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Left Over Cans Of Spray Paint...
I have managed to collect numerous cans of spray paint from typewriter projects.
Figured I can use some this Spring around our home.
This can was in "Purple Iris" colour. Used it up.
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- mikeytap
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Re: Left Over Cans Of Spray Paint...
I might call that color periwinkle!
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- Pete E.
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Re: Left Over Cans Of Spray Paint...
Hi Mike,
I try to get my inspiration for machine colours from Nature when I can.
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Thread Starter- Eagle
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Re: Left Over Cans Of Spray Paint...
Unusual at first sight ...
... BUT the color fits the Olympia perfectly! 
- Pete E.
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Re: Left Over Cans Of Spray Paint...
Hi Eagle,
I have seven (7) Olympia Travellers in my collection. Each I have given a unique splash of colour.
Here is one from Nature called "Poppy Red"...
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Thread Starter- Eagle
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Re: Left Over Cans Of Spray Paint...
Your color combo matches the colors of the ribbon selector dots which is a nice touch.
However, the Olympia Traveller already had a certain color selection option from the manufacturer, as far as I know. I could find at least seven different colors of this model by TWDB and internet search.
Orange, Green, Red, Blue, Pink, Grey, White.
I don't know if all colors are original though.
- Pete E.
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Re: Left Over Cans Of Spray Paint...
Eagle,
The factory-coloured Travellers had too much colour...to my tastes.
I decided to only add colour to the ribbon-covers on my machines. Leaving lots of ivory colour there to offset the dark key-tops and my addition of a new colour.
Plus my machines cannot be mistaken for the factory ones.
BTW...the Travellers in my collection have only the dark-coloured key-tops.
The white key-tops Olympia offered on some of the Travellers do not appeal to my eyes...for some reason.
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Thread Starter- Pete E.
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Re: Left Over Cans Of Spray Paint...
Eagle,
I made some colour-changes to my 1957 Royal QDL.
Green space-bar came from a parts machine.
I added some colour to the two "Shift" key-tops...in the same colour as the "Royal" badge on the front panel and in the same colour as the two "magic margin" buttons on left & right side, at the rear.
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