HP Quick Calc

[rprosperi]

(06-19-2018 09:26 PM)rprosperi Wrote:  I just found an eBay listing for a pair of "Copper Brown Metal Pocket Calculators", in a pkg style of printed card stock with clear bubble over the device (which is different pkg than the units I have) so this should make the color more clear. Until they arrive, I'm sticking with "Gray".

I received the pair of "Bronze" Quick Calc machines. There apparently were at least 2 different packaging styles for these; one (older or newer, I'm not sure, they both say (c) 2008) is printed card-stock with a bubble over the calc on the front, the other style is a wraparound printed card stock with small 'cut-out' ears on both sides so you can see which color machine is in the package. The pair of new units are the former style with the clear plastic bubble, affording a much better view of the unit's color.

Verdict: The color does have a slight brownish tint, but does not look like any bronze I've ever seen, including other devices from HP called Bronze. It doesn't sound right, but I'd call it a brownish-grey. If you knew there were only 4 colors and asked to pick out the Bronze one, you probably would pick this, but if it was just sitting on a table, and you pointed it out, very few folks would describe it as Bronze colored.

No doubt the color was selected and 'named' by the genius marketing team that carefully hand-selected the initial Prime keyboard color scheme.... so many colors to choose from, yet so many bad decisions...