Some TAN tiles are darker than other?

[zinnn]

Tan tiles:

1 x 4 (2431)

2 x 4 (87079)

1 x 1 with Groove (3070b)

 

all seem to be darker than my tan plates or even the 1x1 tan round corner tile

 

could you compare with your pieces please?

 

[Yperio_Bricks]

I discovered the exact same issue lately with tan wedge plates/plates. It was almost like there were two types of tan color.

[zinnn]

Awww that sucks, for a moment I was *hoping* I have fakes - tbh that would be better than admitting quality issue from Lego :(

[Jack Sassy]

Seems to be a recurring problem as of late. It all started out with pearl gold elements. Perhaps it has been this way always, just not as much as now? 

[Dutch Thriceman]

14 hours ago, zinnn said:

Awww that sucks, for a moment I was *hoping* I have fakes - tbh that would be better than admitting quality issue from Lego :(

When it comes to tan or white (nope not discoloration from the sun, for 100% sure as it's new out of the box parts) I have a ton of subtle colour variation. It's messy.

[neithan]

Typical quality issue nowadays with Lego Plates.

 

You can find dozens of examples for many colours. The black Tiles in the new batcave comes in more than six different shadings! \o/

[Yperio_Bricks]

Shades of white i have noticed right from the start (when i left my dark ages) but variations of tan i only noticed recently. It looked like one of the tans had some slight olive shade.

[zinnn]

Some more examples, this time with plates (also the Lego logo seems to be more pronounced on those darker pieces)

Edited July 31, 2023 by zinnn

[anothergol]

On 7/26/2023 at 9:35 PM, Jack Sassy said:

Seems to be a recurring problem as of late. It all started out with pearl gold elements. Perhaps it has been this way always, just not as much as now? 

Lego changed pearl gold on purpose not so long ago.
Slight color differences however are production problems and aren't anything new. And no color is immune.

[Jack Sassy]

12 hours ago, anothergol said:

Lego changed pearl gold on purpose not so long ago.

Ah, I didn't know that. Thank ye for the information!