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I've been looking through my Paulson color sample sets that I've collected over the years and noted the progression of new colors being added. Here I am attempting to lay out the timeline of Paulson color sample sets as they were available "back in the day," with the help of our community.
Thank you @gmunny @Jeff in Iowa for your extensive contributions to this chronology.
88 Chip Color Sample Set, Small Hot Stamp, SCV Mold (2014 - now)
https://www.pokerchipforum.com/resources/paulson-chip-color-reference.2/
- 5 added colors from the (2007-2014) 83 color sample set, noted below in bold:
Avocado, Carnation, Light Violet, Pastel Green, and Rubine Red
- note that Royal Blue had long since been discontinued (before 2003/2004)
83 Chip Color Sample Set, Small Hot Stamp, SCV Mold (2009 - 2014)
- 6 added colors from the (2004-2007) 77 color sample set, noted below in bold:
Blood Red, Blue Grain, Dark Red, Mexican Rose, Pale Green, and Pumpkin.
77 Chip Color Sample Set, Large Hot Stamp, SCV Mold + RHC Mold (2004 - 2009)
- 13 added colors from the (1985-2003) 64 color sample set, noted below in bold:
Aqua, Carrot, Cherry, Coffee, Desert Flower, Grape, Ice Blue, Lemon Green, Light Pink, Melon, Navy Blue, Ocean Blue, Tan
- in 2007, due to a Chipco campaign over lead in Paulson chips, Paulson finally transitioned all chips to unleaded. Most colors by this time are already unleaded, but there were 6 holdouts (Blurple, Day Green, Fuschia, Indian Blue, Metallic Gold, Metallic Silver). The salesman color sample set in late 2007 had 6 colors on the RHC mold - they took the 6 leaded colors out of existing sample sets and replaced them with the new unleaded colors.
64/65 Chip Color Sample Set, Large Hot Stamp, SCV Mold (2002 - 2004)
- 5 added colors from the (1985-2002) 60 color sample set, noted below in bold:
Beige, Bronze, Butterscotch, Metalic Silver (sic), Rusett (sic)
- this is the last color sample set that you were able to get directly from Paulson (when they sold to the home market). I don't believe it was not a menu item, but you can ask for it.
- note: misspelled "Bronce," "Rusett," "Metalic Silver" (even though they corrected "Metallic Gold" )
¹ Metallic Silver (initially named Silver Cronal)
² Royal Blue discontinued before 2003/2004
60 Chip Color Sample Set, Large Hot Stamp, SCV Mold (1985 - 2002)
- 16 added colors from the (1983-1985) 44 color sample set, noted below in bold:
Almond, Apricot, Bahama Blue, Canary Yellow, Daisy, Dark Brown, Dolphin Blue, Hawaii Flower, Munzell Green, Orchid, Petunia, Plum, Rose, Sea Green, Sherbet Orange, Sunrise.
photo credit: gmunny
43/44 Chip Color Sample Set, Paulson Dice & Card Co. Stamp, Large/Small Hot Stamps, SCV Mold (pre - 1985)
- 23 added colors from the (1970s era ) 21color sample set, noted below in bold:
Arc Yellow, Blurpie, Charcoal, Colon Orange, Forest Green, Horizon Blue, Indian Blue, Lavender, Lilac, Lime Green, Mauve, Metalic Gold, Mint Green, Moss Green, Mustard, Radiant Red, Royal Blue, Royal Red, Salmon, Sherbet Green, Showboat Grey, Sky Blue, Watermelon
- chip with color name on one side, Paul-Son Dice & Card name on the other side.
- these came in drilled and later non-drilled versions, with inconsistently sized stamps (depending on the number of letters in color)
- changed name from FIRE ORANGE to BLAZE ORANGE
- difference b/w 43 and 44 chip version is the added "Metalic Gold" (sic)
Note: incomplete set shown above, missing "Forest Green," "Radiant Red," and "Yellow"
photo credit: gmunny
photo credit: gmunny
21 Chip Color Sample Set, Large/Small Hot Stamps, SCV Mold (1964 - ???)
- the ad below appeared in the Reno Gazette Journal (1/28/1977) and shows 21 available colors. Paulson first began producing chips on the Hat & Cane mold since 1964.
- note that during this time, Paulson sold chips to the general public, and could have withheld some colors that were only available to casinos.
(???) Chip Color Sample Set, Large/Small Hot Stamps, Plain Mold (1983 - ???)
- unknown dates, but these have the original founding company logo "Paul-Son Gaming Supplies."
(???) Chip Color Sample Set, Black Print, Rounded Roulette (Date ???)
- unknown dates, but these have the original founding company logo "Paul-Son Gaming Supplies."
- these chips were also made without color names.
Other Color Samples (No Color Names)
45 Chip Color Sample Set, Paulson Logo Only, No Color Names, RHC mold (Date ???)
- unknown dates, but these have the "Paul-Son Gaming Supplies" logo that dates after the "Paul-Son Dice & Card Company."
? Paulson Hot Stamp Solids, No Color Names, SCV Mold, (Date ???)
Oh, and thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.
Thank you @gmunny @Jeff in Iowa for your extensive contributions to this chronology.
88 Chip Color Sample Set, Small Hot Stamp, SCV Mold (2014 - now)
https://www.pokerchipforum.com/resources/paulson-chip-color-reference.2/
- 5 added colors from the (2007-2014) 83 color sample set, noted below in bold:
Avocado, Carnation, Light Violet, Pastel Green, and Rubine Red
- note that Royal Blue had long since been discontinued (before 2003/2004)
Almond | Apricot | Aqua | Arc Yellow | Avocado | Bahama Blue | Beige | Black |
Blaze Orange | Blood Red | Blue Grain | Blurple | Bronze | Butterscotch | Canary Yellow | Carnation |
Carrot | Charcoal | Cherry | Chocolate | Coffee | Colon Orange | Daisy | Dark Blue |
Dark Brown | Dark Green | Dark Red | Day Blue | Day Green | Desert FLower | Dolphin Blue | Forest Green |
Fuschia | Gold | Grape | Grey | Hawaii Flower | Horizon Blue | Hot Pink | Ice Blue |
Indian Blue | Lavender | Lemon Green | Light Blue | Light Pink | Light Violet | Lilac | Lime Green |
Maroon | Mauve | Melon | Metallic Gold | Metallic Silver | Mexian Rose | Mint Green | Moss Green |
Munzell Green | Mustard | Navy Blue | Ocean Blue | Off White | Orange | Orchid | Pale Green |
Pastel Green | Peach | Petunia | Pink | Plum | Pumpkin | Purple | Radiant Red |
Red | Rose | Royal Red | Rubine Red | Russet | Salmon | Sea Green | Sherbert Green |
Sherbet Orange | Showboat Grey | Sky Blue | Sunrise | Tan | Watermelon | White | Yellow |
83 Chip Color Sample Set, Small Hot Stamp, SCV Mold (2009 - 2014)
- 6 added colors from the (2004-2007) 77 color sample set, noted below in bold:
Blood Red, Blue Grain, Dark Red, Mexican Rose, Pale Green, and Pumpkin.
Almond | Apricot | Aqua | Arc Yellow | Bahama Blue | Beige | Black | Blaze Orange |
Blood Red | Blue Grain | Blurple | Bronze | Butterscotch | Canary Yellow | Carrot | Charcoal |
Cherry | Chocolate | Coffee | Colon Orange | Daisy | Dark Blue | Dark Brown | Dark Green |
Dark Red | Day Blue | Day Green | Desert Flower | Dolphin Blue | Forest Green | Fuschia | Gold |
Grape | Grey | Hawaii Flower | Horizon Blue | Hot Pink | Ice Blue | Indian Blue | Lavender |
Lemon Green | Light Blue | Light Pink | Lilac | Lime Green | Maroon | Mauve | Melon |
Metallic Gold | Metallic Silver | Mexican Rose | Mint Green | Moss Green | Munzell Green | Mustard | Navy Blue |
Ocean Blue | Off White | Orange | Orchid | Pale Green | Peach | Petunia | Pink |
Plum | Pumpkin | Purple | Radiant Red | Red | Rose | Royal Red | Russet |
Salmon | Sea Green | Sherbert Green | Sherbet Orange | Showboat Grey | Sky Blue | Sunrise | Tan |
Watermelon | White | Yellow |
77 Chip Color Sample Set, Large Hot Stamp, SCV Mold + RHC Mold (2004 - 2009)
- 13 added colors from the (1985-2003) 64 color sample set, noted below in bold:
Aqua, Carrot, Cherry, Coffee, Desert Flower, Grape, Ice Blue, Lemon Green, Light Pink, Melon, Navy Blue, Ocean Blue, Tan
- in 2007, due to a Chipco campaign over lead in Paulson chips, Paulson finally transitioned all chips to unleaded. Most colors by this time are already unleaded, but there were 6 holdouts (Blurple, Day Green, Fuschia, Indian Blue, Metallic Gold, Metallic Silver). The salesman color sample set in late 2007 had 6 colors on the RHC mold - they took the 6 leaded colors out of existing sample sets and replaced them with the new unleaded colors.
Almond | Apricot | Aqua | Arc Yellow | Bahama Blue | Beige | Black | Blaze Orange |
Blurple | Bronze | Butterscotch | Canary Yellow | Carrot | Charcoal | Cherry | Chocolate |
Coffee | Colon Orange | Daisy | Dark Blue | Dark Brown | Dark Green | Day Blue | Day Green |
Desert Flower | Dolphin Blue | Forest Green | Fuschia | Gold | Grape | Grey | Hawaii Flower |
Horizon Blue | Hot Pink | Ice Blue | Indian Blue | Lavender | Lemon Green | Light Blue | Light Pink |
Lilac | Lime Green | Maroon | Mauve | Melon | Metallic Gold | Metallic Silver | Mint Green |
Moss Green | Munzell Green | Mustard | Navy Blue | Ocean Blue | Off White | Orange | Orchid |
Peach | Petunia | Pink | Plum | Purple | Radiant Red | Red | Rose |
Royal Red | Russet | Salmon | Sea Green | Sherbert Green | Sherbet Orange | Showboat Grey | Sky Blue |
Sunrise | Tan | Watermelon | White | Yellow |
64/65 Chip Color Sample Set, Large Hot Stamp, SCV Mold (2002 - 2004)
- 5 added colors from the (1985-2002) 60 color sample set, noted below in bold:
Beige, Bronze, Butterscotch, Metalic Silver (sic), Rusett (sic)
- this is the last color sample set that you were able to get directly from Paulson (when they sold to the home market). I don't believe it was not a menu item, but you can ask for it.
- note: misspelled "Bronce," "Rusett," "Metalic Silver" (even though they corrected "Metallic Gold" )
Almond | Apricot | Arc Yellow | Bahama Blue | Beige | Black | Blurple | Bronce |
Butterscotch | Canary Yellow | Charcoal | Chocolate | Colon Orange | Daisy | Dark Blue | Dark Brown |
Dark Green | Day Blue | Day Green | Dolphin Blue | Blaze Orange | Forest Green | Fuschia | Gold |
Grey | Hawaii Flower | Horizon Blue | Hot Pink | Indian Blue | Lavender | Light Blue | Lilac |
Lime Green | Maroon | Mauve | Metallic Gold | Metalic Silver¹ | Mint Green | Moss Green | Munzell Green |
Mustard | Off White | Orange | Orchid | Peach | Petunia | Pink | Plum |
Purple | Radiant Red | Red | Rose | Royal Blue² | Royal Red | Rusett | Salmon |
Sea Green | Sherbert Green | Sherbet Orange | Showboat Grey | Sky Blue | Sunrise | Watermelon | White |
Yellow |
² Royal Blue discontinued before 2003/2004
60 Chip Color Sample Set, Large Hot Stamp, SCV Mold (1985 - 2002)
- 16 added colors from the (1983-1985) 44 color sample set, noted below in bold:
Almond, Apricot, Bahama Blue, Canary Yellow, Daisy, Dark Brown, Dolphin Blue, Hawaii Flower, Munzell Green, Orchid, Petunia, Plum, Rose, Sea Green, Sherbet Orange, Sunrise.
Almond | Apricot | Arc Yellow | Bahama Blue | Black | Blurple | Canary Yellow | Charcoal |
Chocolate | Colon Orange | Daisy | Dark Blue | Dark Brown | Dark Green | Day Blue | Day Green |
Dolphin Blue | Blaze Orange | Forest Green | Fuschia | Gold | Grey | Hawaii Flower | Horizon Blue |
Hot Pink | Indian Blue | Lavender | Light Blue | Lilac | Lime Green | Maroon | Mauve |
Metallic Gold | Mint Green | Moss Green | Munzell Green | Mustard | Off White | Orange | Orchid |
Peach | Petunia | Pink | Plum | Purple | Radiant Red | Red | Rose |
Royal Blue | Royal Red | Salmon | Sea Green | Sherbert Green | Sherbet Orange | Showboat Grey | Sky Blue |
Sunrise | Watermelon | White | Yellow |
photo credit: gmunny
43/44 Chip Color Sample Set, Paulson Dice & Card Co. Stamp, Large/Small Hot Stamps, SCV Mold (pre - 1985)
- 23 added colors from the (1970s era ) 21color sample set, noted below in bold:
Arc Yellow, Blurpie, Charcoal, Colon Orange, Forest Green, Horizon Blue, Indian Blue, Lavender, Lilac, Lime Green, Mauve, Metalic Gold, Mint Green, Moss Green, Mustard, Radiant Red, Royal Blue, Royal Red, Salmon, Sherbet Green, Showboat Grey, Sky Blue, Watermelon
- chip with color name on one side, Paul-Son Dice & Card name on the other side.
- these came in drilled and later non-drilled versions, with inconsistently sized stamps (depending on the number of letters in color)
- changed name from FIRE ORANGE to BLAZE ORANGE
- difference b/w 43 and 44 chip version is the added "Metalic Gold" (sic)
Arc Yellow | Black | Blurple | Fire Orange / Blaze Orange | Charcoal | Chocolate | Colon Orange | Dark Blue |
Dark Green | Day Blue | Day Green | Forest Green | Fuschsia | Gold | Grey | Horizon Blue |
Hot Pink | Indian Blue | Lavender | Light Blue | Lilac | Lime Green | Maroon | Mauve |
Metalic Gold | Mint Green | Moss Green | Mustard | Off White | Orange | Peach | Pink |
Purple | Radiant Red | Red | Royal Blue | Royal Red | Salmon | Sherbet Green | Showboat Grey |
Sky Blue | Watermelon | White | Yellow |
Note: incomplete set shown above, missing "Forest Green," "Radiant Red," and "Yellow"
photo credit: gmunny
photo credit: gmunny
21 Chip Color Sample Set, Large/Small Hot Stamps, SCV Mold (1964 - ???)
- the ad below appeared in the Reno Gazette Journal (1/28/1977) and shows 21 available colors. Paulson first began producing chips on the Hat & Cane mold since 1964.
- note that during this time, Paulson sold chips to the general public, and could have withheld some colors that were only available to casinos.
Black | Chocolate | Dark Blue (Navy) | Dark Green | Dayglo Blue (Turquoise) | Dayglo Green (Lime) | Fire Orange | Fuscia |
Gold | Grey | Hot Pink | Light Blue | Maroon | Off White | Orange | Peach |
Pink | Purple | Red | White | Yellow |
(???) Chip Color Sample Set, Large/Small Hot Stamps, Plain Mold (1983 - ???)
- unknown dates, but these have the original founding company logo "Paul-Son Gaming Supplies."
(???) Chip Color Sample Set, Black Print, Rounded Roulette (Date ???)
- unknown dates, but these have the original founding company logo "Paul-Son Gaming Supplies."
- these chips were also made without color names.
Other Color Samples (No Color Names)
45 Chip Color Sample Set, Paulson Logo Only, No Color Names, RHC mold (Date ???)
- unknown dates, but these have the "Paul-Son Gaming Supplies" logo that dates after the "Paul-Son Dice & Card Company."
? Paulson Hot Stamp Solids, No Color Names, SCV Mold, (Date ???)
Oh, and thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.
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