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| | | Author: | technoluddite  | | Posted: | Jul 5, 2023 10:37 | | Subject: | Colour translation from LEGO to Bricklink | | Viewed: | 84 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| Hi fellow AFOL's and others,
I'm annoyed that Bricklink doesn't use the same wording for the various
colours as LEGO does. I guess because they started independently? Are they going
to sync up at some point?
Regardless, I'm looking for Bricklink's Pearl Dark Gray. Does
that match up to LEGO's "Titanium Metallic"?
Also, is that a translation table/chart out there (in English) somewhere that
some very clever person has created to help with this issue?
Thanks in advance for all your help.
Building a better world, one plastic brick at a time.
Chris
HammertownBricks
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| | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 5, 2023 10:44 | | Subject: | Re: Colour translation from LEGO to Bricklink | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, technoluddite writes:
| | Hi fellow AFOL's and others,
I'm annoyed that Bricklink doesn't use the same wording for the various
colours as LEGO does. I guess because they started independently?
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Yes. And LEGO names are crap (“Earth”?).
| | Are they going to sync up at some point?
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Nope.
| | Regardless, I'm looking for Bricklink's Pearl Dark Gray. Does
that match up to LEGO's "Titanium Metallic"?
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Yes. (That and Metallic Dark Grey, which was the previous version of that colour,
from 2000 to 2010.)
| | Also, is that a translation table/chart out there (in English) somewhere that
some very clever person has created to help with this issue?
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http://www.ryanhowerter.net/colors.php (where I got the info for Metallic Dark
Grey)
| | Thanks in advance for all your help.
Building a better world, one plastic brick at a time.
Chris
HammertownBricks
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| | | | | | | Author: | iprice | | Posted: | Jul 5, 2023 12:12 | | Subject: | Re: Colour translation from LEGO to Bricklink | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Help, technoluddite writes:
| | Hi fellow AFOL's and others,
I'm annoyed that Bricklink doesn't use the same wording for the various
colours as LEGO does. I guess because they started independently?
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Yes. And LEGO names are crap (“Earth”?).
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I wholeheartedly agree. At least BL names actually make sense (most of the time
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Jul 5, 2023 12:19 | | Subject: | Re: Colour translation from LEGO to Bricklink | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, iprice writes:
| | In Help, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Help, technoluddite writes:
| | Hi fellow AFOL's and others,
I'm annoyed that Bricklink doesn't use the same wording for the various
colours as LEGO does. I guess because they started independently?
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Yes. And LEGO names are crap (“Earth”?).
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I wholeheartedly agree. At least BL names actually make sense (most of the time
)
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+1 I think It wouldn’t be a good idea to change to the names lego uses as they
are just “weird”
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | iprice | | Posted: | Jul 5, 2023 18:04 | | Subject: | Re: Colour translation from LEGO to Bricklink | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Help, iprice writes:
| | In Help, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Help, technoluddite writes:
| | Hi fellow AFOL's and others,
I'm annoyed that Bricklink doesn't use the same wording for the various
colours as LEGO does. I guess because they started independently?
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Yes. And LEGO names are crap (“Earth”?).
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I wholeheartedly agree. At least BL names actually make sense (most of the time
)
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+1 I think It wouldn’t be a good idea to change to the names lego uses as they
are just “weird”
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+10000
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Jul 7, 2023 05:24 | | Subject: | Re: Colour translation from LEGO to Bricklink | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Nubs_Select writes:
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+1 I think It wouldn’t be a good idea to change to the names lego uses as they
are just “weird”
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I think you're just weird
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Jul 7, 2023 11:28 | | Subject: | Re: Colour translation from LEGO to Bricklink | | Viewed: | 25 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, wildchicken13 writes:
| | In Help, Nubs_Select writes:
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+1 I think It wouldn’t be a good idea to change to the names lego uses as they
are just “weird”
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I think you're just weird
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| | | | | | | Author: | crimson30 | | Posted: | Jul 5, 2023 14:09 | | Subject: | Re: Colour translation from LEGO to Bricklink | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| Facts. BL names, in general, are much better.
I'd still like to see Light Brown changed to something like Bionicle Brown,
though 😛
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| | | | | Author: | jennnifer | | Posted: | Jul 5, 2023 11:17 | | Subject: | Re: Colour translation from LEGO to Bricklink | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, technoluddite writes:
| | Hi fellow AFOL's and others,
I'm annoyed that Bricklink doesn't use the same wording for the various
colours as LEGO does. I guess because they started independently? Are they going
to sync up at some point?
Regardless, I'm looking for Bricklink's Pearl Dark Gray. Does
that match up to LEGO's "Titanium Metallic"?
Also, is that a translation table/chart out there (in English) somewhere that
some very clever person has created to help with this issue?
Thanks in advance for all your help.
Building a better world, one plastic brick at a time.
Chris
HammertownBricks
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I would also be very annoyed at having to use LEGO color names like Transparent
Medium Reddish Violet. (whatever that is)
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1402730
We have a quick chart here for new colors:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2594
A google search returns several results. There are charts on Rebrickable and
Brickowl. The link previously posted for Ryan's site is a good one!
~Jen
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