Best color(s) to show off lugs
03-22-11, 05:59 PM
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Best color(s) to show off lugs
The best paint hues to show off clean lug lines - what say you?
03-22-11, 06:05 PM
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Pastels and light colors with the lugs outlined or contrasting tubes all the way, I really like Creams myself. Bob has done some wonderful builds in those colors. even without outlines they will shadow in the right light.
Next build I am doing will be Cream body, British racing green head tube and gold outlines on lugs. SouthPawBoston has done some wonderful builds in those types of colors. https://www.flickr.com/photos/7516215@N03/
Next build I am doing will be Cream body, British racing green head tube and gold outlines on lugs. SouthPawBoston has done some wonderful builds in those types of colors. https://www.flickr.com/photos/7516215@N03/
03-22-11, 06:06 PM
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Black frame W/ cream headtube, gold outline. 
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I like the cream and green.
I did not so much accentuate the lugs but they show up well.
I did not so much accentuate the lugs but they show up well.
03-22-11, 06:36 PM
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Not going chrome. Black with white/cream is a thought. I believe that pearl white with a contrasting color head tube and possibly lug outlines is probably at the top of my list but looking for more options. So yes, this is more than a hypothetical question on a lazy Tuesday evening.
03-22-11, 06:54 PM
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very classy
03-22-11, 06:56 PM
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If the lettering on the downtube has an outline color, I sometimes like to use that for the outline color of the lugs. If you could see the lettering on the bike below, you'd see it's outlined in gold.
03-22-11, 07:00 PM
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Tips?
You using a pinstripe brush?
03-22-11, 07:23 PM
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I wish I could tell you. CyclArt did the repaint. I'd like to think they made it easy on themselves and used a paint pen, but I'm just not sure. The extent of my involvement was in choosing the colors I wanted.
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Red w/ white head tube.
White/cream w/ red head tube & chrome lugs.
White/cream w/ red head tube & chrome lugs.
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03-22-11, 08:52 PM
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gridplan, beautiful, Miayta right?
I'm probably going to stick to two colors, staying with a fairly simple elegant look for this project.
I'm probably going to stick to two colors, staying with a fairly simple elegant look for this project.
03-22-11, 09:57 PM
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Dark green with gold lining.
or blue with Yellow.
or blue with Yellow.
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Colors should either complement or contrast pleasingly. Get a color wheel and play around with it. When I get my Super Course re-squirted I think I'm going to do the frame in copper, the lugs in British Racing Green and the outlines in... I don't know. Maybe a deep red-based blue.
03-22-11, 11:30 PM
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carbon fiber lugs with cutout windows and blackgold paint on our tandem.
Subtle . . .
03-23-11, 05:30 AM
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You did such a wonderful job on that bike!
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03-23-11, 09:43 AM
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To show off clean lugwork? Pearl white or powder blue. Contrasting colors and pinstriping may accentuate the shape of the lug, but tend to obscure the quality of the underlying metalwork.
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Bend, OR
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Bend, OR
03-24-11, 10:09 AM
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The colours are a matter of personal taste - I think a pale pink head tube with prussian blue lugs and tubes is beautiful.
All I can add is that IMO lug lining is only necessary to show off lugs when the lug and tube are the same colour. Otherwise, the lugs will stand out just the right amount if the tubes and lugs are a contrasting colour. Having contrasting colours AND lug lining just takes the eye away from the lug design and focuses it on the lining. I think a lot of people mistake the ensuing optical overload for aesthetic improvement.
All I can add is that IMO lug lining is only necessary to show off lugs when the lug and tube are the same colour. Otherwise, the lugs will stand out just the right amount if the tubes and lugs are a contrasting colour. Having contrasting colours AND lug lining just takes the eye away from the lug design and focuses it on the lining. I think a lot of people mistake the ensuing optical overload for aesthetic improvement.
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