Paper color

[Jeanne-migration]

Is there a site or example some where that shows what Off-White, tan, and brown are for the page colors?

 

Jeanne

[Mac Man]

I believe the 2nd edition OS Grading Guide has a card that designates paper colors.

[Jeanne-migration]

Great... I ordered a copy last week so it should be here any day.

 

Thanks

[Jeanne-migration]

I believe the 2nd edition OS Grading Guide has a card that designates paper colors.

 

Does the guide have a scrach and sniff to help me with what acidic odor smells like? Hahaha just kidding but it would be nice.

 

Jeanne

[SpiderJay300]

What issue has it? (year?).. I been looking for a page color card for so long.. thanks!

[Mac Man]

It's not the current edition of the Overstreet Grading Guide, but the last one.

[SpiderJay300]

You have an idea where I can pick one up!.. I can not find one for the love of me (on ebay or anywhere) with the page color card

 

(or just the card if it is detectable )

[divad]

No. Just get about 20 different books together at random and line them up in order of whiteness - there you have it - problem solved.

[silverseeker]

The first edition of the Overstreet Grading Guide came with an OWL (Overstreet Whiteness Level) card, but I thought I read something about it not being included in subsequent versions because it wasn't a very accurate source for determining paper color (or something like that).

 

I came across a website once that had paper color examples, and if I remember the URL I'll update my post with it...

 

The problem with using printed or online examples for determining paper color is that you're somewhat at the whim of the printer or your monitor, both of which can affect how the paper color examples look.

[Johnny G]

Found this on-line through a Google image search...

 

 

Hope it helps for now!

 

John (thumbs u

[swapto]

good stuff john (thumbs up

 

i was looking for it but could not find it.

 

Thanks,

 

B.

[Jeanne-migration]

Johnny G

 

Wow... that should help alot. I understand about the monitor, printer issue but at least this give me some clue as to where to start.

 

Thank you

Jeanne

[Mac Man]

Yeah, thats the card I was talking about. Johnny G pulls through with the assist!

 

You'll note the numbers on the right-hand side are not in sequential order. You'll also notice that your pages won't exactly match up with what's shown. Not an issue for you're just making notes about your own books, but if you're looking to sell, you will want to specify what range it falls into, i.e. White-Off White page color, Off White-Tan page color, etc. And as always, if you're not sure, round down and not up.

[SpiderJay300]

Johnny G... you da man!

[rodan57]

 

That lowest level of off-white is really, really off-white. Shouldn't there be "cream" between off-white and tan?

 

Dennis

[Mac Man]

Yeah... that's kind of what I was driving at with my previous post. Not exact- like everything else in grading.

[Mr. Zipper]

 

That lowest level of off-white is really, really off-white. Shouldn't there be "cream" between off-white and tan?

 

Dennis

 

I wouldn't place too much importance on this card. The Off White on this card would certainly be labeled Cream by CGC.

[divad]

 

That lowest level of off-white is really, really off-white. Shouldn't there be "cream" between off-white and tan?

 

Dennis

 

I wouldn't place too much importance on this card. The Off White on this card would certainly be labeled Cream by CGC.

 

Ditto, I wouldn't use this card to pick out colors for the living room either . . .