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Colour of our new shirts.
SoundAsa£
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If you go on our Club Shop site it is described as our “classic red colour.”
Well it isn’t, there are of course many shades of red and whereas the colour ‘is’ unquestionably red, this one is certainly NOT our classic red…..it kind of leans towards being orange/tangerine.
Might not bother you but I’m a diehard traditionalist when it comes to this kind of thing and I don’t appreciate the change. I wonder who agreed to this?
Pop onto the Club Shop site and you’ll see for yourself……no way is that our traditional red. 🤨🤨🤨
Well it isn’t, there are of course many shades of red and whereas the colour ‘is’ unquestionably red, this one is certainly NOT our classic red…..it kind of leans towards being orange/tangerine.
Might not bother you but I’m a diehard traditionalist when it comes to this kind of thing and I don’t appreciate the change. I wonder who agreed to this?
Pop onto the Club Shop site and you’ll see for yourself……no way is that our traditional red. 🤨🤨🤨
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Yeah the photos make it look a bit orange to my eyes. Might be better in real life.SoundAsa£ said:If you go on our Club Shop site it is described as our “classic red colour.”
Well it isn’t, there are many shades of red and whereas the colour ‘is’ unquestionably red, this one is certainly NOT our classic red…..it kind of leans towards being orange/tangerine.
Might not bother you but I’m a diehard traditionalist when it comes to this kind of thing and I don’t appreciate the change. I wonder who agreed to this change?
Pop onto the Club Shop site and you’ll see for yourself……no way is that our traditional red. 🤨🤨🤨1 -
yeah it reminds me of this abomination..

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I’d anyone ever again says “I wish we had a big name kite manufacturer like Nike…”Karim_myBagheri said:yeah it reminds me of this abomination..
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The pantone should be based on the red on the Adidas Fads shirt in the museum as Castore borrowed it for that reason.
Whether they got it right I don't know but I suggest reserving judgement until seeing it in the flash.
It looks closer to the red of the 90/91 Woolwich Admiral shirt1 -
I know this nerdy, but the club should just get the Pantone set in stone; and say this is the red, and you make shirts to that colour. Bit haphazard to use old shirts to colour match.9
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I think we are wearing a more tangerine colour so that Kirk can settle in better, like he did at Blackpool.13
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The pictures from yesterday made it look a good shade of Red, the shop pics seem to over exaggerate the pattern on the shirt0
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As someone that uses colour for a living, almost every single devise you view it on, will look different than it does in the flesh.
I Really would wait before passing too much judgement.27 -
As you’re in the trade, shouldn’t the club just say the shirt needs to be say 485c (London Bus Red) and be done with it, and everything within the club is set to that?shine166 said:As someone that uses colour for a living, almost every single devise you view it on, will look different than it does in the flesh.
I Really would wait before passing too much judgement.4 -
It would be a very good idea and something you could actually trademark I think. Maybe the club could team up with Dulux and sell cans in the shop lol.Rothko said:
As you’re in the trade, shouldn’t the club just say the shirt needs to be say 485c (London Bus Red) and be done with it, and everything within the club is set to that?shine166 said:As someone that uses colour for a living, almost every single devise you view it on, will look different than it does in the flesh.
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I’ve got one on order, I think it’s more a guitar red.0
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Fender Fiesta Red.Mendonca In Asdas said:I’ve got one on order, I think it’s more a guitar red.1 -
Thank Christ you all posted, I was just thinking, "I really need something new to moan about!"11
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I don't see much difference in the "wrong" red of this season and the "right" red of last season7 -
Which season's shirt would you say is "classic red"?SoundAsa£ said:If you go on our Club Shop site it is described as our “classic red colour.”
Well it isn’t, there are of course many shades of red and whereas the colour ‘is’ unquestionably red, this one is certainly NOT our classic red…..it kind of leans towards being orange/tangerine.
Might not bother you but I’m a diehard traditionalist when it comes to this kind of thing and I don’t appreciate the change. I wonder who agreed to this?
Pop onto the Club Shop site and you’ll see for yourself……no way is that our traditional red. 🤨🤨🤨0 -
London bus red as near as damn it.Chizz said:
Which season's shirt would you say is "classic red"?SoundAsa£ said:If you go on our Club Shop site it is described as our “classic red colour.”
Well it isn’t, there are of course many shades of red and whereas the colour ‘is’ unquestionably red, this one is certainly NOT our classic red…..it kind of leans towards being orange/tangerine.
Might not bother you but I’m a diehard traditionalist when it comes to this kind of thing and I don’t appreciate the change. I wonder who agreed to this?
Pop onto the Club Shop site and you’ll see for yourself……no way is that our traditional red. 🤨🤨🤨
Pantone 485 C is the code.0 -
Chizz………I have been going since 1958, there may very well have been some very slight colour variations in that time but not so as you’d notice it, though there was one some years back that was absolutely dreadful beyond words!
This is only the second time in all those years that one can actually see a ‘noticeable’ colour variant.1 -
Maybe the person who chose it was colour blind?SoundAsa£ said:Chizz………I have been going since 1958, there may very well have been some very slight colour variations in that time but not so as you’d notice it, though there was one some years back that was absolutely dreadful beyond words!
This is only the second time in all those years that one can actually see a ‘noticeable’ colour variant.0 -
Chill, Winston.SoundAsa£ said:If you go on our Club Shop site it is described as our “classic red colour.”
Well it isn’t, there are of course many shades of red and whereas the colour ‘is’ unquestionably red, this one is certainly NOT our classic red…..it kind of leans towards being orange/tangerine.
Might not bother you but I’m a diehard traditionalist when it comes to this kind of thing and I don’t appreciate the change. I wonder who agreed to this?
Pop onto the Club Shop site and you’ll see for yourself……no way is that our traditional red. 🤨🤨🤨0 -
Looks fine to me. The only shirt in recent years that was clearly the wrong shade was the first Nike shirt, the dullest of dull pub team catalogue shirt.

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😬…I actually quite liked that top,made a great summer hols shirt & got a fair bit of attention…no one who asked me about the mighty Addicks had a bad thing to say about it….Karim_myBagheri said:yeah it reminds me of this abomination..
well not to me face anyways…🤔😂😂0 -
Nike kits looked shit.0
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This might be an interesting comparison. It looks like the shirts are very close to Pantone 485, but the red used on the website is noticeably darkerSoundAsa£ said:
London bus red as near as damn it.Chizz said:
Which season's shirt would you say is "classic red"?SoundAsa£ said:If you go on our Club Shop site it is described as our “classic red colour.”
Well it isn’t, there are of course many shades of red and whereas the colour ‘is’ unquestionably red, this one is certainly NOT our classic red…..it kind of leans towards being orange/tangerine.
Might not bother you but I’m a diehard traditionalist when it comes to this kind of thing and I don’t appreciate the change. I wonder who agreed to this?
Pop onto the Club Shop site and you’ll see for yourself……no way is that our traditional red. 🤨🤨🤨
Pantone 485 C is the code.
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I bought this, Barcelona had the exact same kit the season before. I remember having the same conversation about it with strangers several times on holiday in Spain.Karim_myBagheri said:yeah it reminds me of this abomination..
”Ah, Barcelona”
”nah mate Charlton”
”is not Barcelona?”
”nah Charrrllllton”
”Ahhh, Chelsea!”4 -
The website red is too dark, but probably works as a colour online.Chizz said:
This might be an interesting comparison. It looks like the shirts are very close to Pantone 485, but the red used on the website is noticeably darkerSoundAsa£ said:
London bus red as near as damn it.Chizz said:
Which season's shirt would you say is "classic red"?SoundAsa£ said:If you go on our Club Shop site it is described as our “classic red colour.”
Well it isn’t, there are of course many shades of red and whereas the colour ‘is’ unquestionably red, this one is certainly NOT our classic red…..it kind of leans towards being orange/tangerine.
Might not bother you but I’m a diehard traditionalist when it comes to this kind of thing and I don’t appreciate the change. I wonder who agreed to this?
Pop onto the Club Shop site and you’ll see for yourself……no way is that our traditional red. 🤨🤨🤨
Pantone 485 C is the code.
what’s the Pantone of the red in the badge that’s TM, that’s should be the base red for the kit3 -

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Ditto...wore it at Bournemouth once when we lost 1-0 loads of people on the sea front thought it was cool and from a euro country and assumed we were on holiday. Always take it to Spain and enjoy other fans asking about it. Similar to Barcelona one around the same time.NorthheathAddick said:
😬…I actually quite liked that top,made a great summer hols shirt & got a fair bit of attention…no one who asked me about the mighty Addicks had a bad thing to say about it….Karim_myBagheri said:yeah it reminds me of this abomination..
well not to me face anyways…🤔😂😂0 -
I've opened the thread, I've read the thread and yep, there is a thread on the redness of our red shirt!!!!!!!2
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I always thought Pantone was a type of Italian bread. You learn something new every day.7
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Chill, Winston.SoundAsa£ said:If you go on our Club Shop site it is described as our “classic red colour.”
Well it isn’t, there are of course many shades of red and whereas the colour ‘is’ unquestionably red, this one is certainly NOT our classic red…..it kind of leans towards being orange/tangerine.
Might not bother you but I’m a diehard traditionalist when it comes to this kind of thing and I don’t appreciate the change. I wonder who agreed to this?
Pop onto the Club Shop site and you’ll see for yourself……no way is that our traditional red. 🤨🤨🤨0













