Joe Bell can definitely match a color if you send him a sample. I did this when my custom frame was ready to be painted. He told me he'd do his best to match the color, but then asked me to be "rigidly flexible" in my expectations, then proceeded to do an unbelievably awesome job. The color was spot on and looks way better than I could've imagined.
On Tuesday, July 30, 2013 1:21:56 PM UTC-4, Leslie wrote: > > I got ya! > > Yeah.... > > There's "pure khaki", that uniform sand/tan of the current BSA shirts and > USMC Alphas; then there's "pure olive-drab", which would be the rest of > the colors of BSA pants and USMC pants and coats; but then there's that > shade that's a darker khaki and/or a pale olive-drab, that under one light > it's a tan but under another light it's a green, almost as if it was a > tweed blended of the two - I completely understand what you mean now.... > > I think, now that I've thought about, I agree, calling it a "khaki green" > would suit and describe it well.... khaki as tan, OD as green, and "khaki > green" as that between color.... > > Good color.... > > > > On Tuesday, July 30, 2013 1:03:56 PM UTC-4, Liesl wrote: >> >> As folks who went on the RCWS24o will attest, I have a great fondness >> for vintage BSA uniforms, equipment, etc, especially from the 1930's and >> '40's (long OT story that I'll spare you). For the camping trip, I had a >> quite dapper 1940's era wool BSA shirt--metal buttons and everything. They >> don't make 'em like that anymore! I spent some time in the parking lot >> outside of RivWorldHQ trying to match the color paint swatches with my >> shirt. The catalog categorized this color range as yellow-greens. I would >> add that they have a smitch of red so that the color goes in a subtle >> brown-tan direction. Is this Khaki? OD? Olive? Who knows! But the WWII >> era color is quite a bit richer/more complex than what I see in the current >> OD to Khaki directions. It's a bit like the Derby Green tweed of the Riv >> sweaters under a magnifier—lots of different colors in the details. >> >> On Tuesday, July 30, 2013 10:28:51 AM UTC-5, Leslie wrote: >>> >>> Alternate aside: am I weird for only using khaki to describe tan or >>> beige, and if it goes green, I call it olive or olive drab, but not >>> khaki? Maybe it's the former Marine in me, but OD and khaki get paired a >>> lot..... >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tuesday, July 30, 2013 10:42:21 AM UTC-4, Liesl wrote: >>>> >>>> I knew I wouldn't be disappointed by a lack of opinions! A few quick >>>> comments: >>>> >>>> 1) Grants says "any color headtube as long as it's cream" (or the same >>>> color as the rest of the bike) >>>> >>>> 2) the diminutive frame size, the diagatube and tentacular stays, and >>>> my request for a fork that'll take 55mm tires all combined are a design >>>> challenge worthy of the designer! last report was "it's like fitting four >>>> balls into three and a half holes." Keep your fingers crossed on that >>>> front. >>>> >>>> keep your suggestions coming! >>>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
