Filco white color equivalent at Sig Plastics

igro · 09 May 2011, 20:27

I asked if they could make some keys of the same color as filco white and was asked to send a sample so they could match it. I have only one filco white and don't want to pull out a key just to send it as as sample so i hope some of you know what color code i should ask them for.

sixty · 09 May 2011, 20:31

I do not have a white Filco, so I can't pick for you. Maybe you can judge the cloesest from this picture.

credit for the pic to kbdholic.

sixty · 09 May 2011, 20:32

I would guess WCK or WFK is close to the Filco cream white.

igro · 09 May 2011, 20:44

Thanks sixty!
I'll also ask filco (edit: i mean diatec)if they can tell me the color code and perhaps that way SP could match it more exactly.

sixty · 09 May 2011, 21:03

I don't think Diatec/Costar will release such information, since afterall you are using it to make a third party product for their keyboards. May as well be used to make better bootlegs. I once asked about spacebar dimensions and they were not revealed to me for those reasons.

nathanscribe · 11 May 2011, 17:26

How do the cream Cherry doubleshots sit against the Filco white? I've never seen them side by side.

Gilgam · 11 May 2011, 20:29

you can still order samples plastics from sp in th group buy 3 (35 dollars if i remember).

ripster · 12 May 2011, 02:00

$35! I get color wheels free from my paint store.

Maybe if they just published the Pantones.

xbb · 12 May 2011, 10:07

ripster wrote:$35! I get color wheels free from my paint store.

Maybe if they just published the Pantones.

do you think they know what is Pantone?

Gilgam · 12 May 2011, 13:01

these are samples of plastic, i paid 20$ for some wool samples ...

igro · 12 May 2011, 16:43

Well, sixty was right. I got one of the most polite responses from them that i have ever read. But no cigar.
I know i've seen a tool for color sampling. Where can I get one of those?
http://www.konicaminolta.com/sensingusa ... index.html

sixty · 12 May 2011, 16:57

Now that is cool. Too bad that device already looks like it will cost more than a double-shot run of every single color.

webwit · 12 May 2011, 17:27

Melissa wasn't so polite when I asked them if they could do something, and they didn't reply at all. Twice. Apparently Melissa saw my email, twice, and thought.. hmm.. it's almost 5 o'clock, let's move it to this little trashcan. Melissa was rude. And not very smart. I spend my money elsewhere.

Gilgam · 12 May 2011, 21:07

where ?

is there another double shot keys supplier ?

xbb · 12 May 2011, 21:20

somewhere hidden... there must be someone!

webwit · 12 May 2011, 22:19

Who says I spend it on double shot keys?

Gilgam · 12 May 2011, 22:44

is there a life beyond keyboards

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