Videogame console colors

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Methodology
Nintendo Famicom
Nintendo NES
Super Famicom
Super Nintendo
References

Methodology

On this page I aim to document as precisely as I can the colors used on a selection of video game consoles. To insure accuracy:

The color must be identified using a physical color deck (and never a computer screen!) of a standard color matching system such as RAL or Pantone.
Identification is performed under daylight.

Warning: All information provided on this page comes without warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.

Nintendo Famicom

Sample	Description
	Game console and controllers Exact match: RAL 3032 Pearl ruby red / Rouge rubis nacré Approximations: HTML: #711521

Nintendo NES

Sample	Description
	A/B Buttons Exact match: RAL 3020 Traffic red / Rouge signalisation Approximations: HTML: #C1121C

Super Famicom

Sample	Description
	A Button Exact match: RAL 3020 Traffic red / Rouge signalisation Approximations: HTML: #C1121C
	B Button Exact match: RAL 1003 Signal Yellow / Jaune de sécurité Approximations: HTML: #F7BA0B
	Y Button Exact match: RAL 6029 Mint green / Vert menthe Approximations: HTML: #007243
	X Button Exact match: RAL 5002 Ultramarine blue / Bleu outremer Approximations: HTML: #00387b
	Body gray Close match: Pantone 421 C Approximations: HTML: #b2b4b2
	D-Pad gray Close match: Pantone 425 C Approximations: HTML: #54585a
	Button zone gray Close match: Pantone 424 C Approximations: HTML: #707372

Note: I found the grays very difficult to match. The pantone colors I give seem very close, but I am not entirely satisfied and therefore label them as close matches.

Super Nintendo

Sample	Description
	B/A Buttons and Power/Reset Exact match: Pantone 7671C Approximations: RAL 5022 Night blue / Bleu nocture HTML: #514689
	Y/X Buttons Exact match: Pantone 2705C Approximations: RAL 4005 Blue lilac / Lilas bleu HTML: #a7a4e0

Pantone color

RAL similar colors

References

I have the following tools and references:

RAL classc K5 color deck
Pantone plus series, formula guide, coated.
List of RAL colors on Wikipedia (for RGB values): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_RAL_colors
Useful to obtain RGB values from Pantone color codes: http://rgb.to/ral/

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