CPC Color Palette Rated by Usefulness (1 Viewer)

[Jambine]

Now this is prime Content. BLIND COLOR SHUFFLING.

The sad part is.... I'm interested on the results!

But it must be a double blind test, or the results will not be useful

 

[RainmanTrail]

I tried and tried and cannot honestly identify any texture difference. Since you have some, run a quick test. Blind shuffle 50/50, half DG Saturn, half some other unweighted color. needs to be same mold obviously.

See if you can sort them, blind, with any sort of accuracy.

Wait a minute! What is this "sort them blind" madness all about? Looking at them is the worst part lol. I'll just shuffle two different colored stacks 50/50 while looking at them. Then, I will demonstrate an uncanny ability to sort them into desirable and undesirable stacks. Guaranteed, or your money back!

 

[Josh Kifer]

Wait a minute! What is this "sort them blind" madness all about? Looking at them is the worst part lol. I'll just shuffle two different colored stacks 50/50 while looking at them. Then, I will demonstrate an uncanny ability to sort them into desirable and undesirable stacks. Guaranteed, or your money back!

Yusssss... Prime contentttttt

 

[RainmanTrail]

Also, fortunately, I no longer own them. I sold those a long time ago.

 

[Josh Kifer]

Also, fortunately, I no longer own them. I sold those a long time ago.

You just ruined my evening, good sir.

 

[PlaidDragon]

. They're more like puke green in person. An almost see-through puke green.

I call them "dinge yellow"....

 

[Chippy McChiperson]

Dg Saturn isn’t my favorite color, I much prefer Dg Yellow in most circumstances. I have visual proof that it can be used in a fantastic chip though....

 

[Chippy McChiperson]

This is my exact struggle trying to put together my set with all 1/4 pies. Would a 1/4 with half weighted and half non-weighted be/look/feel weird?

What about a mix of some chips with only DG and some with DG and weighted? It’s hard to get a feel for it with only the sample chips.

doesn’t feel or look weird at all. My Nirvana chips have a mix, and they’re fantastic.

 

[Ronoh]

Dg Saturn isn’t my favorite color, I much prefer Dg Yellow in most circumstances. I have visual proof that it can be used in a fantastic chip though....

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Agreed. I had my spot as one of the yellows almost until the time I submitted my order... very happy I switched to DG Saturn.

My T1000 on the other hand (maroon base, Saturn 814) I’ve been itching to change since I got them. Don’t like it at all

 

[JMC9389]

This is my "most useful" stack.

Flame away!

 

[RainmanTrail]

I rest my case, your honor.

 

[Perthmike]

It's not a colour i would usually choose, as in my opinion it looks like crap more often than not, but I've definitely seen it used well a number of times as spots, see the chips by @Chippy McChiperson and @Ronoh above.

These 25ks by @Mr Tree even have saturn as a base and look awesome.

That being said I considered them as a spot in my upcoming CPC order and completely bottled it and went with DG yellow instead lol

 

[Sprouty]

Agreed. I had my spot as one of the yellows almost until the time I submitted my order... very happy I switched to DG Saturn.

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My T1000 on the other hand (maroon base, Saturn 814) I’ve been itching to change since I got them. Don’t like it at all

One of my all time favorites. So much so I've mocked up plenty of chips using the same colors.

 

[Frogzilla]

Wait a minute! What is this "sort them blind" madness all about? Looking at them is the worst part lol. I'll just shuffle two different colored stacks 50/50 while looking at them. Then, I will demonstrate an uncanny ability to sort them into desirable and undesirable stacks. Guaranteed, or your money back!

I was challenging your assertion that they feel worse

The saturation in DG Sat isn’t the best, but it’s as close to lime as you can get, and lime can do a lot. Your quarter pie white-on-white bounty used lime accent on the inlay quite well.

Useful color

 

[raynmanas]

IMO, alot of dayglos don't work as a base, since without the flakes in the clay, it can come off really plastic-ish. DayGlo Saturn and Bright white do this badly.

interesting, I don't think I've seen this take on bright white before. i chose it as a base for 2 different chips actually (both my highest cash and tournament denom, so if it's a disaster, at least i don't have many to replace and they'll almost never see use anyway). looking at my samples of bright white vs. DG saturn, the "plasticky" look is significantly worse in the DG saturn.

 

[Josh Kifer]

interesting, I don't think I've seen this take on bright white before. i chose it as a base for 2 different chips actually (both my highest cash and tournament denom, so if it's a disaster, at least i don't have many to replace and they'll almost never see use anyway). looking at my samples of bright white vs. DG saturn, the "plasticky" look is significantly worse in the DG saturn.

I take the wildest takes....

Bright white is better then DG Saturn. But I like the texture of White over Bright White. Now, spot wise... BW is way better

 

[Frogzilla]

DG Saturn haters - curious what temperature lighting you use. The color does look awful in the 2700-3500 range but if you take in daylight or 4500+ indoor it makes a big difference

 

[Josh Kifer]

DG Saturn haters - curious what temperature lighting you use. The color does look awful in the 2700-3500 range but if you take in daylight or 4500+ indoor it makes a big difference

Interesting. Time to try this out!

 

[Josh Kifer]

I would say, I agree with this assessment.

 

[RichMahogany]

DG Saturn haters - curious what temperature lighting you use. The color does look awful in the 2700-3500 range but if you take in daylight or 4500+ indoor it makes a big difference

Indirect sunlight from my samples. It looks horribly, terribly, ugly in its natural state

 

[Josh Kifer]

Indirect sunlight from my samples. It looks horribly, terribly, ugly in its natural state

So. Like me?

 

[Chippy McChiperson]

Freshly oiled, here's my ranking

 

[Chipenhagen]

Freshly oiled, here's my ranking

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Looks great. Is that Bright White, DG Arc Yellow, DG Peacock, DG Yellow and DG Pink as top 5?

 

[CapybaraFan]

Freshly oiled, here's my ranking

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One of the biggest takeaways from this thread should be the massive impacts of lighting, camera, and monitor on color presentation because on my end it looks like there are at least five different chips that could be DG Arc Yellow.

As to the substance of the choices, I have to wonder about how some red permutation does not hit the top ten.

 

[Chippy McChiperson]

Looks great. Is that Bright White, DG Arc Yellow, DG Peacock, DG Yellow and DG Pink as top 5?

Nailed it

 

[Chippy McChiperson]

One of the biggest takeaways from this thread should be the massive impacts of lighting, camera, and monitor on color presentation because on my end it looks like there are at least five different chips that could be DG Arc Yellow.

As to the substance of the choices, I have to wonder about how some red permutation does not hit the top ten.

One could argue pink is a permutation of red, but I won't. The real reason is that there are ten better more useful colors. Btw i had pink as the least useful color because I don't see why anyone would ever use it when dg pink is so much better.

 

[raynmanas]

here's a slightly different take - these are just the colors i used in my custom set, ranked (roughly) by frequency of appearance -> base color -> most likely quantity to be in play.