https://sheets.works/data-viz/lego-colors

I pulled color data from Rebrickable and tried to visualize the full history of LEGO’s color palette.

Since 1949, LEGO has produced 228 solid colors (excluding transparent ones). Today only 56 are still active, while the rest have been discontinued over the years.

The visualization shows when each color first appeared, how long it lasted, and when it disappeared.

A few things that surprised me while building it:

  • The palette stayed really small for decades
  • The late 90s introduced a huge wave of new colors
  • Around 2004 LEGO replaced several classic colors like Light Gray and Brown
  • Some colours lasted 50+ years while others only appeared briefly

Curious what people here think, especially if you’ve been collecting long enough to remember some of the older colours. --u/Mastbubbles

  • edgemaster72@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 days ago

    Seems like maybe there’s an error[1] in the source data on Rebrickable since it included Trans-Medium Purple but this is not supposed to include transparent colors. That or everyone has decided on a very ironic name for that color.

    1. The colors.csv file has Trans-Medium Purple flagged False under is_trans

      id name rgb is_trans num_parts num_sets y1 y2
      1094 Trans-Medium Purple 8D73B3 False 258 92 2003 2006
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