It's close, but not quite. I was going for more of a mineral pink. Drunk tank pink is hex #FF91AF Mine is #D7A0A6
Put them side by side on an online color comparator website and drunk tank pink looks like candy and my pink looks more like a rock. Or maybe like a floral pink compared to a succulent pink. Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, CA On Tuesday, February 20, 2024 at 1:08:20 PM UTC-8 Jay Lonner wrote: > To me it looks like Baker-Miller pink, aka “Drunk Tank Pink:” > > Baker-Miller pink <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baker-Miller_pink> > en.wikipedia.org <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baker-Miller_pink> > [image: wikipedia.png] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baker-Miller_pink> > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baker-Miller_pink> > > Maybe Bill is seeking to deescalate road rage? > > I’m in the process of having a custom built, and the paint scheme is an > homage to my old 1968 VW Beetle in Royal Red. The bike is decidedly un-Riv > though (one might even say anti-Riv) so maybe not appropriate for further > discussion in this forum. > > Jay Lonner > Bellingham, WA > > Sent from my Atari 400 > > On Feb 20, 2024, at 12:58 PM, George Schick <bhi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > It took me a while to figure out the color scheme on this bike, but it > finally dawned on my aging memory cells. It's the same colors of Good N' > Plenty candy! > > On Tuesday, February 20, 2024 at 12:44:02 PM UTC-6 Bill Lindsay wrote: > >> Toshi >> >> The strange backstory is that I was thinking of a pink bike for a LONG >> time. One of the saddle models that just works for me is the Fizik Arione, >> and there's a great market for them on ebay because they come in colors >> that don't work on many bikes, so they are cheap as hell second hand. I >> stumbled across one in the Rapha Cycle Club 'colorway', which is >> pink/white/black. I bought the saddle and commited that I would paint the >> Roadeo to match the saddle! Subsequently, as the frame delayed and >> delayed, I slowly was acquiring lighter and lighter stuff for the build. I >> knew I could get close to 20 pounds WITH fenders, front rack, bell, pump, >> and pedals, so I spent big bucks on the Arione 00 saddle to drop another 90 >> grams. I still have the pink, white and black saddle, but it's on a yellow >> bike now. Yuck! >> >> Bill Lindsay >> El Cerrito, CA >> >> P.S. there is no good shade of pink cloth handlebar tape. Newbaums used >> to have a nice pale pink, but no more. Boo! >> >> On Tuesday, February 20, 2024 at 10:23:56 AM UTC-8 ttoshi wrote: >> >>> You did follow Rule 8! It's not too late to switch to the pink and blue >>> harlequin bar tape :). >>> >>> Toshi >>> >>> >>> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/2e32d085-f4bf-4514-a19c-d151aa858e1fn%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/2e32d085-f4bf-4514-a19c-d151aa858e1fn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > <good&plenty.gif> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/d6b96799-dd5b-458c-a9c2-2c1a58ef232en%40googlegroups.com.
