Apple II color

[Sanman]

Hi,

I talked to my old boss from Finishing Technology Inc., they closed in 1986, I worked there in the mid 70's to mid 80's, until I started Finishing First Inc. in 1986. I asked him if he had any of the old office records from back then, he let me go through about 30 boxes of old records. I found the Apple approved paint sample for Apple beige, still in the Apple folder. this is the color we painted the II's, II+'s and disk drives. The paint color was a custom mixed color, it was not from the PMS Pantone color chart or Fedral Standard color chart, it was custom made for Apple. I have a picture of the sample on my computer, but I don't know how to post it here. If anyone is interested, tell me how to post it and I will be happy to share it with you.

Ed

 

[Mac128]

Fantastic! I Love this. Exactly what I would have guessed based on how that computer case design by Manock came to be. I don't think you can post images here. But there is a 68K Flickr account which would be a good place to put it. Check the link menu in the top right corner of the page (under the Forum navigation) for "Flickr". Then you can post the direct page link here for easy reference. Thanks so much Sanman.

 

[Sanman]

I put the pictures of the paint chip on the 68k Flickr account, I am not sure how to put the link here.

Ed

 

[Mac128]

I put the pictures of the paint chip on the 68k Flickr account, I am not sure how to put the link here.

http://flickr.com/photos/24235773@N07/2299449666/

Upon looking at this, I'm actually not sure how you connect your pictures to the group, so that they show up on the "Pool" page by date added. Either way, all you do is click on your profile, or picture and the copy the URL (which is what I did above).

Fantastic bit of history. The lighting in that photo makes it look a little green to me as well. How does it compare to the PMS 453 chip you have access to?

 

[Sanman]

The Apple beige chip is a true beige, nothing close to that color in the Pantone book, I wold say it is at least 15-20 shades off of the PMS 453.

not even close to the same color.

I just ordered some paint chips that are called Apple Platinum from one my paint suppliers, they tell me this is the real Apple platinum color, it is a powder coating and requires a 400 degree bake, so I cant use it on plastic, but I can have matched in liquid coating for plastic.

Ed

 

[bigD]

Ooooh...I'd definitely be interested in a liquid coating in Apple Platinum. That'd be awesome.

 

[TheNixer]

Wow, this is pretty amazing. Wouldn't it be nice to have our yellowed stuff looking new again.

 

[wood_e]

frickin' awesome