Dan Lawler
Member
I'm soliciting opinions. I've been having an interesting discussion with a member here about the perceived color of nickel silver rail. To him is appears silvery, to me it appears goldish. (Not talking about brass rail which is clearly goldish in color, but Atlas or Peco nickel silver rail.)
This conversation came up when I was seeking the chrome like shiny top-of-the-rail color found on steel rail prototypes. Steel HO track will burnish to a very close approximation of prototype rail color, but it is poorly suited to our applications and unobtainable anyway. So like so many of us I have chosen Atlas flextrack in nickel silver. Nickel silver is neither nickel nor silver colored to my eyes. I was bemoaning that it reflects a golden shade instead of the silver shine of steel. He says he perceives the color as, "... to me and I'd think most others, Peco, Atlas, Walthers, ME, is silvery-chrome looking, not gold or yellow..Perhaps you do have a vision discrepancy... Again, it's outmoded 1950s brass rail that is, well, brass colored...Todays NS is silvery or steel-gray in color.. not gold or yellow.."
People do perceive colors differently. So I'm once again soliciting opinions. Does nickel silver rail appear silver to you, or does it have a golden tone to it?
~Dan
This conversation came up when I was seeking the chrome like shiny top-of-the-rail color found on steel rail prototypes. Steel HO track will burnish to a very close approximation of prototype rail color, but it is poorly suited to our applications and unobtainable anyway. So like so many of us I have chosen Atlas flextrack in nickel silver. Nickel silver is neither nickel nor silver colored to my eyes. I was bemoaning that it reflects a golden shade instead of the silver shine of steel. He says he perceives the color as, "... to me and I'd think most others, Peco, Atlas, Walthers, ME, is silvery-chrome looking, not gold or yellow..Perhaps you do have a vision discrepancy... Again, it's outmoded 1950s brass rail that is, well, brass colored...Todays NS is silvery or steel-gray in color.. not gold or yellow.."
People do perceive colors differently. So I'm once again soliciting opinions. Does nickel silver rail appear silver to you, or does it have a golden tone to it?
~Dan