What is your opinion about four-color decks? (2 Viewers)

Fun fact: playing cards are traditionally 2 colors and were never 4 because red and black were, at one point, the only readily available colors of dye.

Caveat: a friend into photography and printing told me this once and it seems true so I have never bothered to fact-check.
 
I recently purchased a Park MGM Las Vegas gift/novelty deck to collect because I liked the green on the back of the card. I was surprised that green was used for all suits too.
Normally I wouldn’t discriminate, but it would be a major mind tilt playing with these cards.
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I love the idea of them. But the one set up I had was not a hit at all. As mentioned, I think the saturation and shades of the colors needs to be bold enough to make them distinguishable from across the table and still easily readable. Not easy to do so with the light blue and green.

I may try a set up of @desjgn new cards at some point.
 
Picked up Faded Spade 4-color deck. With the wrong light it was pretty bad. After two rounds on the table we grabbed another deck. If you don't have an overhead light it isn't really worth it.
 
What a polarizing topic.

There's obviously the purist/traditionalist argument - but that's akin to those who say you should never put pineapple on a pizza. Seriously though... they make hand reading easier. What's not to like about them?

Personally, I prefer them. I've only met one guy who refused to play with them... but he's in his 80s and his eyesight isn't so good. Plus he's a curmudgeon. So we switched to the regular Copags when he's in the game.

***Come to think of it, he came to my most recent game and didn't say a word about the @desjgn 4-color cards. Maybe it was just the Copags he didn't like.***
 
I buy the setups for my league and for this season I bought the Desgjn 4 color decks.

Every single time we play, someone asks "is that a heart or a diamond?", so I figured that this was a no-brainer.

Our host politely thanked me for the setups, but they've never seen the felt! Apparently he and I are on opposite sides of this question.
 
Yeah the desjgn ones didn't go over so hot with my group, especially the old guy. The pastel colors of the blue and green were pretty indistinguishable at his distance and angle to the flop in the room. Most of the others had no opinion or loosely agreed with the old guy. Oh well.
 
Jeevansluck said:
Gosh, I threw these out for my last home game, and my group was ready to throw rocks at me. Had many grumbles, moaning and complaining. Unbelievable!
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SOME of your group was in revolt. But that was the same persons that whine when anything different happens.

For me, I wasn’t completely knocked out about them, but I didn’t hate them either. At the end of the day, it’s your house, your table, your deck and your game. If you want to use them, then the whiners should STFU and host their own games where they can use whatever deck they want!
 
Got a Design 4 color deck a while back. I love it, but my players hate it. So much in fact that we had to switch decks mid game because people couldn't stand it that bad. No issue with the cards, we exclusively play with Design cards now, they're great. They just couldn't get used to the 4 colors.
 
I don't like it. What if 4 color became the new norm and 2 color were hard to come by? How would you play Euchre? :tdown::wtf:
 
It's just like anything else. There are some people so used to using non denom dice chips in non standard colours that they would be in full revolt if you introduced casino Paulsons and TRKS. So it is with different types of decks.
 
People, in general, dislike change.
Sadly, most slaves throughout the ages would be afraid of freedom (in the place of slavery, enter any unhappy relationship).
Yet, if forced, no other species can adapt that much to a new situation.:rolleyes:
 
Surprised no one has mentioned color blindness yet. Certainly types of color blindness make people have difficulty picking up deep red against black. I have this issue and yet dont like the four color decks.

Certain setups the red is too close to the black for me and with small indexes/unclear pips they are really hard for me to play on.

If you've ever been curious, take an ishihara test. I can only see a handful of these numeric plates personally.

https://colormax.org/color-blind-test/
 
allforcharity said:
It's just like anything else. There are some people so used to using non denom dice chips in non standard colours that they would be in full revolt if you introduced casino Paulsons and TRKS. So it is with different types of decks.
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I did this to a group once.

"Blue? How much is this f$#%ing worth?"
"It says right on it, Jim."
::stares at the chip in wonder:: "Fascinating...."

#realstory
 
Bought one 4-color set with my recent design order but haven’t the chance to try it yet. I have high hopes I’ll like it
 
Is there a reason for not using colors like Paulson's Royal Red, Day Blue, and Day Green? True primary colors for red and blue, and a comparable green.
 
I started using them almost all the time online. but have never tried one live. I have messed up my hand before thinking I had clubs instead of spades. I think I would actually like them live.
 
allforcharity said:
No reason at all. Why?
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Asking for a friend. Seriously, it's the iridescence and/or the faded colors that make it difficult for me to distinguish between blue and green, as well as their pips. (I've been screened and am not color blind.) It's probably a combination of a couple of nascent cataracts, some annoying floaters, and the age-related need for decent lighting. I'm fine with standard colors and large (but not huge) indices.
 

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