Hello, I'm N8thanH, and welcome back to Across the Map!

For today's post, I have created a new system for storing blocks, which is also a nice utility for building: a color spectrum of building blocks in Minecraft. In theory, it's useful for seeing how blocks match up with each other. I wouldn't be surprised if anyone else had a color spectrum, but for this one, I have included all viable building materials, and some other decorative blocks, just for comparison with the building blocks. Anyways, here it is...


There are 22 categories in my spectrum (at least at this point in time), all properly flowing into each other. The bulk of the blocks are past the Red category, and is mostly made up of the dye-colored blocks. Minecraft seems to have a clear lacking of non-dye-created cold-toned building blocks.
Dark Grey

One of the least viable colors, at least for my style. It feels like it lacks the finished feel of black, and neutral grey's variety, not to mention the go-with-everything trait, which may, or may not be intact for this category.


Neutral Grey

Minecraft was in part, meant to be a survival game. This means a great presence of stone-like objects! The color alone is not that appealing, but it's the most neutral color, and goes with virtually everything. Also notable is the many different options for this color. I almost ran out of room in this display chest!


White (I better'd not had made any typos, I can't see what I'm typing...)

White is a more cheery alternative to Gray. It's good for when you are doing something colorful, because the human eye likes to compare adjacent colors, and gray can theoretically dilute brighter ones. There seems to be a trend toward clean textures, which is great in every case I can think of!


Cream/Beige

The perfect combination of White, and the color of oak wood, a block that has worked for as long as any Minecrafter can remember. Except for the ones from the days of Classic Version, when it looked like beige bricks. :p Since Sandstone occupies most of the category, it's naturally the go-to block for desert builds.

If that's what you need, Birch Wood is virtually a lighter version of Oak Wood Planks. Finally, End Stone comes in to play when unpolished Sandstone is too strange with the slab-like surface.


Creamy Gold

There is a bit of history behind why the blocks that are here don't exist anywhere else. For the longest time, Oak Wood Planks weren't specifically Oak. They were just Wood Planks, because the other variants of planks didn't exist, and every wood type yielded them. (The other tree types didn't exist up until Beta, either. Can you imagine?) It wasn't up until 2012 that they appeared, but most of the wooden objects stayed as generic wood, and that's why this stuff is sort of special in this category; if you need a birch wood fence, you're out of luck. Sorry!

But, the log-top textures look almost the same as Oak, as to not disrupt any pre-existing builds that used the top texture, so they are here too.


Medium Brown

This category effectively plays the same role as medium-grey for its color: being less harsh than its darker counterpart.

This category is also the first appearance of Grass, but it only applies if building in a Mesa biome.



 Dark Brown

Not many thoughts here, but in my opinion, this is effectively Black with a little extra creaminess.



I don't really have many thoughts on the rest of the categories, either, since they are mostly just colors, and not much more. Nonetheless, I will show you guys each of the other categories, and you'll hear from me if I have any other thoughts. If not, then at the end of the categories.

Red

Humans see red as an eyecatching color, which is why it's used on stop signs. This is the color to go bold with; it's not too light, and not too moody.


Darker Orange

I felt that Minecraft seems to have two shades of Orange, so I decided to separate them as such. This may be obscure, and I might merge the two oranges in the future.


Lighter Orange

You can really see the color difference! I had two sort of shades of grey in the light grey chest, but these ones were just too different.


Yellow

Yellow is a cheery color, with more vibrancy than creamier hues, which are used more often.


Light Green

I debated with myself if I should put Lime Stained Clay in this category, and ultimately decided to. It's probably actually somewhere between Light Green and Dark Green, but it wasn't worth giving its own category.

Dark Green

Use this color if you want, but I seem to be missing the point...


Cyan

A great combination of the freshness of green, and chill qualities of Blue. This color reminds me of water, so in my opinion, it works great if you're building near a lakeside area!


Light Blue

I see this color as a light and super-cheery, yet somewhat chilly one; this is where the Ices and the Block of Diamond can be found.


Dark Blue

Yeah... Little jump in shade, there, but what else can you do? Anyways, this is my favorite color! It's nice and deep, but it still has color, unlike Black. The only block that isn't a dyed one is, ironically, made of a dye: Lapis Lazuli.

Purple (This Color Is Weird)

I've got nothing. I never use purple.


Impromptu Random Bonus Screenshot of the Day (Wait, what?!)

Okay, so I guess it's that time of post again... In today's screenshot, I observed Fire_Cat2000 (her skin almost never loads for me) with a head positioning glitch while she was sleeping.


My caption: I never knew Steve was a stomach sleeper, but that looks outright uncomfortable.

Magenta

Once again, I think I'm missing the point, here... *Sigh...*


Pink

Hmm... Should Mycelium be moved to Grey? It's hard to say... Hah! I created a rime without giving a try! ;D

That Jungle Wood Color (Creamish-Pink)

This color is a more notable shade of pinkish: it doesn't have a single dyed block. Rejoice! \o/


Miscellaneous <-- (Spelled without Auto correct, what's up??)

These were the colors that just didn't fit in that well. Stained Clay tends to be slightly discolored from the normal dye colors, so these ones simply didn't have a good place. :l


Oh, and don't judge me, you can build with Chickens. Come on, you guys can see a door and a wall, right? :p


Well, that's it for today. Look for an update to the color wheel once 1.8 is out. I'm excited to play with the new stones! I will most definitely find a place for them. As always, your feedback is appreciated, and thanks for stopping by! I'll see you all next post. Until then!