What's your favorite T206 color?

[Rob D.]

Collectors know one of the appealing aspects of the white-border set is the great mix of colors. Whether it be a solid background on a portrait or a rainbow of hues gracing an action shot, the color schemes on our minature pieces of art are breathtaking, to be sure. I often find myself mesmerized by the red background on the Cobb portrait. Sometimes I think I could gaze at it for hours and hours.

So, what's your favorite T206 color?

[Gradedcardman]

My favorite background color is the Green followed closely by the Red.

[scmavl]

The orangey yellows. Like the background of my favorite card, Wilhelm with bat. (sorry, the pic is large)



It's similar in color to another fairly well known card...

[barrysloate]

The Dougherty portrait with the purple background.

[deadballera]

how about cards with a rainbow of colors

[willworkforT206]

I like the T206 portrait colors that less common or unique.

My favorite portraits are the ones with the mint green background becuase there are only a few - particularly Walsh, usually Cassidy and sometimes Moran depending on the printing. The contrast of Walsh's dark uniform and dark hair against the mint green background is awsome. The vast majority of the other White Sox portraits that have yellow or orange backgrounds (with the exception of Dougherty) just don't look as good (IMHO).

I also like the light taupe (?) color of the Rucker portrait. Not much of a color per se, but it stands out from the group becuase it's the only one with that color.

The Willis portrait cards are cool when the background is more of a purplish wine color like Clayton "teetwoohsix"'s shown below (thanks, Clayton). Most of them are dark red.

As far as the on-field poses go, I really like the sky in the Spike Shannon card. Tons of colors in there (mint, pink, light orange) that you don't notice unless you stop to look close.

Thanks to t206resource.com for the images of Walsh and Rucker.

Steve

[Exhibitman]

red

[brianp-beme]

Although green in general is my favorite color, and I am partial to multi-colored backgrounds (like blazing sunsets), for T206's my favorite are probably the red and orange/red ones that transition in color, like the Steinfeldt portrait. There are a bunch of them (will try to post some later) that I can sink my eyes into for minutes (hours...hey that's a lot of time).

Brian

[4815162342]

Rob, thanks for making me do a spit-take!

[peterb69]

I like the multi colored backgrounds with the factories in the background. Like the Shannon posted above.

[Jaybird]

I hate red CARS but love red CARDS:

[matty6]

I love the pink.

[itjclarke]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

Although green in general is my favorite color, and I am partial to multi-colored backgrounds (like blazing sunsets), for T206's my favorite are probably the red and orange/red ones that transition in color, like the Steinfeldt portrait. There are a bunch of them (will try to post some later) that I can sink my eyes into for minutes (hours...hey that's a lot of time).

Brian

I agree, love the sunsets.. and cloudy skies

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by Rob D.

Collectors know one of the appealing aspects of the white-border set is the great mix of colors. Whether it be a solid background on a portrait or a rainbow of hues gracing an action shot, the color schemes on our minature pieces of art are breathtaking, to be sure. I often find myself mesmerized by the red background on the Cobb portrait. Sometimes I think I could gaze at it for hours and hours.

So, what's your favorite T206 color?

True, if you stare at T206's long enough you end up posting about them on Net54. I think Rob is trying to tell us that T206's are making us cross-eyed and brainless.

Brian (I still like those orangey-red transitional ones and I will post later to prove their dominance in the T206 color scheme)

[ethicsprof]

the deep red of the t206 Phelan portrait captivates me.
gratefully, i have Lionel Carter's example, framed and a focal point in the office.
best,
barry

[toppcat]

Oh, the sunset cards are great as are the solid, off kilter colors like taupe and magenta. My fave is always the Cobb Bat Off:



This Jordan Batting is not bad either:

[benderbroeth]

i also love the pink lol!!!

[brianp-beme]

I love how deep the red is on these cards, and not just a solid color for the background, but a whole range of shades. The Kling always catches my eye...the richness of all the hues of red just overwhelm me to the point where I must sit down.

Brian

[carrigansghost]

Carrigan Red, hoping to get Homedepot to carry it.

Rawn

[CW]

^^^ Very nice examples, Brian.

I've always liked the blue background on the Tris Speaker card, which can be especially striking when the blue is deep, dark, and free of white print marks.

The subject on this card is pretty cool in his own right, but the perfect combination of background colors puts this card over the top...

[teetwoohsix]

Steve- I'm with you on the Violet color of the Willis card- one of my favorites for sure.

I really like the greens I think the most. One of my favorites (I don't have one yet-maybe someone who does will post one?) is the Hans Lobert T206. Something about that background color makes that card one of my favorites in the set.

The color blends are awesome. They had some amazing artists back then !!!

Sincerely, Clayton

[ScottFandango]

i love how the red color is not monochromatic...it has different hues of red that give the portraits an almost three dimensional look...almost eerie in a good way..they simply POP off the paper!

[Jason Carota]

Yellow. The first card that comes to mind is Jimmy Lavender's. The yellow background makes his image appear to jump off the card.

[T206DK]

I don't have scans of mine, but T206 Ewing Cincinnati and Maloney Rochester are pretty cool

[drc]

The green portrait Ty Cobb is my favorite. The green works well for me.

[danmckee]

Purple background

[BleedinBlue]

Not mine but this one was pointed out earlier. Nice card of Lobert.

[Piratedogcardshows]

I dont know what color this would be but I like the green grass with the clear blue sky in the background as seen in this card.

[dog*dirt]

I have always like the colors in these two.

[Rob D.]

Some darn fine colors, guys! So far we have around 20 either mentioned or displayed.

Hey, Net54ers, how about showing some more colors as we try to virtually complete the white-border set?

(Altered colors are fine, too.)

[4815162342]

Here's a sampling of my favorite T206 colors.

[teetwoohsix]

Thanks for showing that Lobert, I love that card.
Some more nice colors........

[sandmountainslim]

Bought this card today
LOVE the salmon and green color scheme!



Absolutely beautiful!

[Clutch-Hitter]

Definitely like pink the best

[Bunker]

No longer my card, but I really like the colors: