Colors ain't colors

[bear]

Inspired by a post from another thread

I'm going to wait for spring and then get a set of whitewalls from @UncleAl
She really is beautiful.  I can't believe how pretty she is in person.  Pictures don't capture the metallic like properties of the blue paint.  It's like a cobalt blue.

I too have noticed that some photos don't capture the awesomeness of the blue kettles.

Now I accept that the color of some blues are different from each generation of blue porcelain, but I have also noticed the difference in my own photos.

I recently acquired a blue kettle, and I have been frantically taking pics on sunny days trying to get that perfect angle that truly shows off the color, with no success.

Here is an example of what I get. Yes, they are different kettles, but same generation (I think). No, not mine.




Anyone else have more beautiful kettles in real life than pictures sometimes show? Other colors?

[TheDude]

Try when it's overcast.

[Travis]

I hope to have a blue someday. They are beautiful.

Hey, That second picture looks like he had a shart


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[captjoe06]

I hope to have a blue someday. They are beautiful.

Hey, That second picture looks like he had a shart


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Lolololol!


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[Bob BQ]

The blues definitely came in different shades. The newer ones tend to have a darker hue. The one that I have (18 OTG) is a DH/2004, and is a darker, almost purpley blue. My favorite shade (aside from the Glenn blue), is the blue from the 80's... Looks much closer to the MT you posted, @bear ...

[Scott Zee]

Here's my "G" code OTS


And my "DU" code SSP


The DU is a much darker blue. The 18.5OTG is also a DU and matches the SSP exactly

[Craig]

Here's my 1979 blue





My 1978 blue




1995 MT





1980 Lid-1981 Bowl Blue.




1995 MT and 2004 OTG.




1980 18 with the B/C code 22




No two blues are alike. I maintain that the oldest dark blues (1978-84 or so) have a "Ford Blue" tint to them. My 95 has a lake blue kind of thing going on. My 04 has the periwinkle hue to it.

[firedude5015]

That '79 MBH is sooooo damned beautiful. I want a blue, ..badly..I have a blue Bud Light SJ, but it's a looker for sure, not a cooker.
Several nice Blues here Fellas!!

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[pbe gummi bear]

Yes, there are different shades of blue. Your camera will capture the deeper color under the shade.

[RottiGuy]

Wow, love those blues!!!

[Geezer]

Those blues are beautiful.  I'd like to add one of those to my pile.

[hawgheaven]

I love the blues... blues music, blue kettles. Yum.

[pbe gummi bear]

A little photoshop action never hurts.

[MINIgrillin]

The current CnB blue has a pleasant purple hue to it in the right light. This is a pic from in the store.