I posed the question as a kind of academic attempt at perspective regarding colors and our perceptions of them. I have already painted everything I have that needs the Erie gray/green. Each example is several colors or shades or tints: under incandescant light, or flourescent, or outside in direct sunlight. And several of them differ. And I don't care. I'm happy with the idea that paints weather with time and washing. Pure, matching sets of equipment were so rare as to be unrealistic. I have always wondered if the Erie, pressed for a color choice by the EMD stylists, didn't simply look at some nearby structure and decide that a rich green and a greyish color were a nice combination. I guess we're lucky they didn't hit on the red door and sash trim color for the striping. Yuck! Randy Brown - -------------------------------------------------------------- Randy, a couple weeks ago you threw out a quick question, something like, "what about Erie gray-green". . . That TTG light color is a bit of a mystery and is portrayed differently. I have models where it is definitely a light GREEN and others where it looks more like a greenish GRAY. The color is variously described as light green or gray-green, depending on the eyeball. I have a ConCor baggage car from 20 (?) years ago that has the TTG down pretty well -- but the package refers to Erie Dark Green and "CREAM". Joe Braun The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List Sponsored by the ELH&TS http://www.elhts.org To Unsubscribe: http://lists.elhts.org/erielackunsub.html ------------------------------
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