New name for OldGray?

[bemuser]

I'm looking to buy some additional pieces, and for grey I see, dark grey, dark stone grey, light grey, medium stone grey - what colour should I be choosing if I want to buy pieces for a classic space kit which Peeron lists as being "OldGray"

[Peppermint_M]

Where are you trying to buy the pieces? If it is on bricklink then Light Grey and Dark Grey cover you for Classic Space era brick colours. You can get the individual missing parts. Bricklink then lists the new shades as Bluish Grey and Dark Bluish Grey (Hence the fan contraction to Bley and Dark Bley) so there isn't any confusion when purchasing.

LEGO does not produce those colours any more, so direct purchase from TLG is impossible. Lots of classic space on eBay and other trading sites might be the best way to fill gaps and get a bigger supply of parts to work with.

[bemuser]

I don't know about bricklink, I'm currently looking at brick owl

[Vorkosigan]

You want light gray. That is the original gray. The newer shades are the "stone" versions. These are the LEGO official names I believe.

[Aanchir]

The official name of Peeron's OldGray is Grey (with an "e"). The Bricklink name is Light Gray (with an "a").

And now I learn that BrickOwl calls this Light Gray, which is stupidly confusing if they're also going to use near-official names like "Dark Stone Gray" The official color "Light Grey" (with an "e") is equivalent to Bricklink's Very Light Gray or Peeron's ScalaGray, NOT to Bricklink's Light Gray or Peeron's OldGray. Jeez, BrickOwl, way to make things even more complicated for me!

Edited April 10, 2015 by Aanchir