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I'm looking for the Ms. Pac-Man green on the CPO in RGB, and the paint matches for Pac yellow and Ms Pac blue.
 
I'm looking for the Ms. Pac-Man green on the CPO in RGB,

What green?

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Ah! You have a Twobits CPO. The original has green around the Start Game as well with a darker blue.
 
Ah! You have a Twobits CPO. The original has green around the Start Game as well with a darker blue.

twobits_mspacman_nos_lg.jpg


What you are seeing as green is actually a bi-product of the screen printing process. The blue is printed over yellow portions in the original graphic giving a slightly green hue. Unless you find a NOS scan of an original, it's going to be quite difficult to replicate the exact color of the blue overlaying the yellow.

Proper screen printed overlays are available...it just might take a bit of searching ;)

Also regarding the exact color of Pac-Man, that too is a challenge as cabinets have darkened and lightened over the years causing a plethora of different opinions on true pac yellow. I recently painted mine using Krylon Sun Yellow which isn't exact, but is one many often choose. If you search for some of the other pac-man restorations here on KLOV, you'll find more choices from some of the other guys :)

Whatever you do...DON'T go with safety yellow....it isn't even close ;)
 
Ah! You have a Twobits CPO. The original has green around the Start Game as well with a darker blue.

No, that's the blue printed over the yellow. Makes it look green:

twobits_mspacman_nos.jpg


Damn. took me too long to find the pic...
 
Also regarding the original Ms Pac blue...that too has a ton of incorrect suggestions caused by fading over the years.

As can be seen in this 1983 life magazine shoot photo, true factory Ms Pacs featured a blue that was nearly the exact same shade as the bezel and marquee:
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If I had a nickel for every powder blue and light blue Ms Pac restoration I've seen over the years, I'd be a very rich man :p
 
Indeed...The image mod posted of the flyer is exactly as I remember them BITD :001_sbiggrin:
 
Ugh.. That's why I made an art scans thread looking for scans. :(
I have seens a billion repros and none quite match my standards. I know what a proper Ms. Pac looks like.
I also need the green for a custom CPO I'm making.
 
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That pic of the CPO comparison was acyually the same one I was using. :p That's where I saw the green.
Attached were the color matches I was sent from an arcade art company. The blue is not nearly deep enough, more like the sideart blue.
 

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