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Title: What is your preferred keycap colours, legend, combinations?
Post by: Marclgw on Fri, 28 October 2011, 06:08:41

Hey!

I was wondering, there are so many rounds of keycaps group buy.
However i am curious about,
WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE COLOUR OF KEYCAPS?

WHAT ARE YOUR FAVOURITE COMBINATIONS OF COLOURS ON A KEYCAP? EXAMPLE, legend in red, keycap in white etc...

What legend would you like?

PICTURES ARE WELCOME TO MAKE EVERYONE DROOL!

Title: What is your preferred keycap colours, legend, combinations?
Post by: Ascaii on Fri, 28 October 2011, 06:16:09

Hmm, thinking about making caps, are you?

Title: What is your preferred keycap colours, legend, combinations?
Post by: Marclgw on Fri, 28 October 2011, 06:22:22

Quote from: Ascaii;441012

Hmm, thinking about making caps, are you?

Inspiration instead =D.

Title: What is your preferred keycap colours, legend, combinations?
Post by: Ascaii on Fri, 28 October 2011, 06:37:10

Ill share some of my favorite caps. Im in love with the brown/white alps. KEys on my modded Access keyboard: Wyse alpha block, Access SP doubleshot f-keys, numpad from a Jarltech POS, relegendable jarltech caps, WYSE Arrows, enter,tab,capslock from a Preh Commander keyboard. I like the grey/white of the demand PC as well.


Might post more later.

Title: What is your preferred keycap colours, legend, combinations?
Post by: Marclgw on Fri, 28 October 2011, 06:48:11

Quote from: Ascaii;441022

Ill share some of my favorite caps. Im in love with the brown/white alps. KEys on my modded Access keyboard: Wyse alpha block, Access SP doubleshot f-keys, numpad from a Jarltech POS, relegendable jarltech caps, WYSE Arrows, enter,tab,capslock from a Preh Commander keyboard. I like the grey/white of the demand PC as well.


Might post more later.

Those are pretty!

Title: What is your preferred keycap colours, legend, combinations?
Post by: dorkvader on Fri, 28 October 2011, 07:17:47

I'm loving the WYSE arrows.

Yellow on grey.

All the WYSE keycaps are nice. I have a thick set that's currently retrobriting, and the blue really stands out on the keys that are done. The thin set I have isn't as nice, but still looks good (less yellow, 'cause it's a little newer)

Title: What is your preferred keycap colours, legend, combinations?
Post by: sinis on Fri, 28 October 2011, 07:41:16

I am liking the white on green like the shamrock doubleshots.
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Title: What is your preferred keycap colours, legend, combinations?
Post by: Marclgw on Fri, 28 October 2011, 12:23:49

Quote from: dorkvader;441035

I'm loving the WYSE arrows.

Yellow on grey.

All the WYSE keycaps are nice. I have a thick set that's currently retrobriting, and the blue really stands out on the keys that are done. The thin set I have isn't as nice, but still looks good (less yellow, 'cause it's a little newer)

I believe it is the same one as the one in the picture of this thread? http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?19029-Wyse-keycaps-on-my-MEKA-G1

Title: What is your preferred keycap colours, legend, combinations?
Post by: Marclgw on Fri, 28 October 2011, 12:24:26

Quote from: sinis;441042

I am liking the white on green like the shamrock doubleshots.
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Cool

Title: What is your preferred keycap colours, legend, combinations?
Post by: bloodygood on Fri, 28 October 2011, 15:32:15

I would love a 87 key set of that green shamrock color with white legends, for the most part font doesn't matter to me, heck I could go with a full set of shamrock on every key and I would be fine. Next group buy, shamrock everything lol.

Title: What is your preferred keycap colours, legend, combinations?
Post by: hashbaz on Fri, 28 October 2011, 16:29:05

Quote from: Ascaii;441022

Ill share some of my favorite caps. Im in love with the brown/white alps. KEys on my modded Access keyboard: Wyse alpha block, Access SP doubleshot f-keys, numpad from a Jarltech POS, relegendable jarltech caps, WYSE Arrows, enter,tab,capslock from a Preh Commander keyboard. I like the grey/white of the demand PC as well.

Might post more later.

Mmmmm, that chocolate brown with deep red is pure awesome.

Title: What is your preferred keycap colours, legend, combinations?
Post by: dorkvader on Fri, 28 October 2011, 18:02:24

Quote from: bloodygood;441315

I would love a 87 key set of that green shamrock color with white legends, for the most part font doesn't matter to me, heck I could go with a full set of shamrock on every key and I would be fine. Next group buy, shamrock everything lol.

I'm a big fan of dark green.

Dark green on anything, or anything on dark green.

Sholud'a gotten a shamrock :(

Title: What is your preferred keycap colours, legend, combinations?
Post by: demik on Fri, 28 October 2011, 20:05:01

Quote from: dorkvader;441425

I'm a big fan of dark green.

Dark green on anything, or anything on dark green.

Sholud'a gotten a shamrock :(

i have a couple spares i picked up from somebody canceling their order last second. pm me if interested

Title: What is your preferred keycap colours, legend, combinations?
Post by: noodles256 on Fri, 28 October 2011, 20:06:45

doubleshot ABS, PBT is so thick. yuck

BTW,
please help me win a dorm room makeover contest by following the link below and clicking like on that picture. Thanks guys!

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150336691004022&set=a.10150336690779022.353935.6132634021&type=3&theater

Title: What is your preferred keycap colours, legend, combinations?
Post by: HWI on Fri, 28 October 2011, 21:40:03

My favorite are actually really simple, black side printed PBT. The only different color or design I like is on the esc key.

[ATTACH=CONFIG]30255[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]30256[/ATTACH]

Title: What is your preferred keycap colours, legend, combinations?
Post by: Marclgw on Fri, 28 October 2011, 22:04:55

Quote from: dorkvader;441425

I'm a big fan of dark green.

Dark green on anything, or anything on dark green.

Sholud'a gotten a shamrock :(

Are you referring to British Green??

Quote from: hashbaz;441366

Mmmmm, that chocolate brown with deep red is pure awesome.

I totally agree with the deep red, it is HOT!

Quote from: bloodygood;441315

I would love a 87 key set of that green shamrock color with white legends, for the most part font doesn't matter to me, heck I could go with a full set of shamrock on every key and I would be fine. Next group buy, shamrock everything lol.

Okay! Who is starting it ? HAHAS

Quote from: noodles256;441514

doubleshot ABS, PBT is so thick. yuck

BTW,
please help me win a dorm room makeover contest by following the link below and clicking like on that picture. Thanks guys!

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150336691004022&set=a.10150336690779022.353935.6132634021&type=3&theater

Afterall PBT do shines after long term of usage same as ABS , saw on a topre.

Quote from: HWI;441569

My favorite are actually really simple, black side printed PBT. The only different color or design I like is on the esc key.

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Simple is cool. But black keycaps are getting boring. Everywhere seems the same.

Title: What is your preferred keycap colours, legend, combinations?
Post by: whiskerBox on Sat, 29 October 2011, 00:38:38

Quote from: Marclgw;441575

Are you referring to British Green??

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Oh man a keyboard that color with black keys would be sharp

Title: What is your preferred keycap colours, legend, combinations?
Post by: Findecanor on Sat, 29 October 2011, 05:06:24

Green text on white keys. Reverse on modifiers. White keyboard.
Someone here custom-ordered the key caps in that scheme... but I can't find the thread right now.

Title: What is your preferred keycap colours, legend, combinations?
Post by: 7bit on Sat, 29 October 2011, 06:14:43

This should be obvious:

WHITE ON VERY DARK GRAY
LEGENDS IN CAPS
CENTERED!

Quote from: whiskerBox;441637

Show Image

(http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=30296&d=1319866679&thumb=1)

When I find that car, you can have the keys!

Title: What is your preferred keycap colours, legend, combinations?
Post by: 7bit on Sat, 29 October 2011, 06:16:46

Quote from: whiskerBox;441637

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Oh man a keyboard that color with black keys would be sharp

When I find that car, you can have the keys!

Title: What is your preferred keycap colours, legend, combinations?
Post by: Marclgw on Sat, 29 October 2011, 09:33:07

Quote from: whiskerBox;441637

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Oh man a keyboard that color with black keys would be sharp

So is that good or bad?

Quote from: Findecanor;441700

Green text on white keys. Reverse on modifiers. White keyboard.
Someone here custom-ordered the key caps in that scheme... but I can't find the thread right now.

Aww.But it was pretty long ago i assume.

Quote from: 7bit;441707

This should be obvious:

WHITE ON VERY DARK GRAY
LEGENDS IN CAPS
CENTERED!

:thumb:



Titanium keycaps look great for engraving clack factory's Skull Keycap Design.
Clack really made people demand for his creation.




When I find that car, you can have the keys!

Title: What is your preferred keycap colours, legend, combinations?
Post by: dorkvader on Sat, 29 October 2011, 12:49:44

British racing green is the best colour ever. One day, I will own a Lotus in that colour.

I'm planning on getting a bunch of blank unicomp keycaps in green.

It'll look sharp as hell on my black unicomp.

Title: What is your preferred keycap colours, legend, combinations?
Post by: 7bit on Sat, 29 October 2011, 15:55:47

Quote from: dorkvader;441838

British racing green is the best colour ever. One day, I will own a Lotus in that colour.

I'm planning on getting a bunch of blank unicomp keycaps in green.

It'll look sharp as hell on my black unicomp.

When you put those green Unicomp keys on your Lotus, can I have the Lotus keys?

Title: What is your preferred keycap colours, legend, combinations?
Post by: VPX on Sat, 29 October 2011, 17:18:21

See my sig. ^_^

Title: What is your preferred keycap colours, legend, combinations?
Post by: hashbaz on Sat, 29 October 2011, 17:28:50

Quote from: VPX;441949

See my sig. ^_^

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XKbxRgHfHsw/RnBWc3H6okI/AAAAAAAAAns/Y3mzUKixN4U/s400/thegoggles.jpg)

Title: What is your preferred keycap colours, legend, combinations?
Post by: N8N on Sat, 29 October 2011, 17:39:59

For the common stuff, I think it's hard to beat the good old Model M design.  Those caps are also durable and nice feeling as well, for an added bonus.  But the old school Dolch keys look nice, as well as the old Cherry dye subs.  and then when you get into the really obscure stuff there's some really nice looking stuff out there, but not really usable on a modern keyboard (but I would love to have a set of MX-compatible keys like those dark red Alps keys in Ascaii's post...)

Title: What is your preferred keycap colours, legend, combinations?
Post by: Quarzac on Sat, 29 October 2011, 18:11:15

I would really like a white on green set like people have suggested. Either british green or hunter green.

Title: What is your preferred keycap colours, legend, combinations?
Post by: dorkvader on Sat, 29 October 2011, 20:02:23

As far as retro goes, I'm pretty happy with my WYSE doubleshots. They take forever to retrobrite, but it's worth it.

Title: What is your preferred keycap colours, legend, combinations?
Post by: whiskerBox on Sat, 29 October 2011, 21:32:25

Quote from: VPX;441949

See my sig. ^_^

your sig hurts my ****IN eyes!

Title: What is your preferred keycap colours, legend, combinations?
Post by: whiskerBox on Sat, 29 October 2011, 21:34:05

Quote from: 7bit;441707

When I find that car, you can have the keys![/center]

That Car will be mine! or one like it and I will have it painted

Title: What is your preferred keycap colours, legend, combinations?
Post by: hashbaz on Sun, 30 October 2011, 00:33:08

Quote from: Quarzac;441970

I would really like a white on green set like people have suggested. Either british green or hunter green.

Agree.  White on green is delicious.

Title: What is your preferred keycap colours, legend, combinations?
Post by: asassdsd on Sun, 30 October 2011, 01:02:48

I absolutely love the filco fonts. I really wish to buy a set, especially ninja style (small and cool). But idk where i can buy a set.

Title: What is your preferred keycap colours, legend, combinations?
Post by: N8N on Sun, 30 October 2011, 01:11:03

Quote from: dorkvader;442013

As far as retro goes, I'm pretty happy with my WYSE doubleshots. They take forever to retrobrite, but it's worth it.

Glad to hear that... just waiting on the moogle kits to ship so I can complete a trade to get some of those.

Title: What is your preferred keycap colours, legend, combinations?
Post by: Marclgw on Sun, 30 October 2011, 01:35:28

Quote from: dorkvader;441838

British racing green is the best colour ever. One day, I will own a Lotus in that colour.

I'm planning on getting a bunch of blank unicomp keycaps in green.

It'll look sharp as hell on my black unicomp.

Looks pretty cool i believe. We need a picture!

Quote from: 7bit;441921

When you put those green Unicomp keys on your Lotus, can I have the Lotus keys?

Lotus? The one on MO?

Quote from: VPX;441949

See my sig. ^_^

What is seen cannot be unseen. Unforgivable.

Quote from: N8N;442112

Glad to hear that... just waiting on the moogle kits to ship so I can complete a trade to get some of those.

Waiting for the moogle kits too!

Title: What is your preferred keycap colours, legend, combinations?
Post by: Gin on Sun, 30 October 2011, 02:36:44

Quote from: asassdsd;442109

I absolutely love the filco fonts. I really wish to buy a set, especially ninja style (small and cool). But idk where i can buy a set.

Qtan sells the stock filco keycap set. I don't think he has any ninja one though. You could ask him in his vendor forums.

Title: What is your preferred keycap colours, legend, combinations?
Post by: dorkvader on Sun, 30 October 2011, 11:56:07

Quote from: Marclgw;442122

Looks pretty cool i believe. We need a picture!

One came up on eBay a while ago, an Evora(I think) special edition in BRG with tasteful, yellow stripes. I would have bought it on the spot, if I had $60,000 (good deal for a lotus)

I also agree that green on white would be excellent.

Title: What is your preferred keycap colours, legend, combinations?
Post by: Marclgw on Mon, 31 October 2011, 06:54:28

Boring all the group buys have nothing that interest me anymore.