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Title: Black and white keycaps schemes?
Post by: dux on Sat, 13 August 2011, 05:33:08

I like Cherry doubleshots and I like them in black and in white. But, I don't know how to put both colors on one keyboard to be aesthetically happy. Proposals with pictures?

Title: Black and white keycaps schemes?
Post by: N8N on Sat, 13 August 2011, 05:55:12

I was actually going to try to mix and match two sets of doubleshots...  I was thinking of making a set basically starting with a white/grey set and replacing all the grey keys with black ones.  However I don't have any white/grey doubleshots, so I'm just modding the all black one to work with a MX switch board...

sorry, no pics, because I haven't actually done it yet.

Title: Black and white keycaps schemes?
Post by: placebo guy on Sat, 13 August 2011, 07:42:57

This is what I use.

[ATTACH=CONFIG]24090[/ATTACH]

Title: Black and white keycaps schemes?
Post by: The Solutor on Sat, 13 August 2011, 07:59:06

Quote from: dux;398124

I like Cherry doubleshots and I like them in black and in white. But, I don't know how to put both colors on one keyboard to be aesthetically happy. Proposals with pictures?

Go to the wasd website and experiment with their website until you find something you like.

Title: Black and white keycaps schemes?
Post by: mr_a500 on Sat, 13 August 2011, 13:16:21

Here are some examples of vintage black & white colour schemes:

Volker Craig
(http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/tty/h/vc3100.jpg)

Victor
(http://www.oldcomputercollection.com/brochures/v/victor9000.jpg)

George Risk
(http://www.grisk.com/keyboard/images/8095.gif)

Title: Black and white keycaps schemes?
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Sat, 13 August 2011, 17:31:34

I like the b&w retro scheme, substitute black for the beige. Basically the inverse of the pictured above.

Title: Black and white keycaps schemes?
Post by: sordna on Sat, 13 August 2011, 17:39:16

Quote from: ripster;398288

Checkerboard is so mainstream.

For a true checkerboard look, you need a keyboard with straight column key arrangement, like my daily driver over here... something like the TypeMatix would checker even better though!

[ATTACH=CONFIG]24178[/ATTACH]