SGI beige vs granite keycaps

[alh84001]

This is comparison of just the keycaps, as I only have keycaps from beige SGI Bigfoot. (Technically, I have the case too, but it's stuck in Sweden )

First, a couple of close-up pics




This is on an AEK II keyboard, F row and spacebar are Apple keycaps. The rest is alternating beige and granite. I was quite surprised to see that beige alphas have quite a warm tint, compared to both granite alphas (and apple keycaps as well). I thought that the only difference between them was the colour of the mods. Looking at some other pics on the net, I don't notice such a heavy tint, so is there something else going on with these caps?

Some more pics, comparing the keycaps to other boards

Spoiler:

Comparison with white HHKB Pro 1


Comparison with an SSK

[Menuhin]

Perhaps keycaps of the SGI beige will match well with a wooden case, while not many caps can. I can see that the SGI granite caps go well with colder colors such as grey, dark blue, bluish grey, etc.

[Mattr567]

Damn that's trippy.

[alh84001]

I almost put some 5140 keycaps on there as well

BTW, I love the new avatar.

[emdude]

Wow, I had no idea how red those beige SGI key caps were. I had imagined them having roughly the same hue as IBM, or maybe Unicomp, caps.

[seebart]

Hmm wow I never realized they were that different, good comparison!

[Redmaus]

Wow, I always thought they were the same.

I must say I like the granite much more.

[alienman82]

removed.