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Title: Filco White vs Leopold White
Post by: bellaisa on Tue, 01 May 2012, 01:48:55

is the Filco white whiter than the leopold? I've heard that Leopold is somewhat beige color. Can't judge correctly from the pics I've found.

Title: Filco White vs Leopold White
Post by: laffindude on Tue, 01 May 2012, 02:05:28

Filco is more of a cream color. I think the TT Meka G1 is the whitest board I've seen. You'd probably want to pair it with some white PBTs.

Title: Filco White vs Leopold White
Post by: Human on Tue, 01 May 2012, 02:19:26

Quote from: laffindude;587082

Filco is more of a cream color. I think the TT Meka G1 is the whitest board I've seen. You'd probably want to pair it with some white PBTs.

Or some blood red will look good too.

Title: Filco White vs Leopold White
Post by: bellaisa on Tue, 01 May 2012, 02:28:14

thanks guys!

Title: Filco White vs Leopold White
Post by: fstop on Tue, 01 May 2012, 04:23:34

They're both an off-white color.

For the Filco, you can see the color contrast here pretty well. Personally I've had this set up before and don't think white pbts on a white filco looks good.

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Title: Filco White vs Leopold White
Post by: emptythecache on Tue, 01 May 2012, 04:53:55

you know what would look good on a white filco? if someone made like...i don't know...cream cheese and....green? yeah that would be sick.

Title: Filco White vs Leopold White
Post by: Netdewt on Tue, 01 May 2012, 07:01:44

Leopold looks horrid next to Apple products... FYI.

Title: Filco White vs Leopold White
Post by: thegunner100 on Tue, 01 May 2012, 07:15:11

Does anyone have a set of imsto's thick dye-sub or beige cherry DS to compare the white Filcos with?

Title: Filco White vs Leopold White
Post by: Human on Tue, 01 May 2012, 08:17:19

Quote from: thegunner100;587172

Does anyone have a set of imsto's thick dye-sub or beige cherry DS to compare the white Filcos with?

Picture [strike]stolen[/strike] borrowed from here:
http://www.waishehome.cn/thread-49692-1-1.html
(http://i.imgur.com/halBI.jpg)

Title: Filco White vs Leopold White
Post by: therecorder on Tue, 01 May 2012, 08:24:13

Will WASD key cap sets fit on this filco board?

Title: Filco White vs Leopold White
Post by: Djuzuh on Tue, 01 May 2012, 08:26:47

yes.

Title: Filco White vs Leopold White
Post by: thegunner100 on Tue, 01 May 2012, 08:28:06

Quote from: Human;587195

Picture [strike]stolen[/strike] borrowed from here:
http://www.waishehome.cn/thread-49692-1-1.html

Show Image

(http://i.imgur.com/halBI.jpg)

Thanks! That actually seems like a very close match.

Title: Filco White vs Leopold White
Post by: bellaisa on Tue, 01 May 2012, 09:28:55

Quote from: emptythecache;587133

you know what would look good on a white filco? if someone made like...i don't know...cream cheese and....green? yeah that would be sick.

i was looking at that. i've already purchased the rainbow pbt's from qtan, so we'll see how they look when i put em on. now i just need to get a filco tkl or a leopold tkl

Title: Filco White vs Leopold White
Post by: Netdewt on Wed, 02 May 2012, 07:37:36

Quote from: therecorder;587198

Will WASD key cap sets fit on this filco board?

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yes.

But, which color matches best? White or light gray (looks like beige)?

Title: Filco White vs Leopold White
Post by: therecorder on Wed, 02 May 2012, 07:53:41

Quote from: Netdewt;587998

But, which color matches best? White or light gray (looks like beige)?

Good question...  My Filco is actually light beige/cream colored.  Actually, black would be the only choice I could live with.  For the present, think I'll pass.

Title: Filco White vs Leopold White
Post by: Netdewt on Wed, 02 May 2012, 07:56:47

I might do all dark gray. Why can't they just make them REALLY white? :)