Favorite Gel Colors

[stantonsound]

I got a great deal on some gel today (another person placed a huge order and I jumped on their order for the good pricing) and bought 100+ sheets myself. I use quite a bit for different types of shows (theatrical, corporate, rock shows, etc...) as well as stocking it for others. I thought it would be easy to pick out 100 sheets, but it was more difficult than I thought.

I got to thinking, I know what gel colors are my favorite for the standard washes, but not what other people use.

What are your favorite gel colors for......

Standard warm wash
Standard cool wash
Amber
Diffusion
and other favorites (like moonlight scenes, rainy day scenes, indoor evening, candle lit, etc...)

[Pie4Weebl]

What are your favorite gel colors for......
Standard warm wash->R02, R16
Standard cool front wash->R53, R60, R61, L201-203
Amber (see warm)
Diffusion R119+ R132

Favorite Rock and Roll back light or dance side colors: R39, R375, R93, R26

Once I can buy Apollo gel from a local distributor as easy as I can Rosco a few of those numbers might change.

[Logos]

Are you interested in Lee Colours.

I love Primary Red 106 and primary Blue 119. I use a lot of 103 straw and 152 in washes. I always seem to find a way to put Congo Blue 181 into most of my rigs. Chocolate Brown 156 is also a personal favourite.

[SerraAva]

Standard warm: R02, R08, R16, R33
Standard cool: R54, R60, R63, R65, R67
The colors listed above are for front wash. For overhead and back I use a little darker generally, but sometimes same as front.

Amber: R16, R20

Diffusion: R101, also the cyc silks, not sure if your including them or not.

Other colors I use often include R12, R20, R26, R339, R72, R80 for Rock and Roll. For theatre, I use just about every color under the sun. Favorites for effects however are R57 and R83.

[Footer]

L366 is by far my favorite color, period. I have never seen a color that can do so much as that one. L119 is also great. I have been in a R99 kick lately, don't know why. Also, there can never be enough L202 laying around as well as R119 or R132.

[stantonsound]

Doesn't anyone else use Apollo?

My favorites are 8550, 4720, 6600, and 7250.

I also have found the chocolate brown (7600 if I remember correctly) to be GREAT for indoor "fire" scenes. It is great for darker scenes that are possibly torch or candle lit such as the tavern scene from "Beauty and The Beast"

[Footer]

Originally Posted by stantonsound

Doesn't anyone else use Apollo?
My favorites are 8550, 4720, 6600, and 7250.
I also have found the chocolate brown (7600 if I remember correctly) to be GREAT for indoor "fire" scenes. It is great for darker scenes that are possibly torch or candle lit such as the tavern scene from "Beauty and The Beast"

The only apollo I have used is in the theatrical scroll in the smartmoves. Its not a wonderful string, but it does the job pretty well.

[dj_illusions]

There are some fantastic colours in the Lee 7 Series...

Favorite Blue is 716 closely followed by 119.
I love using L126 which is a purple colour with a touch of pink to it
Have just started using L186 aswell which i describe as a 'blood red amber' someone left it in a lamp and i thought it was pretty cool....

L029 and L027 make an interesting substitute for a red wash if you want a change from 106.

for our dance season I have used L793 as a pink wash which i much prefer over L111 or L113, also L332 makes a nice pink wash.

i think every designer has a trademark colour they try to integrate into shows, ive lost count how many times i have got L126 into a show in some way!!

interesting thread though, always good to see what other people use!

[derekleffew]

Originally Posted by Footer4321

L366 is by far my favorite color, period. I have never seen a color that can do so much as that one. ...

Seriously, Footer, Cornflower? I've always used L161 or X64 as a "dusty blue." L366 does look like an interesting color, but I'm to old to use the L3xx or L7xx, or the fancy new Lux 4 digit colors.

Hey Kelite, here's a challenge for you. Please list the 10 most popular ApolloGel colors sold/manufactured. I heard a long time ago that Rosco sold more X27 than any other color, maybe because there aren't many reds to choose from? Of course the results could be skewed by someone buying 100 sheets of a particular color for a very specific application, but we'd still be interested in the results. Here's my guesses, in numeric order:

1 AP3200 Submissive Lavender
2 AP3800 Cowboys & Indigo
3 AP4200 Bright Blue
4 AP4900 Island Blue
5 AP5400 RnR Green
6 AP6500 Bikini Yellow
7 AP7050 Fatherless Amber
8 AP8320 Tasty Apple Red
9 AP8550 Bit of Pink
10 AP8800 Sassy Pink

I notice I find myself gravitating to the XX00 numbers, which makes sense as these are the "purer" colors. This was my first serious trip through the Apollo swatchbook, and it brightened my day. Your color names are even more entertaining than Gelatran's and GAM's. I'd switch to Apollo just because of the names, if only I were 20 years younger.

A while ago, when Jules Fisher was asked his favorite color, he immediately replied "Brigham XX," a Surprise Pink gelatin color long-defunct, and never duplicated in any modern brand. Perhaps he was being politically correct.

[stantonsound]

I've never seen a rock band, DJ, club, or amateur lighting guy that didn't LOVE congo blue.......I would think that since there are a few hundred weekend wedding DJ's for every one theatre, I would imagine that Congo Blue is a top 10 best seller.