The purple chip appreciation thread (2 Viewers)

fushia: pink or purple?
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Several years ago I sold these Grape starbursts, and always regretted it…

The pics don’t do these justice at all. The Grape color was probably the richest, deepest and most nuanced I’ve seen in a Paulson. It was like looking at a gem or a really amazing bottle of wine. Sometimes it looked deep red, sometimes black, sometimes dark purple.

I also have not encountered this shade in other chips… Maybe it was just this one batch.

The second pic is closer to how I remember the color.

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Several years ago I sold these Grape starbursts, and always regretted it…

The pics don’t do these justice at all. The Grape color was probably the richest, deepest and most nuanced I’ve seen in a Paulson. It was like looking at a gem or a really amazing bottle of wine. Sometimes it looked deep red, sometimes black, sometimes dark purple.

I also have not encountered this shade in other chips… Maybe it was just this one batch.

The second pic is closer to how I remember the color.

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i was thinking these were grape but could not locate my color rack
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I don’t own a lot of purple chips, but I’ll put this one out there because I really dig the house mold. But the hot stamp seems lackluster. Are there different ways to hotstamp chips? Because if so, this one must be the not-as-awesome method.
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I don’t own a lot of purple chips, but I’ll put this one out there because I really dig the house mold. But the hot stamp seems lackluster. Are there different ways to hotstamp chips? Because if so, this one must be the not-as-awesome method.
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I would say just worn due to wear.
I am sure stamp machines have changed over the years too.
& Modern commercial stampers are a world apart from home hobby hot-stamp machines.
 
Several years ago I sold these Grape starbursts, and always regretted it…

The pics don’t do these justice at all. The Grape color was probably the richest, deepest and most nuanced I’ve seen in a Paulson. It was like looking at a gem or a really amazing bottle of wine. Sometimes it looked deep red, sometimes black, sometimes dark purple.

I also have not encountered this shade in other chips… Maybe it was just this one batch.

The second pic is closer to how I remember the color.
I found my color sample rack (149 paulson colors).
I thought I was missing grape because I was looking at colors and bypassed it until I read "grape".
Without bright light it outright looks like a dark brown, but in bright light or daylight you can see the subtle hint of purple.
The color changes depending on the lighting. Just like certain car paints.
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i pulled out the purple family from the paulson samples
grape is def a step-child in the photos but belongs
desert flower and rose are the doorstep to blue and pink leaving the purple family and can go either way
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Honorable mention to 'purple' is the ASM retro-blue (my version, I assume CPC is the same)
It is just like blurple, but a deeper shade.
Debatable that it is 'dark blue' or 'deep purple'.
I have 4 racks with 4 spot variations because I am nutjob.
They mix well so I am happy. That whole set has all denoms with mostly 2 spot color variations mixed (check out the 5'ers).
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took them outside for better light
overcast and raining but you can see the difference

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took them outside for better light
overcast and raining but you can see the difference

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If anyone has a link to a Paulsons color samples list please post it here.
Trying to figure out why I have 2 Rose (w different stamps).
I have 149 color samples & all were purchased at the same time as a set (from @Apache) ~15 years ago.
I am curious about the variations over time, what is no longer available, & if new colors have been added since.
Thinking about making a list of all of mine (with good pics) (but do not want to waste my time if it has already been done).
 
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If anyone has a link to a Paulsons color samples list please post it here.
Trying to figure out why I have 2 Rose (w different stamps).
I have 149 color samples & all were purchased at the same time as a set (from @Apache) ~15 years ago.
I am curious about the variations over time, what is no longer available, & if new colors have been added since.
Thinking about making a list of all of mine (with good pics) (but do not want to waste my time if it has already been done).
I think there might be something in the resources section. However, with hotel internet, I cant look up a photo-heavy page to give you the link.
 
I think there might be something in the resources section. However, with hotel internet, I cant look up a photo-heavy page to give you the link.
yeah, I tried, but tired
I fancy myself a good searcher but will retry tomorrow.
 
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