Discoloration or Different Color? (1 Viewer)

RiverAce01

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Same chips. Same mold. But the edge spots seem to be a different color. Some are purple. Some are a light purple, almost pink. Would this discoloration of the chips or a totally different color all together? I would find it peculiar if this casino got new chips at some point and had everything the same but decided to just change the edge spot colors by just a slight difference.

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There are other Paulson casino chips that exhibit slight variation in colors. Empress casino come to mind. See pic below. All these Empress chips are in the same, cleaned, unoiled (?), condition. There are color differences in the red $5, the green $25, which is the most noticeable, and the green and pink spots on the black $100. I've assumed this to be color variations in different batches of clay when Paulson made the chips, even though they are technically the same 'Paulson color.' (i.e. Hot Pink) For example, if Paulson makes 20,000 $1 chips for a casino, it'll likely be in multiple batches.

Also, some Vegas casinos bring out brand new chips every once in a while (I played with brand new chips at poker rooms at Bally's, Venetian, and Golden Nugget poker rooms a few years ago), but I don't know if these were different batches/orders they've bought from Paulson, or just cycling through all their old stock of new chips.

IMO, discoloration due to fading would most likely be non-uniform on the colored edge spots and edges, except if chips were placed in some sort of liquid (coffee, coke) or cleaner for an extended period of time.

Also, if two of the chips are dirtier than the others, it could be that natural oils that have darkened the color. Some Paulson colors look much more saturated when oiled.

 
They could also be different runs of the same chip. I have seen color variances in sample chips depending on the year of manufacturing.
 
All these Empress chips are in the same, cleaned, unoiled (?), condition. There are color differences in the red $5, the green $25, which is the most noticeable, and the green and pink spots on the black $100. I've assumed this to be color variations in different batches of clay when Paulson made the chips, even though they are technically the same 'Paulson color.' (i.e. Hot Pink)
The Empress $100 secondary chips were produced in three versions: LCV with pink spot, SCV with pink spot, and SCV with hot pink spot. Those are not color variations, but rather a completely different color altogether. This does sometimes happen.
 
The Empress $100 secondary chips were produced in three versions: LCV with pink spot, SCV with pink spot, and SCV with hot pink spot. Those are not color variations, but rather a completely different color altogether. This does sometimes happen.
Interesting. Does Paulson ever add fluorescence to non-fluorescent colors?

(Just going by memory here -- I think all the pink spots on the Empress $100s glow bright under a blacklight, but a recent Paulson color sample set I acquired, IIRC, the Pink color isn't fluorescent but Hot Pink is, and the Pink color sample chip looks very muted compared to all versions of the pink spots on the Empress $100s.)
 
When was your color sample set produced? Empress chips were produced prior to the formula changes.
 

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