Tell me more ×  I keep reading on various lego web sites about
an elusive brick color called "bley" or "blay". What is it and
what is the story behind this?  share|improve this question
Sounds like it's in the same color family as grue and bleen. – 
Dori Oct 27 '11 at 1:41 add comment  2 Answers  up vote 13 down
vote accepted  Around 2004 (if I remember correctly) LEGO
changed the grey and dark grey colors. The colors before the
change were the original grey colors which were in use from
their introduction. They were somewhat warmer than the colors
today, which was perceived as looking faded, though it had
nothing to do with aging. Part of the problem was that the
competition (Megabloks) was using more blueish greys, which made
the LEGO greys look old.  The newer colors have a colder,
blueish tone, and were widely disliked in the AFOL community,
because most of the time they look awful if used together with
the existing old grey pieces. Depending on the lighting it can
also be quite hard to tell old and new g