New platinum filament...

@jcm-1 Can you share what LaB, RAL or other color system value this PLA should match to?

A while back I measured platinum gray paint on a CD-ROM drive with a JZ-300 color meter.
It read:
L 76
A* 0
B* 3

I'm curious how close this PLA color would be to that.

Elemenoh said:

@jcm-1 Can you share what LaB, RAL or other color system value this PLA should match to?

A while back I measured platinum gray paint on a CD-ROM drive with a JZ-300 color meter.
It read:
L 76
A* 0
B* 3

I'm curious how close this PLA color would be to that.

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The closest RAL standard color is RAL 7044. This has been established for a couple of years now (also by me). I matched it using a nix Mini 2 color sensor, getting an RGB value, then cross referencing that to the RAL color standard. We had been getting filament from ColorFabb in the Netherlands, but they cost something like $46/750g plus shipping and import duty - so not very cost effective.

This filament from Polar Filaments was matched physically. I sent them the speaker box from inside my Color Classic (i.e. has never seen light, so no yellowing), and they matched it to that doing whatever color matching magic they do. Attached is the color swatch match to the speaker box.

Just ordered 3 spools!

Dang it, I was trying to decided on some additional colors to buy to get free shipping and now they are sold out. Oh well, fingers crossed they'll see there is a good market for this! Three cheers for @jcm-1!

I missed out as well, but will be looking to pick up a spool or two once it's back in stock. Meanwhile, it looks like Ars picked up on this too?

EDIT: I just rechecked and it still says in stock for me. So I placed an order. Let's see what happens.

Nycturne said:

I missed out as well, but will be looking to pick up a spool or two once it's back in stock. Meanwhile, it looks like Ars picked up on this too?

EDIT: I just rechecked and it still says in stock for me. So I placed an order. Let's see what happens.

Endangered classic Mac plastic color returns as 3D-printer filament

Mac fan paid $900 to color-match iconic Apple beige-gray “Platinum” plastic for everyone.

arstechnica.com

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Same, was able to order as well!