[ajprice]

http://portableaudio.engadget.com/en...5433675587411/



It has been reported that the anodised metal of the iPod mini can give varying shades of colours, with some pink models being a lavender colour. Myself, I never realised that there could be a difference in colours like this, the iPod is a mass produced item, so I would have thought the tolerance on colour would be a lot tighter than this.

[Mac Zealot]

Metal is a natural product like most of the stuff around. It'd be quite demanding to make sure every one of them matched, especially in mass production

[SplijinX]

Originally posted by Mac Zealot:
Metal is a natural product like most of the stuff around. It'd be quite demanding to make sure every one of them matched, especially in mass production

Are you sure? The shade of grey on powerbooks don't vary that drastically, it may be the anodizing process, perhaps they mixed a batch of color with a little off from the rest?

[gorickey]

The lavender looks better anyway.

[madmacgames]

Originally posted by SplijinX:
it may be the anodizing process

I am not exactly sure, but I think there is something about the anodizing process that makes it nearly impossible to get exact color matches from batch to batch.

[madmacgames]

Is one of those supposed to be pink? Maybe it was the camera used, or maybe I am color blind, but they BOTH look lavender to me. Just one is a little darker than the other.