Let's see color variations in the T206 set

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Posted By: joe brennan

It is really neat to see all the different colors on these cards. I would suppose that the printers let the runs go until they were almost out of color. Then they stopped the process, mixed true color into the batches and started again, leaving tons of variations. At the time they were printed, they never woulda thought that their work would be so highly scrutinized 100 years later. Reminds me of the depression glass era. Depression glass was made in several different colors. When a new color was wanted the color was almost emptied but not quite, then the new color was added. There are hundreds of variations because the first batches were mixed with the last of a different color. The glass was given away in laundry soap boxes and other forms. Like the cards, who knew they were going to be such sought after item 70 years later and their work judged so closely. Is this a fair thought on how all these color variations happened or are some of them scraps that were never meant to be put into circulation?

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