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What color is 'smoked' glass?
Frostillicus:
For monitor bezel glass:
I have the option at the glass store to get a brownish tint or a greyish tint - light and dark of each and either 1/4" or 1/8".
What are people using? - I'm not too fond of plexi/lexan for this and the glass would look top-shelf. (I'd think smoke=grey, but some of my smoke-ing friends have brown fingers and yellow teeth so who knows- another reason why I don't smoke :P )
Brown? Grey? Light? Dark? Thickness? Hmmm....maybe I should make a poll for this...thanks :)
paigeoliver:
Definitely brown tint. I have a few pieces of arcade smoked plexi laying around and none of it would be classified as grey.
I would go with light color, unless you are trying to hide burn in, if that is the case then go for dark.
KevSteele:
I was given two choices when I ordered some smoked glass for my entertainment center: charcoal or bronze.
The charcoal is a black/gray color, and the bronze is a brown tint.
For a cab bezel I'd think the charcoal is the way to go.
rampy:
I'm a charcoal/grey man myself... although I think either would do the deed equally...
Did oscar hypothesis (or randyt) that grey would filter more evenly the colors or am I making stuff up... maybe worth diggin up that old thread...
rampy
RandyT:
--- Quote from: rampy on June 02, 2003, 04:38:43 pm ---I'm a charcoal/grey man myself... although I think either would do the deed equally...
Did oscar hypothesis (or randyt) that grey would filter more evenly the colors or am I making stuff up... maybe worth diggin up that old thread...
--- End quote ---
It was probably one of us ;)
I vote for the charcoal/gray. Even though there is still a very slight (and I mean slight) green tint to that material, I still believe it is more neutral than the bronze.
The other thing to keep in mind that bronze will have a certain amount of color when light reflects off of it, whereas the charcoal is more black. It's purely aesthetics, but maybe something you'll want to consider.
RandyT