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Title: Any suggestions for yellow buttons and joysticks that match
Post by: AlienInferno on July 20, 2014, 01:03:34 am
Looking for anyone who might be able to suggest some button / joystick ball combinations.  I am wanting yellow buttons and ball tops for my sticks that match in shading.  I've seen a lot of different color shades of yellow.  Would rather buy once and not have to worry about the colors not matching exactly.  Like getting stuck with bright yellow buttons and a kind of dark tinted yellow ball top.

Links would be nice if you know some that might be good.  Otherwise maybe a product number or something so I can find it relatively easily.
Title: Re: Any suggestions for yellow buttons and joysticks that match
Post by: PL1 on July 20, 2014, 08:08:40 am
Color matching can be tricky unless you are buying butons and balltop from the same manufacturer and/or you can do a side-by-side comparison.

Eds1275 suggested a wiki page like this (http://newwiki.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?title=Color_Matching_Parts) to compile this type of info.

If anyone can do a side-by-side comparison of two or more products (buttons, balltops, battops, t-molding), please tell us your first-hand observations in the thread here (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,140091.0.html).

Let us know what specific products you find that:
 * Do color-match
 * Almost color-match
 * Don't color-match
 * Don't color-match, but are complimentary colors (Not certain about this designation, LMK if it's a bad idea.  :dunno)
 * Match (or don't match) texture/finish

Example:
Quote
The yellow IL Compact battop stick color-matches the yellow Goldleaf (http://www.ultimarc.com/goldleaf.html) pushbutton, but has a different (matte) texture.

The yellow Arcade Prime (http://groovygamegear.com/webstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=352&zenid=9cgg5fi7ctfnb8klrf20nvn6n3) pushbutton almost color-matches the yellow IL Compact battop, but is slightly darker and has a different (smooth) texture.


Scott
Title: Re: Any suggestions for yellow buttons and joysticks that match
Post by: RandyT on July 21, 2014, 03:44:57 pm


The Golden Yellow Hand Candy ball top and Yellow CLASSX buttons are very close.  Perfect matching is usually not possible, as the materials used differ between the parts/manufacturers. 

It's not even uncommon for two different production lots of the same part, from the same manufacturer, to vary slightly in color.
Title: Re: Any suggestions for yellow buttons and joysticks that match
Post by: PL1 on July 21, 2014, 04:18:32 pm
The Golden Yellow Hand Candy ball top and Yellow CLASSX buttons are very close.  Perfect matching is usually not possible, as the materials used differ between the parts/manufacturers.
How do those compare to your Solar Yellow (http://groovygamegear.com/webstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=75&products_id=223&zenid=oaldk8am2b1lmnk18oveddnpm3) 3/4-inch T-Molding?   ;D

I agree that the perfect can be the enemy of the good -- we're just shooting for good data.   :cheers:


Scott
Title: Re: Any suggestions for yellow buttons and joysticks that match
Post by: AlienInferno on July 21, 2014, 06:14:59 pm


The Golden Yellow Hand Candy ball top and Yellow CLASSX buttons are very close.  Perfect matching is usually not possible, as the materials used differ between the parts/manufacturers. 

Randy,

I was actually looking at the different products on your site last night and came to the conclusion I was going to order those exact ones.
Title: Re: Any suggestions for yellow buttons and joysticks that match
Post by: shponglefan on July 21, 2014, 06:41:46 pm
It's not even uncommon for two different production lots of the same part, from the same manufacturer, to vary slightly in color.

This is true.  I have multiple HAPP buttons that vary in shades of the same color.
Title: Re: Any suggestions for yellow buttons and joysticks that match
Post by: ChanceKJ on July 22, 2014, 01:24:21 am
Ugh, try matching black with black.  There are so many shades of, well,  black.
Title: Re: Any suggestions for yellow buttons and joysticks that match
Post by: RandyT on July 22, 2014, 03:36:42 pm
How do those compare to your Solar Yellow (http://groovygamegear.com/webstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=75&products_id=223&zenid=oaldk8am2b1lmnk18oveddnpm3) 3/4-inch T-Molding?   ;D

I agree that the perfect can be the enemy of the good -- we're just shooting for good data.   :cheers:

I'd call it a "good" match.  It's a tiny bit lighter, but the hue is pretty consistent with the controls.

Title: Re: Any suggestions for yellow buttons and joysticks that match
Post by: Vigo on July 22, 2014, 03:55:43 pm
Yellow bothers me big time when it is a "big bird yellow" combined with "Winnie-the-pooh yellow". See that all the time on circuit machines with random old happ buttons mixed in as replacements.
Title: Re: Any suggestions for yellow buttons and joysticks that match
Post by: PL1 on July 22, 2014, 06:07:58 pm
Thanks for the observations.

Color Matching (http://newwiki.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?title=Color_Matching_Parts) Wiki page updated.

Yellow bothers me big time when it is a "big bird yellow" combined with "Winnie-the-pooh yellow". See that all the time on circuit machines with random old happ buttons mixed in as replacements.
That's why the block at the intersection of Part A and Part C is red.   ;D


Scott
Title: Re: Any suggestions for yellow buttons and joysticks that match
Post by: epetti on July 22, 2014, 06:25:00 pm
I was pretty happy with the match of the yellow gold leaf pushbuttons from ultimarc and the sanwa yellow ball top lb-35 (mad Katz sf4 tournament series jlf)
Title: Re: Any suggestions for yellow buttons and joysticks that match
Post by: PL1 on July 22, 2014, 07:11:26 pm
Thanks, Epetti.

Anyone have more observations before I add the Sanwa LB-35?


Scott