Request for help from our archivists (or, "Name that Color!")

[Janine]

Any word back from the huddle? No rush, no worries, I'm just curious. :-D

[WhiteStar]

I vote on it being Storm. Maybe washed a few times and faded?

[backpack]

Janine could you take a close up photo of the blue?

[Katy]

Janine could you take a close up photo of the blue?

Good idea!

[Janine]

How about this?



That's a Sapphire key strap on the top and a Storm one on the bottom.

[backpack]

Great picture Janine!

Yep, it is Cordura like, or Cordura, so no clue.

[notmensa]

'Inigo Montoya: You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.'

I almost spilled wine all over my keyboard. That quote sums up my entire day with research students discussing 'reliability' and 'validity' and 'psychometric properties'!!!

[moriond]

I vote on it being Storm. Maybe washed a few times and faded?

WhiteStar, the design of the Tom Bihn logo label on the bag is an older style, and predates the introduction of Storm as a Cordura color option in March 2008. For a better view of storm to put up in a comparison window, try the June 2011 blog post, "Welcome back, Storm". Janine, your bag might be the color designated "U.N. Blue" in the color swatch images from mid-2003. That shows up with Wasabi conveniently placed beside U.N. Blue. The color renditions from the old swatch images won't be exact, but I think if you put up comparison windows containing your bag picture, the old swatch colors, and the picture of Storm from the blog post welcoming back Storm in 2011, you may find "U.N. Blue" to be a plausible candidate for your bag color.

Forum readers might want to refer to Janine's parallel thread, Please indulge my obsession with the history of Tom Bihn products, for more details on the old colors.

moriond

[dorayme]

I've never seen these archival colors IRL, but what about Titanium?

[Janine]

WhiteStar, the design of the Tom Bihn logo label on the bag is an older style, and predates the introduction of Storm as a Cordura color option in March 2008. For a better view of storm to put up in a comparison window, try the June 2011 blog post, "Welcome back, Storm". Janine, your bag might be the color designated "U.N. Blue" in the color swatch images from mid-2003. That shows up with Wasabi conveniently placed beside U.N. Blue. The color renditions from the old swatch images won't be exact, but I think if you put up comparison windows containing your bag picture, the old swatch colors, and the picture of Storm from the blog post welcoming back Storm in 2011, you may find "U.N. Blue" to be a plausible candidate for your bag color.

Forum readers might want to refer to Janine's parallel thread, Please indulge my obsession with the history of Tom Bihn products, for more details on the old colors.

moriond

Wow, thank you! U.N. Blue is a really good guess. Looks like they ran out of U.N. Blue in 2004 (Two more easy questions about ID bag) and unless another batch was ordered, that means my bag is at least 8 years old.

ps. Glitter Blue?!?!

pps. Darcy likes the name! (old post here)

[Badger]

Mamma mia, that Cyan blue is a knockout.

[darbs]

Anybody know what shade of blue would be inside a Steel large cage bag?

[Katy]

Anybody know what shade of blue would be inside a Steel large cage bag?

Sapphire jumps to mind .

[darbs]

That is what I'm thinking. He says sort of a royal blue. Either way, I'm hoping I can get it!