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HP 20S colour scheme Message #1 Posted by DaveJ on 10 Apr 2008, 5:07 a.m. My HP20S has Green and Purple shift function colours, but from looking around at various photos this seems fairly rare. Most of the others I've found use a Blue and Orange colour scheme. Anyone know why, how and when it changed? Thanks Dave.

Re: HP 20S colour scheme Message #2 Posted by Thomas Radtke on 10 Apr 2008, 8:24 a.m., in response to message #1 by DaveJ Orange is actually yellow. The Singapore 20S really has a great colorscheme :-). I guess your 20S was made in Indonesia? Edited: 10 Apr 2008, 8:25 a.m.

Re: HP 20S colour scheme Message #3 Posted by DaveJ on 10 Apr 2008, 8:35 a.m., in response to message #2 by Thomas Radtke Quote: Orange is actually yellow. The Singapore 20S really has a great colorscheme :-). I guess your 20S was made in Indonesia? Yes, mine was made in Indonesia. So all the Indonesian ones are one colour, and the Singapore ones another? Yes, I prefer the Singapore colours too. Dave.

Re: HP 20S colour scheme Message #4 Posted by Walter B on 10 Apr 2008, 9:22 a.m., in response to message #2 by Thomas Radtke Quote: Orange is actually yellow. Officially, this color scheme is called blue/gold 8) Many months ago, I did ask the same question here as Dave does now. IIRC, the color scheme for the 20s was changed the same time as for the 32sii. Maybe I'll find that thread again. Edit: Voila, here it is :) Edited: 10 Apr 2008, 9:44 a.m.

Re: HP 20S colour scheme Message #5 Posted by DaveJ on 10 Apr 2008, 5:47 p.m., in response to message #4 by Walter B So they changed from the (very sensible) Blue/Orange to the (rather hard to see) Green/Purple? What could have possessed them to do that? I don't have the two schemes to sit side-by-side physically, but putting the pictures side-by-side clearly shows the superior clarity of the Blue/Orange colour scheme. Who makes these decisions, marketing? - Ah yes, silly me, of course they do!! Dave.

Re: HP 20S colour scheme Message #6 Posted by Walter B on 10 Apr 2008, 5:54 p.m., in response to message #5 by DaveJ Fully agreed, and I can assure you it does not look any better if you see both sitting side-by-side physically. But green/purple must have been absolutely (marketing-) cool, else they would not have changed colors for the 48G d;-)

Re: HP 20S colour scheme Message #7 Posted by Martin Pinckney on 10 Apr 2008, 4:56 p.m., in response to message #2 by Thomas Radtke My Indonesia 20S has the blue/"gold" color scheme. Although, to my eye, the color seems somewhere between yellow and orange. My employee's Singapore 20S has the same color scheme as mine. My Singapore 32SII and another employee's Indonesia 32SII, as well as my USA 48SX, all have the blue/orange scheme, and it is definitely orange, not yellow or gold.

Re: HP 20S colour scheme Message #8 Posted by Walter B on 10 Apr 2008, 5:41 p.m., in response to message #7 by Martin Pinckney Well, well: 32S ann. s/n 2912A... - orange 20S s/n ID9060... - light blue & gold (as defined in MS Excel) 21S s/n 3122S... - light blue (whiter) & yellow 32SII s/n ID9120... - light blue (darker) & orange 48SX s/n 3145S... - light bue & light orange Obviously, there have been variations. Nevertheless, the classic color scheme is *called* (as written above) blue/gold through the decades. HTH, Walter

Re: HP 20S colour scheme Message #9 Posted by Charles on 11 Apr 2008, 4:37 p.m., in response to message #8 by Walter B I agree that the colour scheme is really clear on the 20S as is the display. Pity that this wasn't repeated on an RPN calculator. However, I asked my wife which she thought was clearer - a 48G+ (new style colours) or a 48SX (old style). She preferred the 48G+!

Re: HP 20S colour scheme Message #10 Posted by Walter B on 11 Apr 2008, 4:44 p.m., in response to message #9 by Charles May have been gender marketing? Those bean counters could have argued growth opportunities in this market sector were huge (you always get high percentage with low denominators), and it's 50% of the total market addressable ;)

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