Hi-
How many colors does the classic eight-stud 4x2 Lego brick come in?
Lego makes approx 84 colours total at present, but I need to find out
how many of those apply to the 4X2 basic brick
I'll give a $2 tip if you can tell me how many distinct parts Lego has
ever made.
thanks a lot!

Howdy crocokoala!

I have, through their various "one color" sets, and
other sets, found that Lego has the 4x2 brick in 13
(and have made it in silver, the 14th color) colors.

Orange (in a Halloween "Jack O' Lantern" model)
Black
Red
Light Grey
Dark Grey
Tan
Green
Sand Red
White
Brown
Yellow
Blue
Clear
Silver (at one time in the "Silver" Anniversary set)

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On page 3 of the Lego company profile, they tell us the current
number of unique "elements" they currently make.
http://www.lego.com/info/pdf/compprofileuk.pdf

"Not counting the many permutations of colours and materials
the LEGO range comprises about 2,800 different elements."


Search Strategy:

Went through the Lego website: http://www.lego.com

If you need any clarification, feel free to ask.

Looking Forward, denco-ga

Thanks Denco-ga, just what I needed. And a bit tricker that it first appeared!

My very astute six-year-old grandnephew Hugo says that Lego 4x2 bricks
come in red, white, blue, yellow, black, grey, and clear. The clear
ones are rather rare, according to Hugo the Wonder Brat.

red, white, blue, yellow, black, grey, and clear.

also, brown: http://shop.lego.com/leaf.asp?Type=4&CatID=%7B478E4C59-ECA0-4F61-92C4-BD37D74225B7%7D

and green: http://shop.lego.com/leaf.asp?Type=4&CatID=%7BDD883266-6A88-4A6B-9799-025E6AE06CA1%7D

and tan: http://shop.lego.com/leaf.asp?Type=4&CatID=%7BF2B7BC7C-1299-432A-BE61-F6623C774ABA%7D

Thanks very much magnesium and waffle -gas
Looking at the Lego site I think there are actually 11 colours - they
don't seem to stock dark grey and light grey at the moment but they
seem to exist elsewhere. So 11 it is! Unless anybody knows of any
others... any suggestions most welcome.
Still interested in a figure for the total number of separate items
available (ie different tyres, wheels, windows etc etc). Suspect it's
somewhere in the 5000s...

According to Harry Lim, who has made some of the most incredible Lego
sculptures I have ever seen, there are 42 colors that can be
*configured* into a 4x2 brick (although not necessarily that many 4x2
bricks themselves):

http://www.henrylim.org/LEGOColours.html

Some of Harry Lim's amazing sculptures:
http://www.henrylim.org/LEGOSculptures.html

Thanks for the 5 star rating and the generous tip crocokoala!

Glad I could be of help.

Looking Forward, denco-ga

Just out of curiosity, when did clear become a color?

True enough, clear is not a color, but some would argue
that neither black nor white are colors, as this Geocities
page states.
http://www.geocities.com/ams183/classic_blue.html

"In other woords, ALL colors combined form white light-
therefore white is not a color, but a combination of all
colors. Similarily, BLACK is not a color itself, but
appears black because of the absence of light (Hewitt
1997 p421)."

I figure that crocokoala was looking more for the number
of unique "classic" 4x2 bricks there are available, than
strictly the actual number of colors (from a technical
standpoint) there are available.

Looking Forward, denco-ga