Favorite Brunswick Gold Crown I Color Scheme?

jviss said:

I'm looking at a GC I that is in superb condition and has had the aprons tastefully repainted in gray, with new gray cloth. The leg assembly, and ball storage box and return box remain white, 'though are certainly repainted.

I'm wondering, what are folks' favorite color combos are for this table. I think the original ones are striking, and were revolutionary at the time.

From the Brunswick description, "Featuring a wide choice of exciting custom decorator color combinations of Aprons: Blue, Gold, Tangerine and Classic White; cloth colors of Tangerine, Blue, Gold and Monarch Green."

I like the blue aprons with gold cloth, which was featured in may of the brochures.

What do you like the best?

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jviss said:

Yes, I've seen that a lot. I think folks strip the wood thinking they're going to repaint it, and say, 'gee, this wood looks great!'

Too bad the rails weren't solid rosewood instead of formica!

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jviss said:

Thanks, just to be clear, we're talking aprons/cloth when we say gold/blue, for example?

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jviss said:

Thanks so far, everyone. Some nice looking tables there.

I find the blue aprons with gold cloth to be quite striking, pleasing.

I wonder about blue cloth, which is so poplar for tournaments. I thought blue light is generally bad for your eyes.

https://www.preventblindness.org/blue-light-and-your-eyes

I always thought green produced the least eye strain, which is how green billiard cloth came to dominate.

I don't know abut the other colors. But I don't imagine we all play enough or it to make a difference.

I wonder how the colors affect aiming etc.

I notice that in the Brunswick art for their catalogs and brochures that the ball storage box matches the apron color, with the optional ball return box being white. However, I notice on a lot of current pics that the ball storage box is white regardless of the apron color, leading me to believe these tables were originally white, and the aprons have been
painted.

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jviss said:

I notice that in the Brunswick art for their catalogs and brochures that the ball storage box matches the apron color, with the optional ball return box being white. However, I notice on a lot of current pics that the ball storage box is white regardless of the apron color, leading me to believe these tables were originally white, and the aprons have been
painted.

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jviss said:

Thanks so far, everyone. Some nice looking tables there.

I find the blue aprons with gold cloth to be quite striking, pleasing.

I wonder about blue cloth, which is so poplar for tournaments. I thought blue light is generally bad for your eyes.

https://www.preventblindness.org/blue-light-and-your-eyes

I always thought green produced the least eye strain, which is how green billiard cloth came to dominate.

I don't know abut the other colors. But I don't imagine we all play enough or it to make a difference.

I wonder how the colors affect aiming etc.

I notice that in the Brunswick art for their catalogs and brochures that the ball storage box matches the apron color, with the optional ball return box being white. However, I notice on a lot of current pics that the ball storage box is white regardless of the apron color, leading me to believe these tables were originally white, and the aprons have been
painted.

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jviss said:

Well, not really! We could have a debate on this, for sure, but I offer that the reason something looks blue, has "blue color," is because what we call white light has all of the colors, and the thing that appears blue is absorbing all of the visible spectrum except blue. So, the "blue color" is because it's blue light.

I am open to being corrected or better informed on this, but that's what I know at the moment.

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