These LEDs are orange, but the legends don't appear to be translucent on Charred Orange, at least to me they don't. Keep in mind this is a phone pic.
So, how will the legends in the Skidata+ set differ from those in Charred Orange? Doesn't GMK only have a limited color selection? I assume Originative used the standard orange color. Will Skidata+ use a custom color?
So will this basically look like charred orange? I really didn't care for it, I wished the orange would have stood out more.
Alright, I understand this is a pretty important topic, so I would like to clear this up once and for all.
I have both Skidata and Charred Orange, and while they are the same colour way, the orange on Charred Orange is actually darker/less bright.
They look different.GMK Charred Orange (Originative) is a flawed setMost importantly, it is flawed in two ways:
1) The doubleshot process was flawed, I do not know how or why, but the orange itself is "thinner" and appears less bright and more "translucent"
Why is thinner/translucent a problem? Because the base of the keycap is dark grey/charcoal, having a thinner/translucent orange means that Orange on top becomes darker, and as a result, loses the "pop" and contrast of the original Skidata orange.
2) The tab mould used was a really weird one that is not standard.
I came to this conclusion after doing some keyboard science. I did not take good photos at the time, but since this is a pretty important point I am making, I will go and re-do the experiment and take some photos.
Before I go AFK and take some photos, I would like to quickly highlight the flaws in the charred orange set, using Longzilla's photos:
Please view in full-size to see the subtle differences.1) Look at the Alt key, notice how "A" and "t" are lighter coloured (translucent looking) than the "l".
2) Look at Control, notice how the bottom half of the entire "Control" plastic is translucent.
3) Same with the Shift, Capslock, and Tab as well. Basically the whole keyset has this problem with translucent/thin orange plastic, including the alphas.The original Skidata did not have this problem, and I will bring this up with GMK and do my best to offer a perfect set for this GB.
This appears to merely be a quality control issue with the double shot process.