Color Separation (1 Viewer)

[jdub]

How many colors on the table at one time do you find to be workable? (I'm not huge stacks of beaucoup colors kind of guy.)

I am having trouble working through $100, $500, $2500. I had planned to used black, purple, (fairly standard) and pink. I started working it up but ran into trouble. Dark purple lacks contrast with black. Light purple lacks contrast with pink.

This leads me to the question posed. If I have as many as 4 colors on the table at any moment, then colors that lack contrast need to be separated by 4 colors. Is 4 a good "separation" of colors? I would think a separation of 3 would be sufficient. Pastel orange and pink are another problem color pair. The answer to this question will help me pick out my base colors.

I could just re-run the bottom 5 colors again for the top 5 colors and call it good, but nah! I gotta work in that pink and that orange.

What sayeth PCF?

 

[upNdown]

I think if you’re serious about it, you need 4 distinct colors in a row. At least for tournament play, anyway. It’s probably easier to get away with 3 colors in a cash game, but like I said, if you’re REALLY trying to get it right . . .
The more important point (for me anyway,) is that it’s really tough to predict which chips will lack sufficient contrast until you actually get them in play and start taking and sorting pots. Easier said than done with a full custom set though.

 

[jdub]

Easier said than done with a full custom set though.

Indeed.

I'll go with 4 distinct colors as a baseline.

 

[jdub]

When you are about to post a question on PCF, but decide to search first and find your very own question posted by your very own self last year...

 

[Machine]

This is how I actually like to do it, you say custom, I think of CPC, so I start with base colors for high contrast.

This is actual for me, I'm going to work on my THC set atm, but this is what I'm thinking with next.

 

[jdub]

This is the inspiration for my post on 90 second blind levels. Now that I got my color samples, I want Blurple and Dayglo Green. I also want Blaze, but CPC doesn't make that. I would have to murder some.

 

[AlbinoDragon]

This is the inspiration for my post on 90 second blind levels. Now that I got my color samples, I want Blurple and Dayglo Green. I also want Blaze, but CPC doesn't make that. I would have to murder some.

Blaze Orange? CPC Dayglo Tiger is pretty close.

 

[jdub]

I have it in hand. It just doesn't blow me away like the blazes in the "Most Vibrant Color" thread in the archive.

I haven't oiled my samples. Maybe that would make a difference.

 

[BGinGA]

How many colors on the table at one time do you find to be workable? (I'm not huge stacks of beaucoup colors kind of guy.)

I am having trouble working through $100, $500, $2500. I had planned to used black, purple, (fairly standard) and pink. I started working it up but ran into trouble. Dark purple lacks contrast with black. Light purple lacks contrast with pink.

Four tournament colors in play at one time is plenty.

If using a non-standard denominations, a T2000 is a far better and more flexible choice than T2500 (neither should use common T1000 colors to avoid player confusion), but they are only efficient with used in really large events and/or really large stacks. Many more T500s will be required if no T1000 chips are in play.

For T100 & up, I recommend either:

T100 black
T500 lighter purple/lavender/pink
T1000 orange/yellow (or T2000 white/lighter blue)
T5000 gray (or T10k bright blue/green)
or
T100 gray/charcoal
T500 darker purple/red
T1000 orange/yellow (or T2000 green/white)
T5000 pink (or T10k bright blue)

 

[mipevi]

The color wheel is your friend, colors that are further away usually have better separation. Sometimes it's not enough, like with bright pink and bright orange, or if colors are very dark. If you have two colors that seem too close on the table, consider making one darker/lighter. And if you get chips with inserts, those colors can be used to help with separation as well.

 

[surfik]

i use 3-4 denominations

 

[Taghkanic]

One of my pet peeves is casino tournament sets with black 100s and purple 500s. Too often, the purples blend into the blacks.

 

[allforcharity]

Cash games 3 denoms do 95% of the work, a 4th denom can be used as a value store.
Tourneys add +1 denom to the above.

Adjacent denoms within 2 values should try to maximize contrast between them, and it can be very challenging with limited base colours. Distinct spot patterns can help visually separate base colours when looking at faces in pots or sides in stacks.

 

[buzzmonkey]

One of my pet peeves is casino tournament sets with black 100s and purple 500s. Too often, the purples blend into the blacks.

Violet or light blue are my preferences usually. It's even worse with sets like dice chips that have all the same spot colors.