CPC Cash Set (Comments and criticisms welcome) (1 Viewer)

[Samoth311]

This would be a 600 piece cash set (100/200/200/80/20). I'd love your input on the colors. I can't decide what I really want for the quarter. I've toyed with a light blue, orange, and everything else. I also wonder about the dark blue $1. I want a set that is colorful enough to be fun, but not garish. I'm keeping the spots on the $1s and $5s at a low level to keep costs down.

Also, thanks for everyone who gave help on how to create an inlay design in Photoshop. This is a crazy original design you've probably never seen before. All criticisms and comments are welcome.

 

[kmccormick100]

Initial thoughts are I don't like the white spots on 3 of the chips. Throw in some pink and purple spots somewhere to brighten it up. Also, if you don't have a sample set, get one. CPC "yellow" is dark, I prefer canary or DG yellow.

 

[Samoth311]

Initial thoughts are I don't like the white spots on 3 of the chips. Throw in some pink and purple spots somewhere to brighten it up. Also, if you don't have a sample set, get one. CPC "yellow" is dark, I prefer canary or DG yellow.

Thanks, I'm going to grab the "rentable" sample set here pretty soon.

 

[Rieguy]

May want to look into changing the inserts on the frac and/or one so they are not both white. Maybe like DG Pink on the frac and DG Peach or DG Arc Yellow on the $1 could be decent off the top of my head. Likewise, your $25 and $100 both have DG Green; I do individually really dig both of these though.

Edit: Just saw you are getting samples, which for me, drastically changed my custom set colors once I got them in.

 

[Samoth311]

May want to look into changing the inserts on the frac and/or one so they are not both white. Maybe like DG Pink on the frac and DG Peach or DG Arc Yellow on the $1 could be decent off the top of my head. Likewise, your $25 and $100 both have DG Green; I do individually really dig both of these though.

Is the general rule that I don't want shared colors? I was thinking that some small overlap would help provide continuity.

 

[Beakertwang]

Cool set!

I feel like the dg green base on the 25 looks out of place with the rest of the chips having weighted base colors. I think green or light green Would fit better. I agree that canary would be better on the quarter. Also, try a different spot color on either the 25¢ and $1. Maybe orange or maroon on the quarter, or pink or light blue on the $1?

 

[Coyote]

My 2c

 

[Samoth311]

A few quick revisions based on the comments here so far. I've got to step away but I'll be back later.

 

[Beakertwang]

Definitely get your hands on a color sample set. It will be invaluable.

 

[warma]

Have you looked at dark blue and black next to each other?

 

[Samoth311]

Have you looked at dark blue and black next to each other?View attachment 676325

Ouch. Yeah, that won't work.

 

[Rhodeman77]

DG Peacock, Retro Blue, and Light Blue are all good choices for a $1 or frac. But if you are using a black $100 don’t use retro blue, it is too dark.

also I’d recommend using 3ds316 instead of 3ds318 for the $5. It is only level 2 compared to level 4. That will save you about 50c/chip.

 

[davislane]

A few quick revisions based on the comments here so far. I've got to step away but I'll be back later.

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Have you considered the frac with 318? all the other chips have 3 spots or multiples of 3.

 

[JMC9389]

I like the start and the basis of what you have so far.

Definitely would look to mix it up in terms of the white spots and a different color for the $1. As mentioned, imperial blue or DG Peacock are fine alternatives. Maybe try a DG Peacock base with a DG pink edge spot for the $1?

 

[Samoth311]

Have you considered the frac with 318? all the other chips have 3 spots or multiples of 3.

Yeah, I was trying to follow some rule where lower denomination chips had less complex patterns. Maybe uniformity is better. That would, however, take these chips from L1 to L3.

 

[DJ_Fett]

A few quick revisions based on the comments here so far. I've got to step away but I'll be back later.

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Love the quarter, canary and imperial blue might be my favorite CPC color combo

 

[Rhodeman77]

Tri-moon with one color spots is a great option for getting some different sized spots instead all the 1/4”. It is only level 2. My $1 had a lot of split spots, so if that is an issue ask if the colors you may want to use have a history of it.

 

[Samoth311]

So my first revisions eliminated all of the dayglo base chips. I actually like it more than I thought. If I went with the dayglo blue, I could also go back to the green as well. I've got both options here, along with a tri-moon for the fack. Honestly, the hardest part here is the spot color for the $1s. I don't care for the pink, and can't really use yellow. I'm interested to hear thoughts on the weighted vs dayglo base and spot colors for the $1s.

 

[warma]

Would you consider an alternate color for the $100? Maroon, chocolate, charcoal?

For blue, look at the orange colors: orange, dg tiger, dg peach. Maybe light chocolate or butterscotch? Retro lavender & lavender could work, depending on the blue.

 

[Samoth311]

I like the charcoal $100. But I'm not sure about it being "close" but not exact to the inlay. The dayglo peach seems to work better with Imperial Blue.

 

[Rhodeman77]

Not sure if you are avoiding the brighter colors in general.

here is a line up with with a little more variety of spot sizes in the lower denomination and adding some brighter colors to the big chips.

 

[allforcharity]

Some good improvements. I would consider not using more than 1 neutral colour per chip (grey or brown spectrum). This includes black and white.

 

[philhut]

Do you have a chip price level in mind that you are trying to keep within? I see your edge-spot design are varying widely between levels which changes the cost significantly. Your 100 and 25 chip are fairly exotic in most designs lvl 3-4+

Here were some ideas I had when I made my set, with these rules in mind the design came easier because I had boundaries lol
- avoid repeating colours on the next denomination above and below
- Create a set of chips that are different and distinguishable with each edgespot while keeping to lvl 1 prices and my .25c chip is a solid which is also cheaper.

I see you wanted to be more exotic with your $25 and $100 chips... the edgespot pattern i put together below as an option example is all level 1 edgespots for your large volume chips with the $25 and $100 a small premium.

 

[Samoth311]

Do you have a chip price level in mind that you are trying to keep within? I see your edge-spot design are varying widely between levels which changes the cost significantly. Your 100 and 25 chip are fairly exotic in most designs lvl 3-4+

Here were some ideas I had when I made my set, with these rules in mind the design came easier because I had boundaries lol
- avoid repeating colours on the next denomination above and below
- Create a set of chips that are different and distinguishable with each edgespot while keeping to lvl 1 prices and my .25c chip is a solid which is also cheaper.

I see you wanted to be more exotic with your $25 and $100 chips... the edgespot pattern i put together below as an option example is all level 1 edgespots for your large volume chips with the $25 and $100 a small premium.

View attachment 676454

Thanks and good thoughts. I want to stay under $1,500, and I'm there now. I'm only ordering 20 $100s so I was willing to get a more exotic. Maybe it's too much. I'll play with it.

 

[Samoth311]

Not sure if you are avoiding the brighter colors in general.

here is a line up with with a little more variety of spot sizes in the lower denomination and adding some brighter colors to the big chips.

View attachment 676443

Thanks. It's has been trending to softer colors. I do like the spots on the quarter and dollar!