wierd_w Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 (edited) Edit: Hang on, silly thing did not adjust whole image. Gimmie a minute Edited August 4, 2020 by wierd_w Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+hloberg Posted August 4, 2020 Author Share Posted August 4, 2020 1 minute ago, wierd_w said: How's this look to you? Color swatches have been color matched as closely as I can get them to match. looks about as close as you can get it. suggestion: as i said i painted my speech when i found i had a can of beige paint mostly unused. well when I finished and put it next to the console, it looked wrong. it was too yellow. so i got another can of beige with a bit of a tan tint and repainted it and that looked right. the color isn't exact but the slight tan looked a whole lot better than the slight yellow. the bottom of the console is more of a brown so the tan complements that with the top. I know you probably won't have a lot of colors of thread to choose from so I would go with a color that is more tan than yellow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wierd_w Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 This should be closer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wierd_w Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 Pantone suggests closest match is Pantone 4178 C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+hloberg Posted August 5, 2020 Author Share Posted August 5, 2020 1 minute ago, wierd_w said: Pantone suggests closest match is Pantone 4178 C that looks almost grey with maybe a tinge of green to me. this one looks closer to me. https://www.pantone.com/color-finder/4006-C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wierd_w Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 (edited) looks way too orange to me.. Perhaps 7536UP ? Edited August 5, 2020 by wierd_w Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+hloberg Posted August 5, 2020 Author Share Posted August 5, 2020 1 minute ago, wierd_w said: looks way too orange to me.. that's the thing with that color, it not on any color chart I seen. it's a between color. it's not tan or gray or beige really. but I did triple check your color or two laptops and a high end monitor and it is too gray when you put it up next to the console. try this one, it's, to my eye, even closer than the last one. https://www.pantone.com/color-finder/4003 I'm going to print it and then lay it on the console. the white webpage might be tricking my eye. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+hloberg Posted August 5, 2020 Author Share Posted August 5, 2020 it's hard to see due to the reflection on the plastic but the 4003 is a very, very close match. in the picture it looks too yellow, but to the eye it's more tan and spot on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wierd_w Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 That's pretty close looking to "Desert Tan" https://glroboticsusa.com/products/pla-filament?variant=18718665146464¤cy=USD&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&utm_campaign=gs-2020-05-03&utm_source=google&utm_medium=smart_campaign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wierd_w Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Or matter hacker's Tan https://www.matterhackers.com/store/l/tan-abs-filament-1.75mm/sk/MX6849W3?rcode=GAT9HR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+hloberg Posted August 5, 2020 Author Share Posted August 5, 2020 Just now, wierd_w said: That's pretty close looking to "Desert Tan" https://glroboticsusa.com/products/pla-filament?variant=18718665146464¤cy=USD&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&utm_campaign=gs-2020-05-03&utm_source=google&utm_medium=smart_campaign desert tan was the color of krylon I got and resprayed the speech with. the krylon desert tan was a bit more tan but close. fyi, I printed out 4178 and it does look too greenish gray setting on the console. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+hloberg Posted August 5, 2020 Author Share Posted August 5, 2020 Just now, wierd_w said: Or matter hacker's Tan https://www.matterhackers.com/store/l/tan-abs-filament-1.75mm/sk/MX6849W3?rcode=GAT9HR that might be too yellow but can't really see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+hloberg Posted August 5, 2020 Author Share Posted August 5, 2020 3 minutes ago, hloberg said: desert tan was the color of krylon I got and resprayed the speech with. the krylon desert tan was a bit more tan but close. fyi, I printed out 4178 and it does look too greenish gray setting on the console. I would say the desert tan is closer than the hacker's tan. would it help if I mailed you the swatch I printed. it's an almost exact match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wierd_w Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 The problem is that nobody wants to have a comprehensive color library for their PLA offerings, and everyone is using super washed-out stock photos of their material. But I did find an interesting filament if we want to do black + silver. https://www.amazon.com/Silk-Silver-Filament-Printting-Materials/dp/B06XSBFB17/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=silver+pla&qid=1596588544&sr=8-4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+hloberg Posted August 5, 2020 Author Share Posted August 5, 2020 1 minute ago, wierd_w said: The problem is that nobody wants to have a comprehensive color library for their PLA offerings, and everyone is using super washed-out stock photos of their material. But I did find an interesting filament if we want to do black + silver. https://www.amazon.com/Silk-Silver-Filament-Printting-Materials/dp/B06XSBFB17/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=silver+pla&qid=1596588544&sr=8-4 well if your choice is between hacker's tan and desert tan, krylon desert tan is what with and it looks good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wierd_w Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Desert tan it will be then. Any close analogues for the bottom tone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+hloberg Posted August 5, 2020 Author Share Posted August 5, 2020 5 minutes ago, wierd_w said: Desert tan it will be then. Any close analogues for the bottom tone? oh lordy, when i painted my speech I was going to two tone it like the console but that bottom color I couldn't find even close off the shelf. let me play around with some of the colors off pantone and i'll see if I can find a close enough and we'll see if you can find a color thread matching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+hloberg Posted August 5, 2020 Author Share Posted August 5, 2020 it looks like 4007 is as close as you are going to get for the bottom. https://www.pantone.com/color-finder/4007-C i printed it out like the other color and set it on the console bottom to be sure. lean toward a brown-tan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wierd_w Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 (edited) "Wood Like" filament? https://www.toolots.com/lee-fung-1-75mm-pla-3d-printing-filament-dimensional-accuracy-0-05-c17741-a11276-pla-wo.html "Military Khaki"? https://www.amazon.com/Paramount-3D-Military-Filament-GBRL10197530C/dp/B01LY8XVLO/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=khaki+PLA+filament&qid=1596590919&sr=8-3 Maybe a bit too yellow... But maybe this Czech khaki? https://www.amazon.com/Czech-Made-Khaki-Printing-Filament-PM/dp/B0823WWHGZ/ref=sr_1_35?dchild=1&keywords=khaki+PLA+filament&qid=1596591054&sr=8-35 Edited August 5, 2020 by wierd_w Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+hloberg Posted August 5, 2020 Author Share Posted August 5, 2020 3 minutes ago, wierd_w said: "Wood Like" filament? https://www.toolots.com/lee-fung-1-75mm-pla-3d-printing-filament-dimensional-accuracy-0-05-c17741-a11276-pla-wo.html "Military Khaki"? https://www.amazon.com/Paramount-3D-Military-Filament-GBRL10197530C/dp/B01LY8XVLO/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=khaki+PLA+filament&qid=1596590919&sr=8-3 I looked at both of them. but like you said, the pictures aren't the greatest. what i ran into is if you went a brown 'wood' color it tended red so here, the khaki, maybe. if you could find a color just little darker to the khaki? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wierd_w Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Not really... Again, not a comprehensive color library out there. Czech khaki I added with an edit is pretty close, but possibly too yellow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+hloberg Posted August 5, 2020 Author Share Posted August 5, 2020 1 minute ago, wierd_w said: Not really... Again, not a comprehensive color library out there. Czech khaki I added with an edit is pretty close, but possibly too yellow. yah, it's too yellow. like I said, I could never find a rattle can paint match of the bottom color that was even close. It's a dark khaki tan and that's about all I can tell you. you know, we nicknamed these the beige TI99s but in reality its the tan or khaki TI99s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wierd_w Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Well.. I am going to reference this thread and the dialog on color picking we just dropped in it, after about another week. I get paid biweekly, and am not the most wealthy. I should have some disposable income to drop on filament then. An alternative would possibly be @Mehridian Sanders , who confided that he is intending to set up a filament recycler/extruder. (he intends to buy bulk PLA pellets, and fabricate filament.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+hloberg Posted August 5, 2020 Author Share Posted August 5, 2020 OK, if you come across anymore you want me to check, just post here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mehridian Sanders Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 On 8/4/2020 at 7:06 PM, wierd_w said: Well.. I am going to reference this thread and the dialog on color picking we just dropped in it, after about another week. I get paid biweekly, and am not the most wealthy. I should have some disposable income to drop on filament then. An alternative would possibly be @Mehridian Sanders , who confided that he is intending to set up a filament recycler/extruder. (he intends to buy bulk PLA pellets, and fabricate filament.) I actually have been wanting to try Beige. This PLA should be arriving on Saturday this week (08/22/2020) https://www.amazon.com/3D-Solutech-Filament-Dimensional-Accuracy/dp/B071L3L6MC 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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