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  • LEGO doesn’t make pink bricks… here’s why
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    LEGO has weird names for their brick colors. Let’s explore why pink LEGO bricks don’t exist. There are two names for every LEGO color - one that LEGO uses on sites such as Bricklink and one that LEGO uses internally within their manufacturing facilities. Many of these names are completely different from each other… but why? Why are there different names? Watch to find out!
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  • @StickyBricksOfficial
    @StickyBricksOfficial 11 месяцев назад +72

    Wow….I was not expecting that! Great video! 👍

  • @narottamcecil1803
    @narottamcecil1803 11 месяцев назад +79

    Because Flamingo Pink falls closer to Red, it might be called Light Red. Since Flamingos get their pink color from the reddening of their white feathers.

    • @nicholasfarrell5981
      @nicholasfarrell5981 11 месяцев назад +7

      No lie, I just got a bunch of nostalgia for Red vs Blue after reading your comment.

    • @troodon1096
      @troodon1096 11 месяцев назад +4

      I mean, technically pink IS light red. In fact Chinese people consider pink to be a shade of red.

  • @ImFromFinland787
    @ImFromFinland787 11 месяцев назад +93

    Fortunately, red is not called maroon and I hope no LEGO colors will change their names . Awesome video as always, SpitBrix!

    • @OfficialBillNye
      @OfficialBillNye 11 месяцев назад +6

      It is maroon red is brighter (sorry to sound like a nerd)

  • @lotatwoz5330
    @lotatwoz5330 10 месяцев назад +10

    This is likely because in Danish pink is called light red. There is no such color as pink in Danish thus all the lights this and bright thats. Pink is only a sub color of red in the Danish language.

  • @ThePomoAa
    @ThePomoAa 9 месяцев назад +22

    The linguist point at the end was really neat !
    Some more :
    - The word orange comes from the fruit and wasn't used until the 16th century
    - Japanese did not use a word for GREEN until the 50s, and referred to it as blue. Funnily enough, they had a word for green (緑), but just did not use it much. Today, they still refer to green fruits and vegetables as blue, because green (緑) refer to immature plants.
    - Surprisingly, Japanese is all but an exception regarding that matter, as a lot of languages used to not differentiate between green and blue. That fact did not survive globalization, mostly.

    • @CubedSausagefromScarparius
      @CubedSausagefromScarparius 7 месяцев назад +3

      midori was used for a specific traditional shade of dark green but its still a bit more bluish than yellowish. Some kind of dark spring green.

  • @HiddenStrengthTimelapseDrawing
    @HiddenStrengthTimelapseDrawing 11 месяцев назад +21

    Interesting. Sounds like the Crayola company could help LEGO come up with some imaginative names for the differant hues in the future.
    Some substatutes for "pink" that I would personally use would be "blush", "coral", "rose", and "salmon".

    • @DMacB42
      @DMacB42 11 месяцев назад +1

      What about tickleme

    • @Olimarfrompikmin
      @Olimarfrompikmin 11 месяцев назад +2

      Were about to see "Mac and cheese" colored pieces

  • @elecmagpulse7385
    @elecmagpulse7385 11 месяцев назад +12

    Ah, the old “LEGO’s pink is purple” debacle. I didn’t know the reasoning behind it until now, though. Fascinating!

  • @abarabanoal5574
    @abarabanoal5574 11 месяцев назад +28

    TL;DR: There is multiple pink colored pieces, however internally, they are referred to different things such as Light Purple. This also applies to multiple other colored parts.

  • @TheCrisses
    @TheCrisses 11 месяцев назад +122

    The reason is the plastic pellet colors and blends they use in the manufacture of the bricks. So on the manufacture end there is no “pink” pellets/coloring. It's probably a ratio of purple and white. Their internal color names match what color pellets they are blending to get the colors. So (dark/light) bluish grey probably has a ratio of blue coloring to it.

    • @holy_cannoli_
      @holy_cannoli_ 11 месяцев назад +13

      This comment and information is 1000x better than the actual video above lol

    • @TheCrisses
      @TheCrisses 11 месяцев назад

      SpitBrix does mention that at least some of the color names are probably related to the manufacture and pellet process -- I'm also thinking of things like mixing paints at the hardware store, or CMYK colors. Red (for 4-color process printer ink) is actually magenta + yellow (Things we probably never needed to know, but now you know. Used to work in pre-press). So "pink" in printing would be say 10-30% (paper coverage in tiny dots) magenta.@@holy_cannoli_

    • @Southpawarsenal
      @Southpawarsenal 10 месяцев назад +16

      He explained that that was not the reason

    • @oddishsmile7368
      @oddishsmile7368 9 месяцев назад +10

      Did you watch the video?

    • @oddishsmile7368
      @oddishsmile7368 9 месяцев назад +12

      You might want to actually finish the video.

  • @tacoman6697
    @tacoman6697 11 месяцев назад +9

    Kinda makes me want to buy a bunch of Flamingo Pink pieces, shred them, and get a manufacturer to re-mold them into something more usable for traditional LEGO building. Should be plausible, since iirc LEGO is known to break down faulty pieces to recycle and mix in with the pellets.

  • @oddishsmile7368
    @oddishsmile7368 9 месяцев назад +2

    I will not tolerate medium stone gray slander in this house.

  • @Tigerbricks11
    @Tigerbricks11 11 месяцев назад +9

    My first guess was that pink isn’t a word in some languages. Spot on haha.

  • @Triforce1018
    @Triforce1018 8 месяцев назад +6

    I actually have a running joke with my friends. Whenever I wear red, I say I’m wearing dark pink. I guess I’m destined to be a Master Builder…

  • @shylar763
    @shylar763 7 месяцев назад +4

    I work at a factory and your videos make me even more curious about what it would be like to work at a Lego factory

  • @pi172
    @pi172 11 месяцев назад +16

    in general english speakers use "pink" for way too many colors, danish speakers for way too few. greetings from a german speaker.
    PS: seriously mate, as weird as the danish are for not calling anyhing pink, its just as weird how you wanna call nearly everything pink, haha

    • @GreenBlueWalkthrough
      @GreenBlueWalkthrough 11 месяцев назад +1

      To be fair there is a word to describe {ink that is lanauge agnostic... Lighish red.

  • @krysanthemum6528
    @krysanthemum6528 9 месяцев назад +9

    very interesting that (i assume the community) decided to call that piece flamingo pink, when there is a flamingo in the set(s) and it is not the piece of that color. Like, if that's flamingo pink, what color is the flamingo? For real though, really cool content and fun info to know! Also great to see clikits get mentioned. I tend to forget they're a lego product, but I love the clikits I got as a kid, and I wish they'd bring the concept back. Hopefully we will see at least something like it again, with the new rise in the more creative side of things, such as the Dots and other sets focused on customization or personalization. Miss em to death

  • @alexbarrett3832
    @alexbarrett3832 11 месяцев назад +35

    You can see why from the chart column. They are using a primary and secondary colour wheel, and yeah, in art and colour theory pink doesn't have its own distinct classification. It is just pale tones of red and purple. English just happens to have a unique word for those colours, unlike pale tones of green or blue which we don't distinguish.

    • @nicktallfox5266
      @nicktallfox5266 7 месяцев назад +1

      Fun fact. Pale tones of blue are distinguished from regular blue in some languages like Russian or Polish. They have more colours over there I guess.

    • @Uadarka
      @Uadarka 7 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@nicktallfox5266 We (Russians) have one more color. Light blue/cyan is "голубой", blue/dark blue is "синий".

    • @kamota8523
      @kamota8523 7 месяцев назад

      If they were using primary and secondary colors they'd have only 6 groups, while they clearly use more.
      The classification of colors has very little to do with art and color theory, it's much more about language.
      There are darker shades of pink, so it's not just pale red or purple. Did you just forget about those? Do you actually think those are purple?

  • @greninjaldl2920
    @greninjaldl2920 6 месяцев назад +1

    Flamingo Pink should be called "Medium Transparent Non-Transparent Opaque Bright Dull Reddish Non-Reddish Semi-Purple-ish Light Dark Purple"

  • @T1MBERPL4YZ
    @T1MBERPL4YZ 11 месяцев назад +5

    The “Flamingo Pink” should be called bubblegum

    • @troodon1096
      @troodon1096 11 месяцев назад

      Fun fact: the only reason bubblegum is that color, is that the person who invented bubblegum just grabbed the first food coloring he could find, which happened to be pink.

  • @djt08031996
    @djt08031996 11 месяцев назад +4

    I'm still trying to figure out how to tell which shade of gold I'm ordering on lego's official site

  • @rho-starmkl4483
    @rho-starmkl4483 11 месяцев назад +2

    Crayola: Get a cab, you’re drunk!

  • @Nightfire613
    @Nightfire613 Месяц назад

    I'm going to say, just because it makes the most sense by LEGO's internal logic, that "Flamingo Pink" was probably called something like "Bright Light Red".

  • @theemmjay5130
    @theemmjay5130 5 месяцев назад +1

    As I spend more time on Brickset (which uses the official Lego color names) than Bricklink, I knew that Lego didn't use the word pink, but I didn't know that the reason was due to a quirk of Danish. Very interesting to a word nerd like myself.

  • @tufab3494
    @tufab3494 11 месяцев назад +4

    Is Bricklink owned by Lego!?

    • @nadiayorc
      @nadiayorc 11 месяцев назад +3

      yes, they bought it in 2019 for an undisclosed amount "to strengthen its connection with its important adult fan base", but they obviously just wanted to cash in on the 3rd party sales which is perfectly understandable

  • @isaachunsberger2484
    @isaachunsberger2484 6 месяцев назад +1

    i learned this the hard way. i wanted to get some gold, silver, blue, and purple thuds like from Lego games. I order "purple" studs and they came pink. i had to order new "lilac" studs to better match the ones in the game.

  • @bettyjeanellis4616
    @bettyjeanellis4616 3 месяца назад

    " 'Trans- dark pink?' uh... Sorry I think you mean 'Transparent Medium Reddish Violet' You heard me Right, Medium violet" is the FUNNIEST quote, unquote EVER!

  • @SpdrGhstYT82
    @SpdrGhstYT82 11 месяцев назад +17

    Spitbrix, idk if you'll ever see this comment, but I love your videos. As a younger kid, I watched your videos on my dad’s youtube account from 2019 to 2022. I am now a teenager who has his own phone and I rewatch your videos daily. Thank you for keeping me sane during the pandemic. God bless you and I hope you have a good rest of your day/night.

  • @OkadaKek
    @OkadaKek 5 месяцев назад

    That flamingo pink looks like it could be called "reddish light purple", or fall under some variation of red

  • @erniegonzalez2322
    @erniegonzalez2322 11 месяцев назад +3

    Rose could be a Good Name or Magenta

  • @lilharm
    @lilharm 7 месяцев назад

    with how much you were mentioning “light-“, “dark-”, transparent-” I thought the twist was gonna be that they don’t make *just* pink, only various shades of pink, modified pinks

  • @josephg.bracciale4576
    @josephg.bracciale4576 10 месяцев назад +1

    It’s more of a Lightish Red.

  • @ChrisGarfield
    @ChrisGarfield 9 дней назад

    Just because they named them in different shades of purple doesn't mean they aren't pink.

  • @whitetiana3022
    @whitetiana3022 7 месяцев назад

    this may have something to do with how colors are defined in danish vs english
    "greeks weren't able to see blue" fallacy all over again.

  • @littlelego
    @littlelego 11 месяцев назад +1

    That "Pink" element at the end would probably be called by lego "Flamingo light purple" or "Flamingo light red".

  • @alyshikingadventures
    @alyshikingadventures 11 месяцев назад +4

    I own several pink legos, but I understand what you mean

  • @BrickHQ
    @BrickHQ 11 месяцев назад +1

    I knew lego and bricklink had different color names, but it gets deeper. wow

  • @Primon4723Studios
    @Primon4723Studios 9 месяцев назад

    Amy Rose: Wait! My minifigure's color is Light Purple?!

  • @InazumaDash
    @InazumaDash Месяц назад

    According to Japan green seem to be a shade of blue? In Swedish we didn't have a word for orange for a long time so we called it "fire yellow", but now we just say "orange". lol My grandma said "fire yellow" for sure, always. It was also common to call purple, what be now call "lila", we used to say "gredelin". A character in a famous old children's book is called this. It hasn't been updated in newer editions so she's still "Aunt Gredelin". Although English translations seem to go for "Lavender". "Gredelin" sounds awfully fancy tho doesn't it?

  • @gamerboyofficalyt
    @gamerboyofficalyt 11 месяцев назад +6

    1:14 Pink bricks exist go home everybody

  • @_GLXC
    @_GLXC 7 месяцев назад

    Imaginary Technique: Purple.

  • @Stickman_Productions
    @Stickman_Productions 11 месяцев назад +1

    A lot of those colors i wouldnt call pink
    Only one I would call pink is "light purple"

  • @VvIiVvZzIiOo32
    @VvIiVvZzIiOo32 7 месяцев назад

    My proposed new name for flamingo pink is "light reddish soft vibrant neon purple"

  • @VewertyPloik
    @VewertyPloik 11 месяцев назад +5

    Yes they do..

    • @Evalo-Epic
      @Evalo-Epic 11 месяцев назад +1

      They don’t

    • @VewertyPloik
      @VewertyPloik 11 месяцев назад +2

      @@Evalo-Epiclight purple is 100% pink
      Just bcuz they call it “purple” doesn’t mean it is purple

    • @venomouslizards
      @venomouslizards 11 месяцев назад +2

      They quite literally do not. Not a single one says pink

    • @PythonGaming1234
      @PythonGaming1234 11 месяцев назад

      Yeah

    • @im-anon
      @im-anon 11 месяцев назад

      They literally do make pink bricks, just because they officially call them something else that isn't pink,
      *The light particles that hit YOUR RETINAS and sends that information to your BRAIN registers that color as Pink.*
      And if you're countering my statement, means you either lookin for a fight or actually colorblind.

  • @RP744TehObjectThingy
    @RP744TehObjectThingy 2 месяца назад

    9:00 "Fluorescent Reddish Violet"

  • @Vladimir_4757
    @Vladimir_4757 11 месяцев назад +1

    I can see them calling flamingo pink "bright light red" or something like that

  • @skeletonplayingatrumpet
    @skeletonplayingatrumpet 8 месяцев назад

    I think flamingo pink should be called "pinkish purple" because of the color looking pink but lego not using the word pink so it needs to have purple in the name

  • @horadetodososlegos
    @horadetodososlegos 7 месяцев назад

    Well, physically, pink doesn't even exist, so in a way it's impossible for lego to create "pink" bricks.

  • @hostiledodo1150
    @hostiledodo1150 11 месяцев назад

    Lego really out here like "IT'S NOT PINK, IT'S LIGHTISH PURPLE!"

  • @shinesoul7472
    @shinesoul7472 6 месяцев назад

    5:40 making guess, its the Color code/ what pigments are needed to make it when molding
    7:57 as half-Dan I’m ashamed of myself.

  • @Tauverde
    @Tauverde 11 месяцев назад +1

    How is called the "paradisa pink" by Lego?

  • @linkofdoom24
    @linkofdoom24 5 месяцев назад

    So basically they are just avoiding it for some silly reason.

  • @mpsuperstar88
    @mpsuperstar88 6 месяцев назад

    I think we should call flamingo pink “ brighter, pink”

  • @bsharpmajorscale
    @bsharpmajorscale 11 месяцев назад

    Yes, that's when you borrow words from other languages. That flower looks like a Pearlescent Light Purple, maybe?

  • @logicalwindow1706
    @logicalwindow1706 10 месяцев назад

    probably helps in copyright stuff too not just manufacturing

  • @LegoParrottProductions
    @LegoParrottProductions 11 месяцев назад +1

    Wow, just wow. This totally blew my mind!! 🤯 I think they would probably call the pink flomingo color, light & dark purple!! (Actually I have no idea) 😂. Nice video as always, keep up the good work!!

  • @Kendall-cr3sx
    @Kendall-cr3sx 7 месяцев назад

    The flower should be called saturated, light red

  • @DavidIvan-AC
    @DavidIvan-AC 4 месяца назад

    Probably light, reddish, violet or medium, purple or something I don’t know

  • @theeasychannel1288
    @theeasychannel1288 5 месяцев назад +1

    3:30 You’re welcome 😌

  • @NooceneSounds
    @NooceneSounds 11 месяцев назад

    I tend to think of pink as a lighter version of red or even light reddish-orange, while I think of those other colors as light-magenta or light crimson-red. Purple contains at least some blue, otherwise it is magenta. Sand Red from 2001 is the closest thing to actual pink.

    • @NooceneSounds
      @NooceneSounds 11 месяцев назад +1

      weird example, but look at picture of a naked mole rat. That is the color pink. It is not purple-ish or magenta-ish in the slightest, it is actual pink. also flushed human skin turns pink. notice how different that hue is from the lego "pinks" and you start to see what they are going for. Many people call magenta pink, but if you darken it enough, it can read as purple

  • @SUP_was_here
    @SUP_was_here 7 месяцев назад

    English has a word for light blue and its "cyan" and english also has a name for dark pink its "linen purple"

  • @yourgoodfriend276
    @yourgoodfriend276 6 месяцев назад

    Flamingo Pink will be called Light But Not Yet Red Purple

  • @Bouhttrainer583Official
    @Bouhttrainer583Official 4 месяца назад

    I think flamingo, pink Lego would refer as very light lavender

  • @andykillsu
    @andykillsu 9 месяцев назад +1

    If LEGO doesn’t make pink bricks, then they don’t make Brown bricks either…

  • @CaliGuy24
    @CaliGuy24 7 месяцев назад

    7:40 yes there is it’s called ‘lyserød’

  • @hawaiimanu
    @hawaiimanu 11 месяцев назад +3

    congrats on 800k man!

  • @alternativebeel852
    @alternativebeel852 11 месяцев назад

    Lavender makes sense, it's lavender.

  • @TheJarDude412
    @TheJarDude412 10 месяцев назад

    i think it would be called bubblegum purple

  • @oceanbeans8546
    @oceanbeans8546 8 месяцев назад

    Nah. I can’t believe anyone regering to lavender as pink in any way. Like purple, yes. But pink? Lavender is not pink

  • @junebugrobotics
    @junebugrobotics 11 месяцев назад +1

    It should be named "Bright Red".

  • @TrexVR1
    @TrexVR1 8 месяцев назад

    Orange? Never heard of it maybe you are talking about the yellowish red brick

  • @ooga1686
    @ooga1686 7 месяцев назад

    That sonic pink character is sonic so it’s probably NOT the super Mario line

  • @Whimsykit
    @Whimsykit 11 месяцев назад +1

    bricklink isnt a 3rd party website? why did i think it was-

    • @SpitBrix
      @SpitBrix  11 месяцев назад +2

      It used to be. LEGO bought it a couple years ago

    • @troodon1096
      @troodon1096 11 месяцев назад

      Before 2019 it was, but it's owned by Lego now.

  • @adamstanton5313
    @adamstanton5313 4 месяца назад +1

    So… Lego doesn’t have pink… ok!

  • @happygirllife1342
    @happygirllife1342 6 месяцев назад

    I would love the name for the flamingo to be "hot purple" XD just because i would call it hot pink XD

  • @StapelBricks
    @StapelBricks 11 месяцев назад +1

    I would suggest clickets-green

  • @spongefan155
    @spongefan155 11 месяцев назад

    "Does Lego Make Pink Bricks?"
    "Well No But Actually Yes"

  • @avus-kw2f213
    @avus-kw2f213 11 месяцев назад

    7:35 my prediction was correct

  • @mackenziemoore5088
    @mackenziemoore5088 11 месяцев назад +1

    Damn. I just downloaded the Bonsai tree pdf just to verify, and it damn sure says Light purple frogs 😂😂😂

  • @NeonSands
    @NeonSands 6 месяцев назад

    7:45
    Poor sky

  • @MauventuresMaurio
    @MauventuresMaurio 11 месяцев назад +2

    So…it’s all a lie-
    ok ok there’s no pink LEGO bricks

  • @An_Literal_Fish
    @An_Literal_Fish 11 месяцев назад

    Adjective
    lyserød
    pink (colored/coloured between red and white)

  • @cooltaylor1015
    @cooltaylor1015 3 дня назад

    No mention of the so-called Paradisa Pink. Or just plain Pink on bricklink.
    To old school fans, this is the real pink
    It's uncommon, only available in a few elements.
    And it has an interesting story.
    But no mention in a video about pink LEGO...
    Disappointed

  • @the_parkourkid2290
    @the_parkourkid2290 11 месяцев назад

    9:01 Reddish Bright Purple

  • @DimaP73
    @DimaP73 6 месяцев назад

    9:00 reddish bright light purple

  • @andrewthecreativedesigner
    @andrewthecreativedesigner 11 месяцев назад

    Maybe they would call flamingo pink; reddish purple, warm purple or maybe even warm reddish purple.🤔 I really wonder how they translated “Exotic Pink Parrot” since there isn’t a word for pink.

  • @Villager_Nerd
    @Villager_Nerd 10 месяцев назад

    slightly dark light purple

  • @lexibyday9504
    @lexibyday9504 8 месяцев назад

    flamingo pink aka "medium pearlescent purple"

  • @RandomfnafFanToumi
    @RandomfnafFanToumi 7 месяцев назад

    Why theres no pink bricks: Pink doesn't exist

  • @Bannanananna
    @Bannanananna 11 месяцев назад

    Homer has a stud for brain lol

  • @KrazzieLeo
    @KrazzieLeo 7 месяцев назад

    If I were to go to brick link or should I do like the thingy I think I wanna do Legos version

  • @awesomepants184
    @awesomepants184 11 месяцев назад +1

    So the cake is a lie?

  • @lymanwalker7538
    @lymanwalker7538 7 месяцев назад

    I would call it flower purplish red

  • @lennydowntown9376
    @lennydowntown9376 11 месяцев назад +1

    English does have a single word for light blue: cyan.

  • @Songal18
    @Songal18 11 месяцев назад +2

    I thought it would have something to do with the language. Glad it was.

    • @troodon1096
      @troodon1096 11 месяцев назад +1

      Yep, the Danish word for pink is "lyserød" which literally translates to "light red." This is true in a lot of languages. There's also many languages where their word for pink literally translates to "rose."

    • @Songal18
      @Songal18 11 месяцев назад

      @@troodon1096 Yep, thank you for the translation ^^

  • @EliWithAHat
    @EliWithAHat 6 месяцев назад

    Light redish bright purple

  • @NearingLight
    @NearingLight 7 месяцев назад

    Its not pink Ma gen ta.
    Someone better get that reference
    That said pink is my favorite color, dont screw me over lego

  • @Bluedog7o7
    @Bluedog7o7 11 месяцев назад +8

    That aint purple

  • @vanimapermai
    @vanimapermai 7 месяцев назад

    The Japanese dont have a word for blue to them blue is just another shade of green

    • @cannonfodder4000
      @cannonfodder4000 7 месяцев назад

      Yes they do, aoi/ao is blue and midori is green

    • @vanimapermai
      @vanimapermai 7 месяцев назад

      @@cannonfodder4000 it must be a modern word then because japan has traffic lights the shade of blue because they at least didn't have a word of blue back then.

  • @wayre11
    @wayre11 11 месяцев назад

    Last color - Pinky Violet :D

  • @ZstackZip
    @ZstackZip 8 месяцев назад

    They actually aren’t pink bricks
    they’re lightish red