From: "Michael Nelson" <mike.nelson at seahunt.org>
To: "'WSFA members'" <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Funny Money
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2006 10:37:39 -0400
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cathy Green [mailto:dalek_cag at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 4:59 PM
> To: WSFA members
> Subject: [WSFA] Re: Funny Money
>
> > >
> > > At 9/18/2006 12:34 PM, Michael Nelson wrote:
> > >
> > >>I was in a meeting to discuss the $5 NexGen design
> > project
> > >>status.  The woman who will be managing the
> > publicity for
> > >>the new $5 and $100 bills mentioned something
> > about the
> > >>pink color of the new $5 bills.  Several males
> > promptly
> > >>declared, "It's not pink, it's light red!"
> > >>
> > >>As it stands now, the printers are calling the
> > four $5
> > >>dry offset ink colors yellow, gray, orchid, and
> > lilac.
> > >>
> > >
> >
>
> Because, of course, lilac is dead butch.

Well, the printers are being honest about the color
name matching with the Pantone color system.  Going
by color density readings, those are the closest
standard Pantone colors.