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LEGO doesn’t make pink bricks… here’s why
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LEGO has weird names for their brick colors. Let’s explore why pink LEGO bricks don’t exist. There are two names for every LEGO color - one that LEGO uses on sites such as Bricklink and one that LEGO uses internally within their manufacturing facilities. Many of these names are completely different from each other… but why? Why are there different names? Watch to find out!
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[@StickyBricksOfficial]

Wow….I was not expecting that! Great video! 👍

[@pondicherry2011]

Yes

[@brandonscott5544]

EXCELLENT WORK PINK LEGO BRICK,

[@narottamcecil1803]

Because Flamingo Pink falls closer to Red, it might be called Light Red. Since Flamingos get their pink color from the reddening of their white feathers.

[@nicholasfarrell5981]

No lie, I just got a bunch of nostalgia for Red vs Blue after reading your comment.

[@troodon1096]

I mean, technically pink IS light red. In fact Chinese people consider pink to be a shade of red.

[@ImFromFinland787]

Fortunately, red is not called maroon and I hope no LEGO colors will change their names . Awesome video as always, SpitBrix!

[@MandR_Fan47]

It is maroon red is brighter (sorry to sound like a nerd)

[@ThePomoAa]

The linguist point at the end was really neat ! Some more : - The word orange comes from the fruit and wasn't used until the 16th century - Japanese did not use a word for GREEN until the 50s, and referred to it as blue. Funnily enough, they had a word for green (緑), but just did not use it much. Today, they still refer to green fruits and vegetables as blue, because green (緑) refer to immature plants. - Surprisingly, Japanese is all but an exception regarding that matter, as a lot of languages used to not differentiate between green and blue. That fact did not survive globalization, mostly.

[@CubedSausagefromScarparius]

midori was used for a specific traditional shade of dark green but its still a bit more bluish than yellowish. Some kind of dark spring green.

[@abarabanoal5574]

TL;DR: There is multiple pink colored pieces, however internally, they are referred to different things such as Light Purple. This also applies to multiple other colored parts.

[@lotatwoz5330]

This is likely because in Danish pink is called light red. There is no such color as pink in Danish thus all the lights this and bright thats. Pink is only a sub color of red in the Danish language.

[@Tigerbricks11]

My first guess was that pink isn’t a word in some languages. Spot on haha.

[@elecmagpulse7385]

Ah, the old “LEGO’s pink is purple” debacle. I didn’t know the reasoning behind it until now, though. Fascinating!

[@HiddenStrengthTimelapseDrawing]

Interesting. Sounds like the Crayola company could help LEGO come up with some imaginative names for the differant hues in the future. Some substatutes for "pink" that I would personally use would be "blush", "coral", "rose", and "salmon".

[@DMacB42]

What about tickleme

[@olimar6738]

Were about to see "Mac and cheese" colored pieces

[@TheCrisses]

The reason is the plastic pellet colors and blends they use in the manufacture of the bricks. So on the manufacture end there is no “pink” pellets/coloring. It's probably a ratio of purple and white. Their internal color names match what color pellets they are blending to get the colors. So (dark/light) bluish grey probably has a ratio of blue coloring to it.

[@holy_cannoli_]

This comment and information is 1000x better than the actual video above lol

[@TheCrisses]

SpitBrix does mention that at least some of the color names are probably related to the manufacture and pellet process -- I'm also thinking of things like mixing paints at the hardware store, or CMYK colors. Red (for 4-color process printer ink) is actually magenta + yellow (Things we probably never needed to know, but now you know. Used to work in pre-press). So "pink" in printing would be say 10-30% (paper coverage in tiny dots) magenta.@@holy_cannoli_

[@Southpawarsenal]

He explained that that was not the reason

[@oddishsmile7368]

Did you watch the video?

[@oddishsmile7368]

You might want to actually finish the video.

[@Triforce1018]

I actually have a running joke with my friends. Whenever I wear red, I say I’m wearing dark pink. I guess I’m destined to be a Master Builder…

[@rho-starmkl4483]

Crayola: Get a cab, you’re drunk!

[@tacoman6697]

Kinda makes me want to buy a bunch of Flamingo Pink pieces, shred them, and get a manufacturer to re-mold them into something more usable for traditional LEGO building. Should be plausible, since iirc LEGO is known to break down faulty pieces to recycle and mix in with the pellets.

[@krysanthemum6528]

very interesting that (i assume the community) decided to call that piece flamingo pink, when there is a flamingo in the set(s) and it is not the piece of that color. Like, if that's flamingo pink, what color is the flamingo? For real though, really cool content and fun info to know! Also great to see clikits get mentioned. I tend to forget they're a lego product, but I love the clikits I got as a kid, and I wish they'd bring the concept back. Hopefully we will see at least something like it again, with the new rise in the more creative side of things, such as the Dots and other sets focused on customization or personalization. Miss em to death

[@pi172]

in general english speakers use "pink" for way too many colors, danish speakers for way too few. greetings from a german speaker. PS: seriously mate, as weird as the danish are for not calling anyhing pink, its just as weird how you wanna call nearly everything pink, haha

[@GreenBlueWalkthrough]

To be fair there is a word to describe {ink that is lanauge agnostic... Lighish red.

[@shylar763]

I work at a factory and your videos make me even more curious about what it would be like to work at a Lego factory

[@T1MBERPL4YZ]

The “Flamingo Pink” should be called bubblegum

[@troodon1096]

Fun fact: the only reason bubblegum is that color, is that the person who invented bubblegum just grabbed the first food coloring he could find, which happened to be pink.

[@alexbarrett3832]

You can see why from the chart column. They are using a primary and secondary colour wheel, and yeah, in art and colour theory pink doesn't have its own distinct classification. It is just pale tones of red and purple. English just happens to have a unique word for those colours, unlike pale tones of green or blue which we don't distinguish.

[@nicktallfox5266]

Fun fact. Pale tones of blue are distinguished from regular blue in some languages like Russian or Polish. They have more colours over there I guess.

[@Uadarka]

​@@nicktallfox5266 We (Russians) have one more color. Light blue/cyan is "голубой", blue/dark blue is "синий".

[@kamota8523]

If they were using primary and secondary colors they'd have only 6 groups, while they clearly use more. The classification of colors has very little to do with art and color theory, it's much more about language. There are darker shades of pink, so it's not just pale red or purple. Did you just forget about those? Do you actually think those are purple?

[@tufab3494]

Is Bricklink owned by Lego!?

[@nadiayorc]

yes, they bought it in 2019 for an undisclosed amount "to strengthen its connection with its important adult fan base", but they obviously just wanted to cash in on the 3rd party sales which is perfectly understandable

[@djt08031996]

I'm still trying to figure out how to tell which shade of gold I'm ordering on lego's official site

[@oddishsmile7368]

I will not tolerate medium stone gray slander in this house.

[@BrickHQ]

I knew lego and bricklink had different color names, but it gets deeper. wow

[@erniegonzalez2322]

Rose could be a Good Name or Magenta

[@user-wx5qx3fw1l]

Thank you for the video !!

[@hawaiimanu]

congrats on 800k man!

[@bettyjeanellis4616]

" 'Trans- dark pink?' uh... Sorry I think you mean 'Transparent Medium Reddish Violet' You heard me Right, Medium violet" is the FUNNIEST quote, unquote EVER!

[@LegoParrottProductions]

Wow, just wow. This totally blew my mind!! 🤯 I think they would probably call the pink flomingo color, light & dark purple!! (Actually I have no idea) 😂. Nice video as always, keep up the good work!!

[@OkadaKek]

That flamingo pink looks like it could be called "reddish light purple", or fall under some variation of red

[@alyshikingadventures]

I own several pink legos, but I understand what you mean

[@4sh-baby]

Congrats on 800k subscribers!!

[@lilharm]

with how much you were mentioning “light-“, “dark-”, transparent-” I thought the twist was gonna be that they don’t make *just* pink, only various shades of pink, modified pinks

[@hostiledodo1150]

Lego really out here like "IT'S NOT PINK, IT'S LIGHTISH PURPLE!"

[@theemmjay5130]

As I spend more time on Brickset (which uses the official Lego color names) than Bricklink, I knew that Lego didn't use the word pink, but I didn't know that the reason was due to a quirk of Danish. Very interesting to a word nerd like myself.

[@greninjaldl2920]

Flamingo Pink should be called "Medium Transparent Non-Transparent Opaque Bright Dull Reddish Non-Reddish Semi-Purple-ish Light Dark Purple"

[@SpiderGhostGaming__82]

Spitbrix, idk if you'll ever see this comment, but I love your videos. As a younger kid, I watched your videos on my dad’s youtube account from 2019 to 2022. I am now a teenager who has his own phone and I rewatch your videos daily. Thank you for keeping me sane during the pandemic. God bless you and I hope you have a good rest of your day/night.

[@magi0500]

Wholesome

[@jameshoffa7085]

Moron

[@StapelBricks]

I would suggest clickets-green

[@An_Literal_Fish]

Adjective lyserød pink (colored/coloured between red and white)

[@isaachunsberger2484]

i learned this the hard way. i wanted to get some gold, silver, blue, and purple thuds like from Lego games. I order "purple" studs and they came pink. i had to order new "lilac" studs to better match the ones in the game.

[@NooceneSounds]

I tend to think of pink as a lighter version of red or even light reddish-orange, while I think of those other colors as light-magenta or light crimson-red. Purple contains at least some blue, otherwise it is magenta. Sand Red from 2001 is the closest thing to actual pink.

[@NooceneSounds]

weird example, but look at picture of a naked mole rat. That is the color pink. It is not purple-ish or magenta-ish in the slightest, it is actual pink. also flushed human skin turns pink. notice how different that hue is from the lego "pinks" and you start to see what they are going for. Many people call magenta pink, but if you darken it enough, it can read as purple

[@littlelego]

That "Pink" element at the end would probably be called by lego "Flamingo light purple" or "Flamingo light red".

[@STF505]

7:40 yes there is it’s called ‘lyserød’

[@Vladimir_4757]

I can see them calling flamingo pink "bright light red" or something like that

[@Stickman_Productions]

A lot of those colors i wouldnt call pink Only one I would call pink is "light purple"

[@KrazzieLeo]

If I were to go to brick link or should I do like the thingy I think I wanna do Legos version

[@whitetiana3022]

this may have something to do with how colors are defined in danish vs english "greeks weren't able to see blue" fallacy all over again.

[@_GLXC]

Imaginary Technique: Purple.

[@Primon4723Studios]

Amy Rose: Wait! My minifigure's color is Light Purple?!

[@alccoderonscartch7909]

Always has been

[@gdawg6785]

Very good to know!

[@spongefan155]

"Does Lego Make Pink Bricks?" "Well No But Actually Yes"

[@VvIiVvZzIiOo32]

My proposed new name for flamingo pink is "light reddish soft vibrant neon purple"

[@NeonSands]

7:45 Poor sky

[@mackenziemoore5088]

Damn. I just downloaded the Bonsai tree pdf just to verify, and it damn sure says Light purple frogs 😂😂😂

[@vilIagernerd]

slightly dark light purple

[@Bannanananna]

Homer has a stud for brain lol

[@theeasychannel1288]

3:30 You’re welcome 😌

[@the_parkourkid2290]

9:01 Reddish Bright Purple

[@damuffinboi2624]

Medium light purple?

[@Tauverde]

How is called the "paradisa pink" by Lego?

[@skeletonplayingatrumpet]

I think flamingo pink should be called "pinkish purple" because of the color looking pink but lego not using the word pink so it needs to have purple in the name

[@wayre11]

Last color - Pinky Violet :D

[@alternativebeel852]

Lavender makes sense, it's lavender.

[@DavidIvan-MC]

Probably light, reddish, violet or medium, purple or something I don’t know

[@logicalwindow1706]

probably helps in copyright stuff too not just manufacturing

[@avus-kw2f213]

7:35 my prediction was correct

[@RandomfnafFanToumi]

Why theres no pink bricks: Pink doesn't exist

[@lesgrossman6332]

Light nipple purple

[@yourgoodfriend276]

Flamingo Pink will be called Light But Not Yet Red Purple

[@happygirllife1342]

I would love the name for the flamingo to be "hot purple" XD just because i would call it hot pink XD

[@DimaP73]

9:00 reddish bright light purple

[@EvanPilb]

1:02

[@Kendall-cr3sx]

The flower should be called saturated, light red

[@AndrewTheCreativeDesigner]

Maybe they would call flamingo pink; reddish purple, warm purple or maybe even warm reddish purple.🤔 I really wonder how they translated “Exotic Pink Parrot” since there isn’t a word for pink.

[@shinesoul7472]

5:40 making guess, its the Color code/ what pigments are needed to make it when molding 7:57 as half-Dan I’m ashamed of myself.

[@mpsuperstar88]

I think we should call flamingo pink “ brighter, pink”

[@bsharpmajorscale]

Yes, that's when you borrow words from other languages. That flower looks like a Pearlescent Light Purple, maybe?

[@ooga1686]

That sonic pink character is sonic so it’s probably NOT the super Mario line

[@TFanPage101]

It's lightish red

[@Luhioz_your_man]

English has a word for light blue and its "cyan" and english also has a name for dark pink its "linen purple"

[@lymanwalker7538]

I would call it flower purplish red

[@TheJarDude412]

i think it would be called bubblegum purple

[@andykillsu]

If LEGO doesn’t make pink bricks, then they don’t make Brown bricks either…

[@josephg.bracciale4576]

It’s more of a Lightish Red.

[@MauventuresMaurio]

So…it’s all a lie- ok ok there’s no pink LEGO bricks

[@panagosnar]

"english doesnt have a word for light blue." cyan-

[@Whimsykit]

cyan is a mix of blue and green its not light blue

[@panagosnar]

ik@@Whimsykit

[@Bouhtrainer583]

I think flamingo, pink Lego would refer as very light lavender

[@tarnpreetsingh8042]

Hey i saw one of your old vids when you open blin bags of ninjago minifigurs can i still buy them?

[@SpitBrix]

Unfortunately, no.

[@tarnpreetsingh8042]

oh ok@@SpitBrix

[@PeterZaitcev]

Is this reupload? It seems to me I've seen this video about two weeks ago...

[@TammyRoberts-pt2rd]

Flamingo purple.

[@linkofdoom24]

So basically they are just avoiding it for some silly reason.

[@adamstanton5313]

So… Lego doesn’t have pink… ok!

[@trytry_live]

i think they will call it "Reddish light purple"

[@anjymonster5620]

Dark light purple

[@oceanbeans8546]

Nah. I can’t believe anyone regering to lavender as pink in any way. Like purple, yes. But pink? Lavender is not pink

[@jaxe8321]

Why did you change the title.

[@JaletlitzoVR]

Orange? Never heard of it maybe you are talking about the yellowish red brick

[@junebugrobotics]

It should be named "Bright Red".

[@linguini8331]

reddish purple orange?

[@Gamertamer-fv8ne]

Just like there isnt a namn for light blue cloudy

[@EliWithAHat]

Light redish bright purple

[@bowrey118]

Vibrant Bright Purple.