• BI "should" be correct, but they tend to not match the official Lego hexes perfectly, which I interpret as a warning sign.
  
• Bricklink has a 60-70% hit ratio when it comes to colours, which should always be seen a critical
  
• Photos heavily depend on lighting and image quality, so it's best to check for multiple image sources and compare
  
• Having the real part is often very helpful, but requires a matching example of every ink on the part as a plastic counterpart. Also thin lines are still hard to identify.
  

• How does it match to other colours in the set (or theme) it first appeared in?
  
• Were the colours part of the palette in that year it first appeared?
  
• Is a small detail worth introducing another colour in that print? Note that the amount of colours influences the production cost.
  
• Does it make sense depicting the "object" in the print in that colour? Especially when facing licensed parts, checking the (non-Lego) source it's based on might help.
  

(2025-11-04, 18:31)Orion Pobursky Wrote: The short answer is: make a judgement call. The worst that will happen is that we'll have to change it later.

(2025-11-04, 11:51)Peter Grass Wrote: What is the position in regard to matching the colours of the BI textures vs the colours that say Bricklink say the colours are?

For example making part 3069pb1341
https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=3069pb1341&idColor=152#T=C&C=152

A) is the part in studio which uses the texture from BI

B) My go to match those colours

C) The colours if you go by the parts description in the Bricklink store.

So do we just ignore the actual texture colours and go with the store decription?

(2025-11-05, 20:22)Peter Blomberg Wrote: Looking at two of the three sets that contain that part, I claim the cat is darker than medium nougat. Most likely medium brown as the cat in 'Cat birthday party'. Therefore, I would not trust BL in this case. Your example also has a tan? tile when the tile should be light aqua. If you have the background color correct, it'd be easier to match the other colors.
The color behind the cat is most likely medium azure partly based on color usage over the years and based on similarity to other medium azure surfaces in that set. It is known that the computational rendering of medium azure is too light compared to the real color.

Quote:Doesn't LEGO use arbitrary colors in prints and stickers? 

(2025-11-06, 17:16)Sylvain Sauvage Wrote: You know, it’s neither forbidden nor difficult to discuss or propose a change of name on BrickLink when you believe it’s wrong.

(2025-11-07, 0:07)Peter Blomberg Wrote: Interesting. BL lists the cat as medium brown:
https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=11602pb16#T=C&C=240
Rebrickable too:
https://rebrickable.com/parts/11602pr0010/animal-cat-sitting-with-dark-brown-stripes-white-chest-ears-print/
LEGO:
https://www.lego.com/en-au/pick-and-build/pick-a-brick?CMP=AFC-AffiliateUS-tEBaI6a6MU8-2788127-1606623-10&query=110335
Brickset:
https://brickset.com/parts/6520143/cat-w-1-5-hole-no-34

(2025-11-07, 17:17)Orion Pobursky Wrote: In the past, BL was fairly hostile to any suggestion that their way was not the best way.  That was before the LEGO takeover but old habits of not communicating die hard.