BrickLink® is the world's largest online marketplace to buy and sell LEGO® parts, Minifigures and sets, both new or used. Search the complete LEGO catalog & create your own BrickLink store. The vintage LEGO® logo with five stripes is familiar to fans, but what do the colours represent? Francesco Spreafico from Old Bricks investigates.
That's why we created the LEGO Color Guide - your go-to resource for understanding and identifying LEGO colors, both past and present. Whether you're a collector, MOC (My Own Creation) builder, set restorer, or LEGO enthusiast, this guide will help you navigate the vast world of LEGO colors with confidence. This data is also available in the database download or via the API.
There is also a great explanation of the color differences in The Colorful World of LEGO. Here's a catalogue of every LEGO brick color ever made, from classic solids to rare specialty shades. LEGO colors went under significant changes throughout the years.
In this article, we discuss these changes and learn about their history. If you had to guess, how many colors would you say LEGO® bricks originally came in? Check out this brief history of lego colors on hobbyDB! Towards the end of this period we are slowly getting more colors again - BLUE, YELLOW and BLACK are becoming normal in the LEGO color mix. With the Classic Space Sets LIGHT-GRAY reappears, and some GREEN and PINK also comes to join the LEGO world.
1978-1997: as far as LEGO colors these are the best years ever. Understanding the LEGO Color Palette In recent years, The LEGO color palette has exploded from the classic Red/Yellow/Blue colors that we are familiar with. This expanded color palette somehow feels both limiting and expansive at the same time - let's find out if there's a method to the madness.
Covering everything from classic primary colors to unique, rare shades, this chart represents the full spectrum of modern Lego colors.