Poll: What colour PCB do you like best? - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Mint.
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 18, 2012, 09:28:51 am
content: Just out of curiosity, what is are your favourite PCB colours?

author: PeterG
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 18, 2012, 09:32:21 am
content: Why no Green option?

author: Rerouter
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 18, 2012, 09:38:34 am
content: rainbowbut really, red, just because with a white silk screen text sticks out like a saw thumb, which is a good thing,

author: mikeselectricstuff
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 18, 2012, 09:40:15 am
content: Matt Black (PCBcart do it).

author: Jad.z
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 18, 2012, 09:45:26 am
content: Purple or Black.Mr. Purpleby.:madworm:., on Flickr

author: Mint.
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 18, 2012, 09:48:30 am
content: Quote from: PeterG on February 18, 2012, 09:32:21 amAddedThats why there is an other option. Also you can edit your vote.

author: Mint.
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 18, 2012, 09:49:23 am
content: Quote from: Jad.z on February 18, 2012, 09:45:26 amWow, that's beautiful!

author: Bored@Work
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 18, 2012, 10:01:05 am
content: I don't care. I am old school, I put stuff in enclosures and couldn't give a dry fart through a rolling segway wheel about the PCB' color inside the enclosure.

author: george graves
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 18, 2012, 10:32:32 am
content: All I know is that white shows all the flux and stuff on protypes. It's a hard color to pull off with out a good cleaning.

author: mikeselectricstuff
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 18, 2012, 10:33:07 am
content: Quote from: BoredAtWork on February 18, 2012, 10:01:05 amI make front panels and mechanical parts with PCB and would like a bigger range to choose from...

author: electrode
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 18, 2012, 12:19:04 pm
content: I could tell before I voted that the most popular colour was black, but only because I saw the same poll on another forum recently and it surprised me then too. If I had to guess, I would've said red - so no surprises that red and black are the most popular in this poll.I voted for white because it can look really nice if done well.Not meaning to hijack the thread, but has anyone ordered yellow, blue or white PCBs from ITead Studio? I'd love to see a photo of how they turned out.

author: siliconmix
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 18, 2012, 12:25:04 pm
content: green cheapest

author: Short Circuit
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 18, 2012, 12:49:54 pm
content: Purple happens to be my favorite color. But I never had a PCB made in that color, none of my standard suppliers offer it.Btw whe knew that there's a reason for most boards being green?It seems other colors, particulary red, tend to agitate workers.

author: armandas
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 18, 2012, 01:04:56 pm
content: This is the best I have seen so far.It's a kind of grey colour mixed with silvery grains. Definitely not your standard solder mask.

author: harnon
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 18, 2012, 02:12:09 pm
content: Quote from: armandas on February 18, 2012, 01:04:56 pmOh I like that...

author: Christe4nM
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 18, 2012, 02:32:23 pm
content: Had to choose between goldplated red or blue. Choose red in the end bij a very minor preference over blue.

author: Spiro
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: February 18, 2012, 02:36:41 pm
content: Transparent. 1000 times more useful. All others colors are ok, but I hate green.

author: vk6zgo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 18, 2012, 02:41:52 pm
content: Green looks like a proper commercial job .It's hard to take other colours seriously,although HP & Tektronix can get away with it!

author: SoftwareSamurai
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 18, 2012, 03:24:00 pm
content: I think I like black best. It tends to hide all the traces, pours, and gaps the best, making the final PCB board very "clean" looking.

author: mobbarley
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 18, 2012, 03:25:27 pm
content: matte black or matte green, the stripes on that lacie card are sexy too.

author: nanofrog
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 18, 2012, 05:12:53 pm
content: In the following order: Purple, Blue, Red, Black.

author: Hypernova
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 18, 2012, 05:33:32 pm
content: Blood Red, preferably with real human blood.

author: Lawsen
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 19, 2012, 01:11:03 am
content: I have seen more printed circuit boards in green. Green and tan brown are the most popular colors. There were other colors like some Macintosh mouse has a black color printed circuit board with a transparent case.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 19, 2012, 01:32:50 am
content: It's not solder mask, but as for silkscreen colours, I like how a friend of mine did the old Apple logo in silkscreen colour:Dave.