Festool Colors

[Packard]

I agree that the green and warm-white colors of the Systainer are notable, but when I look at the Festool machines, my mind registers green and black mostly.  The white disappears into the background. 

So (sorry, Festool lovers), the colors remind me of a Sharpie.  [eek] [eek] [big grin]

 

[woodbutcherbower]

Warm white? Maybe it's different over the pond - but mine are pale grey.

Or maybe you've just overdosed on some of our delicious Brit chocolate  ;D

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[jeffinsgf]

Warm white? Maybe it's different over the pond - but mine are pale grey.

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They start out pale gray (grey), but I'll go along with "warm white" for any that are more than 5 or 6 years old. They seem to age poorly.

 

[Packard]

Maybe under fluorescent light it looks grey, mine looks like a light shade of beige.  Maybe “light greige” if you are an interior decorator.

 

[Crazyraceguy]

Seems like the older ones (1st generation) with the double clips, were more toward the yellowish/tanish than the T-locs. Those are more grey. Then the newest ones (Sys3) are slightly different too.
The green seems consistent though  [big grin]

Most of mine are going to be 5 years old at the end of this month and I just got a new one. I'll have to compare them tomorrow. I never noticed the aging thing? Maybe because they are stored in Sysports and not exposed to the sun?

 

[Packard]

Sun and UV light sources will fade plastics (and paint) over time.  With the demise of fluorescent lighting (a source of UV light indoors), we see far less of this.

I was a wedding photographer for several years, and the wedding photos hung up in hallways hardly faded at all.

But those that were exposed to (even indirect) sunlight or fluorescent light would fade horribly.  Album pages hardly faded at all. 

With the exception of black molded plastic, all other colors require a more expensive colorant to be UV resistant.  Apparently all black colorants are UV resistant. 

So an injection molder, trying to make a little more money, might skimp on the colorants and use non-UV resistant versions.  There is no way for the customer to check other than to require certification and colorant receipts with each shipment.

We’ve all seen store signs (red, especially) where the color faded badly.  The sign maker used cheap plastic for those signs. 

Also, the self-adhesive sign film is available as “plain” and “UV resistant”.  The same economics drive the sales of the cheaper versions.

 

[Michael Kellough]

I agree that it’s primarily the ingredients in the plastic that differs and results in different colors when nominally the same.

I have Systainers have never been exposed to the sun and the lids are different shades of off-white than the boxes.

T-lock Systainers will never be as old as Classics but so far they seem to be more resistant to yellowing.