[GreenKeys] tty paint colors

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The Teletype parts manual for Model 28 cabinets lists at least a
dozen available colors, including "pink". I had a Model 28ASR that
was glossy beige. Bell 28's went through several color variations;
early ones had a green wrinkle finish; the later 28's had the more-
familiar "orange peel" gray-green color. Most of the WU 28's I have
seen were the same Bell gray-green. If a machine has multi-color
pieces, it was cobbled together. The only variation I have seen was a
WU Model 28ASR that had a non-Teletype Corp. TD head on it.
The wrap-around metal for that TD was WU's "pea green"
color.

Jack K0TTY

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-------------- Original message from Randy or Sherry Guttery <comcents at bellsouth.net>: -------------- 


> gil smith wrote: 
> > Hi folks: 
> > 
> > Wow -- lots of info on paint, and I am still a bit confused. Let me 
> > gather it together here in one place. I need to paint a 28ASR sometime, 
> > and I am not sure what would be best. 
> 
> 
> Well then - let me throw the well-known monkey wrench into the works and 
> really confuse the deal. 
> 
> Go to this site: 
> 
> http://www.colorserver.net/ 
> 
> You can get "samples" of every standard color in the Federal Pallet. If 
> you click on the link at the bottom of the gray box on the (6) gray link 
> - it will give you a pallet of greys. You can click on one - and it will 
> show it to you. Click on that link again - pick another gray (or any 
> other color for that matter - and it will show you both. Pick as many 
> colors as you want to compare. Some things to keep in mind: 
> 
> 1) your monitor probably isn't calibrated - so the colors may not be 
> accurate. 
> 
> 2) your printer probably isn't calibrated either - however - if you find 
> a gray (or other color) you like - (as it prints on your printer) you 
> can have that analyzed at any color matching place (Lowes, HomeDepot, 
> most car parts places that offer automotive paint, etc.). 
> 
> 3) If your monitor / printer is pretty close - that color number is the 
> Federal Standard color number (FS nnnnn) and most places can cross that 
> to either their closet pre-mixed color - or mix it exactly. 
> 
> Most major paint manufacturers want to be FS compatible (Have 
> ready-made colors that match (at least some) of the colors- since that's 
> how gubmint people are supposed to get paint colors. 
> 
> And you just thought you were getting this figured out!!! 
> 
> best!!! 
> -- 
> randy guttery 
> 
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