white paper plate. Is this a undocumented
color in the part by Lego?
Also I have a darker variation light gray air tanks which are pretty cool.
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| | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Dec 19, 2022 14:30 | | Subject: | Re: Early Lego Colors. | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, rainbowmist writes:
| | Hello. I have (2) part 4175 in a solid cream color. They both are uniform in
coloring, have the Lego logo, and are more of a lighter weight plastic. They
came from a large 4 pound lot of various vintage parts to modern parts. They
don't look yellowed to me compared to a white paper plate. Is this a undocumented
color in the part by Lego?
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Yellowing can be really marked (different) if it’s helped (helped, not caused)
by a long / strong exposition to UV (shadows…).
But it can also be uniform in nothing protected the part.
For instance, in a build, air movement is limited. If the part was loose, every
surface was in contact with the same air & humidity and yellowed the same way.
| | Also I have a darker variation light gray air tanks which are pretty cool.
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| | | | | Author: | legomalego | | Posted: | Dec 19, 2022 15:15 | | Subject: | Re: Early Lego Colors. | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| yellowed white or possibly tan?
In Colors, rainbowmist writes:
| | Hello. I have (2) part 4175 in a solid cream color. They both are uniform in
coloring, have the Lego logo, and are more of a lighter weight plastic. They
came from a large 4 pound lot of various vintage parts to modern parts. They
don't look yellowed to me compared to a white paper plate. Is this a undocumented
color in the part by Lego?
Also I have a darker variation light gray air tanks which are pretty cool.
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| | | | | | | Author: | rainbowmist | | Posted: | Dec 19, 2022 16:10 | | Subject: | Re: Early Lego Colors. | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| Not sure if they are yellowed and not tan. They both have more of a pinkish hue
in certain natural lighting. And like I said they are a lighter weight plastic.
Maybe the acetate plastic.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Dec 19, 2022 16:32 | | Subject: | Re: Early Lego Colors. | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, rainbowmist writes:
| | Not sure if they are yellowed and not tan. They both have more of a pinkish hue
in certain natural lighting. And like I said they are a lighter weight plastic.
Maybe the acetate plastic.
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The part dates from 1980. LEGO switched from acetate to ABS in the 1960s.
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 19, 2022 17:47 | | Subject: | Re: Early Lego Colors. | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Colors, rainbowmist writes:
| | Not sure if they are yellowed and not tan. They both have more of a pinkish hue
in certain natural lighting. And like I said they are a lighter weight plastic.
Maybe the acetate plastic.
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The part dates from 1980. LEGO switched from acetate to ABS in the 1960s.
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CA also would not have yellowed like that. I have 1-2 white CA parts and they
are dynamite white
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| | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Dec 19, 2022 16:20 | | Subject: | Re: Early Lego Colors. | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, rainbowmist writes:
| | Hello. I have (2) part 4175 in a solid cream color. They both are uniform in
coloring, have the Lego logo, and are more of a lighter weight plastic. They
came from a large 4 pound lot of various vintage parts to modern parts. They
don't look yellowed to me compared to a white paper plate. Is this a undocumented
color in the part by Lego?
Also I have a darker variation light gray air tanks which are pretty cool.
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They sound like heavily yellowed parts to me. You could cut them open and see
if the insides are still white.
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| | | | | Author: | jodawill | | Posted: | Dec 20, 2022 15:15 | | Subject: | Re: Early Lego Colors. | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, rainbowmist writes:
| | Hello. I have (2) part 4175 in a solid cream color. They both are uniform in
coloring, have the Lego logo, and are more of a lighter weight plastic. They
came from a large 4 pound lot of various vintage parts to modern parts. They
don't look yellowed to me compared to a white paper plate. Is this a undocumented
color in the part by Lego?
Also I have a darker variation light gray air tanks which are pretty cool.
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I haven't seen the darker gray air tanks, but I know that the original ones
used a different type of plastic. I remember seeing yellow ones in the past and
they are more translucent. They look much different from standard yellow. I suspect
your gray tanks are made of the same material.
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| | | | | Author: | yoavheskia | | Posted: | Dec 20, 2022 15:20 | | Subject: | Re: Early Lego Colors. | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| | | Also I have a darker variation light gray air tanks which are pretty cool.
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I think that the Air Tanks are Pearl dark gray
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| | | | | | | Author: | rainbowmist | | Posted: | Dec 20, 2022 15:35 | | Subject: | Re: Early Lego Colors. | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, yoavheskia writes:
| | I think that the Air Tanks are Pearl dark gray
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Nope definitely a darker version light gray which they made in other parts like
4085a.
Don't think I want to cut open the ladders.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 20, 2022 16:24 | | Subject: | Re: Early Lego Colors. | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, rainbowmist writes:
| | In Colors, yoavheskia writes:
| | I think that the Air Tanks are Pearl dark gray
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Nope definitely a darker version light gray which they made in other parts like
4085a.
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Hmmm, that particular darker shade of light gray isn't nearly as dark as
the air tanks in your picture. Maybe the lighting is off?
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | rainbowmist | | Posted: | Dec 20, 2022 17:06 | | Subject: | Re: Early Lego Colors. | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, peregrinator writes:
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Hmmm, that particular darker shade of light gray isn't nearly as dark as
the air tanks in your picture. Maybe the lighting is off?
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I had old lighting from my basement without a flash on my normal camera. Came
out kind of dark.
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| | | | | Author: | Sadler_Bricks | | Posted: | Dec 22, 2022 04:36 | | Subject: | Re: Early Lego Colors. | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| As mentioned looks like heavy yellowed tan.
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