tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post1133534273659768334..comments2024-03-28T13:44:09.103-04:00Comments on Night Owl Cards: More obsessive color grouping and rankingnight owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-71448930587459402442015-01-20T09:33:45.987-05:002015-01-20T09:33:45.987-05:00Best part is that the color person must have been ...Best part is that the color person must have been hypnotized by the pink and green and created variations on the lower part of the Cubs letters...<br /><br />See 'em here: http://vintagecubbies.blogspot.com/2011/06/1972-cubs.htmlGCAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14713246271197550543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-31616757272379175932015-01-19T03:14:13.295-05:002015-01-19T03:14:13.295-05:00Topps used that same eye-searing pink in the 1971-...Topps used that same eye-searing pink in the 1971-72 basketball set. But much more of it. http://www.tradingcarddb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/2015/cid/630742/1971-72-Topps-171-Billy-Keller?PageIndex=1 <br /><br />They also used red, dark green, blue, yellow, and orange. Billy Kingsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847326710191224832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-40133907350736283242015-01-18T23:35:14.754-05:002015-01-18T23:35:14.754-05:00Did you notice that the blue-orange shading for th...Did you notice that the blue-orange shading for the letters of the Rangers are reversed on the Astros? Maybe that's one reason you are more drawn to the Astros cards.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17127231103426175652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-23911034134085359292015-01-18T21:56:22.977-05:002015-01-18T21:56:22.977-05:00Topps had some issues with 'orange' and &#...Topps had some issues with 'orange' and 'light orange' as far back as 1959 I think. When I was <a href="http://59toppsblog.blogspot.com/2012/05/colors-of-1959-overview.html" rel="nofollow">parsing colors for my '59 blog</a> I originally considered there to be two distinct shades. But one night I had all the orange cards spread out on my desk and to my eye there were all sorts of variations. I finally decided that 'orange' was 'orange' and age/printing variations, etc. was behind the differences. But I'm still not totally sure.<br /><br />Great post, btw. I love this stuff. I like the Orioles/Cards combo but I think the Yankees/Giants yellow-red-orange is my favorite.Commishbobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18069472376708715755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-84969046822460535972015-01-18T21:40:51.584-05:002015-01-18T21:40:51.584-05:00I guess what I meant was "gold," which i...I guess what I meant was "gold," which is kind of close to orange.night owlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-8319839427060420882015-01-18T21:25:17.253-05:002015-01-18T21:25:17.253-05:00I think the Brewers were still in Yellow and blue,...I think the Brewers were still in Yellow and blue, not orange -- due to the color scheme left behind by the Seattle Pilots which continues to this day in many respects. It's just Topps's airbrushing that made it look orange!Tony L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01349226671097456632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-65696922380664195022015-01-18T20:59:39.308-05:002015-01-18T20:59:39.308-05:00I thought it was weird then that the Yankees got y...I thought it was weird then that the Yankees got yellow and I still that's the case since yellow has never been been anywhere close to their color scheme. But there was no black or even dark blue background so maybe they got it by the process of elimination since they appear to have doled out color schemes in even numbers and somebody had to complement the Rangers. That said, I always thought the green worked well with the Reds, not so much with the Red Sox.Jamie Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15184760000629386642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-52076720488876983782015-01-18T20:14:38.294-05:002015-01-18T20:14:38.294-05:00Many of my favorite sets are the more colorful one...Many of my favorite sets are the more colorful ones (1956, 1959, 1960, 1972, 1975). Sets like 1970 and 1973 don't do as much for me. But I'll take any set from 1952-1988 over what's being produced now.Matt Runyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08386635541020320778noreply@blogger.com