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[NeoViny23]

DG Arc Yellow is absolute fire, even/especially as base color.

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• Nex
• May 20, 2021

DG Peach, not my personal first choice but looking good both as spot and base.
DG Yellow can be ok for thin spots. I just hate that it glows green-ish under UV and not yellow.

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• Nex
• May 20, 2021

DG Saturn... puke green sheen and looks wonky even as a spot color.
On the other hand it actually glows yellow under UV.

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• Nex
• May 20, 2021

Canary imo looks a bit nicer than on that last pic, I guess the sample is a little dirty. Still a muted color.

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• Nex
• May 20, 2021

Yellow... more like ochre.

Butterscotch is absolutely usable again.

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• Nex
• Mar 25, 2018

These photos are all carefully calibrated for white balance and everything, but if the screen you're viewing them on is junk you will still get a wrong impression.

This is an awesome comparison!!! I would like to add, that there is always a little risk, that colors "can look a bit different" when they are used for spots, based on the base color of the chip...

As I first looked at my DG Peach chip (which I love and I am happy to choose DG Peach over DG Arc Yellow), I wonder because the canary spot almost look a bit greenish in stacks... But in the end I really fell in love with this Combo!

 

[Kid_Eastwood]

DG Peach, not my personal first choice but looking good both as spot and base.
DG Yellow can be ok for thin spots. I just hate that it glows green-ish under UV and not yellow.

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• Nex
• May 20, 2021

Agree with this, I also selected this "yellow" as base color.

I also used DG Yellow, but as spot color.

 

[Quicksilver-75]

Said it before, I'll say it again. Dg Saturn and dg orange are both translucent. Meaning, if you hold them up to light, it passes through the shallow edges. Because of this the color seems to be not uniform and against bright colors will allow some "tinting" of the outer edge. They are best used for 1/8" spots to minimize this effect. Both colors are hideous and unless it is exactly the color you're looking for, should be avoided.

My 2c.

Coincidentally, I recently used it for an upcoming chip. Lol.

 

[chipinla]

Agree with this, I also selected this "yellow" as base color.

I also used DG Yellow, but as spot color.

 

[LeGold]

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Love those DG Bright Green spots!

(@Eriks )

 

[PlaidDragon]

Agree with this, I also selected this "yellow" as base color.

I also used DG Yellow, but as spot color.

I agree. My choice of a “yellow” was the same:

 

[AK Chip]

I used DG arc yellow for my tourney set. Regular yellow looks pretty good with darker colors.

 

[Venturalvn]

Regular yellow does well with darker edgespots, for sure. (Oiled on the right).

Still not sure I understand the need to name DG Arc Yellow a yellow at all. Seems orange to me. Here it is next to DG Yellow on the gray chip.

 

[JeepologyOffroad]

Probably because it’s similar to Paulson arc yellow

 

[Venturalvn]

Probably because it’s similar to Paulson arc yellow

I like it as an edgespot but as a base color DG Peach is OP (also seen next to it above).

 

[doublebooyah85]

Probably because it’s similar to Paulson arc yellow

Right? Looks very close. Can we see a Paulson arc compared to the CPC arc?

 

[kimbless]

Right? Looks very close. Can we see a Paulson arc compared to the CPC arc?

I got you

 

[NeoViny23]

May i ask, how old the DG Arc Yellow color Sample is? It might be the Display, but it looks a bit dark on that picture... The actual CPC color is defenitely brighter ...

 

[kimbless]

May i ask, how old the DG Arc Yellow color Sample is? It might be the Display, but it looks a bit dark on that picture... The actual CPC color is defenitely brighter ...

I bought the color sample from CPC in March.

 

[raynmanas]

May i ask, how old the DG Arc Yellow color Sample is? It might be the Display, but it looks a bit dark on that picture... The actual CPC color is defenitely brighter ...

and paulson arc yellow is significantly brighter as well, so i think this is just a dark picture.

 

[Quicksilver-75]

May i ask, how old the DG Arc Yellow color Sample is? It might be the Display, but it looks a bit dark on that picture... The actual CPC color is defenitely brighter ...

Pretty sure the texture deadens the color a bit.

 

[kimbless]

and paulson arc yellow is significantly brighter as well, so i think this is just a dark picture.

The pic will def not be the true color, I posted it as a comparison photo only. The room I took the photo in doesn't have a lot of natural light so it's hard to capture perfectly.

 

[NeoViny23]

All right... My camera sensor always has a hard time to reproduce the DG Peach correctly. But it ain't just "darker" on pictures, it's the color itself that turns out to be more saturated and stronger... In real they look better than on pictures...

 

[Nex]

All right... My camera sensor always has a hard time to reproduce the DG Peach correctly. But it ain't just "darker" on pictures, it's the color itself that turns out to be more saturated and stronger... In real they look better than on pictures...

Do you shoot RAW?

If not, try a different "picture style" or whatever it's called by your camera's manufacturer. Some of the factory presets really exaggerate colors.

 

[quixotemi]

I got you
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Thats such a slight but big difference

 

[NeoViny23]

Do you shoot RAW?

While using my Sony RX-1: yes

With my Smartphone its almost impossible to shot a "close to reality" picture of a DG Peach Chip

 

[maxim_666666]

I have a small question that I haven't been able to find an answer to for an hour now. If I place an order for 500 chips, then I can order 5 different chips. It's clear. Let's say 10 10 10 10 460.
But what if I need 540? Is it still 5 different colors?
Or is it already 6?

 

[Rhodeman77]

I have a small question that I haven't been able to find an answer to for an hour now. If I place an order for 500 chips, then I can order 5 different chips. It's clear. Let's say 10 10 10 10 460.
But what if I need 540? Is it still 5 different colors?
Or is it already 6?

For every 100 chips ordered you can have a different design. If you want 6 different chips you would need to order at least 600 total chips.

So if you order 500 chips you can have up to 5 different chips. You could order 300, 50, 50, 50, 50.

Or 300, 100, 100, or 250, 250, etc…..

Usually they want at least 20 of a chip though as a minimum.

 

[maxim_666666]

For every 100 chips ordered you can have a different design. If you want 6 different chips you would need to order at least 600 total chips.

So if you order 500 chips you can have up to 5 different chips. You could order 300, 50, 50, 50, 50.

Or 300, 100, 100, or 250, 250, etc…..

Usually they want at least 20 of a chip though as a minimum.

Thanks, that's what I thought!
But, I'm a little confused....

 

[ChipMonster]

This pic has the samples all next to each other if helpful. Dayglo colors are 25 - 33

 

[maxim_666666]

This pic has the samples all next to each other if helpful. Dayglo colors are 25 - 33

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Thank you! Great photo! Does anyone know how similar the old colors are to the new ones? I compared my Atlantic Clubs to the ASM color samples and it was very close...

 

[SteveEH]

Thank you! Great photo! Does anyone know how similar the old colors are to the new ones? I compared my Atlantic Clubs to the ASM color samples and it was very close...

The dayglow colors have changed since ASM per David. Also I have personally seen a lot of variance for white since my order from Around 2005.

 

[JMC9389]

The dayglow colors have changed since ASM per David. Also I have personally seen a lot of variance for white since my order from Around 2005.

Indeed. Much, much brighter. Even on my CPC sample (not sure how old it is), the dayglow chips are much more dull than the product that I got. Tiger, Peach, Pink, and Peacock POP.

 

[maxim_666666]

Indeed. Much, much brighter. Even on my CPC sample (not sure how old it is), the dayglow chips are much more dull than the product that I got. Tiger, Peach, Pink, and Peacock POP.

You have amazing chips!!!

 

[bigblind]

day-glo colors are brighter, white has gotten brighter also