The "Grey" is Purple, not a purplish tinted Grey - Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime

I'm not really complaining but its friggen purple, they should stop advertising it as Amysthest Grey.
I know there trying not to get sued by Apple by using these colors but I think Asus needs to start playing in the other end of the Crayola box.

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Here is an amethyst. Not sure why they are putting the word gray at the end.
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I knew it was more of a purplish color and really do not care for "Champagne" so I went with the lesser of two evils.

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Agree kind of a girly color , I'm skinning it to hide the purple hue, def not grey by anymeans
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theizzardking said:
Agree kind of a girly color , I'm skinning it to hide the purple hue, def not grey by anymeans
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ive seen picks and it looks grey, can somone post a real life photo of its back part.

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blaziner18 said:
ive seen picks and it looks grey, can somone post a real life photo of its back part.
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With people using different lighting and cameras and everyone looking at the pics on different monitors it's not going to help you much. Some people have posted that it's "definitely grey" even when it's in front of them. In other words, you need to see one.

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To my eyes the one sat in front of me is definitely purple with a greyish hue. It really does depend on the light in the room at the time though.

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I have a 64GB grey unit on pre-order - I hope my only problem is the idea that the color is a little girly. Did you ever think it may have a high Wife Acceptance Factor? Maybe it will attract chicks at the local Starbucks. I can't wait!
Bye.

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Ill try to post in a bit , but to me it looks purple in anything more then a dimly lit room, and has me feeling like i should be mincing along the sidewalk in direct sun light....
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CrunchyDoodle said:
I have a 64GB grey unit on pre-order - I hope my only problem is the idea that the color is a little girly. Did you ever think it may have a high Wife Acceptance Factor? Maybe it will attract chicks at the local Starbucks. I can't wait!
Bye.
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Haha , maybe , but from as far as i can tell the dudes wearing pink shirts at bars still look a bit suspect imo, i hope this isn't the case with my prime,lol....that said, who knew you could patent black and chrome.....way to go apple, can i call dibs on the color green? :-D
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I just tried taking a picture. In every picture it looks grey. This is in florescent lighting in an office.
Now looking at with your eyes and not through a picture it looks purple-ish.
It definitely isn't grey and it isn't purple either. So Amethyst Grey would be the most accurate description.

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I would post an image, but,
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theizzardking said:
Can i call dibs on the color green? :-D
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Emerald green backplate... man that would be delicious.

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Here's a picture of mine (hope it shows up okay) - on my grey area rug, next to the very grey back of my nook tablet. I think the color of it is awesome...it's not girly, it's the Decepticon version.

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you're welcome.
Doesn't look very purple to me. I'm happy with my decision to get this color. Now if Amazon would get around to sending mine....

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AznMang said:
it's the Decepticon version.
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Nice idea, maybe that was actually ASUS' inspiration for the colour choice.

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AznMang said:
Here's a picture of mine (hope it shows up okay) - on my grey area rug, next to the very grey back of my nook tablet. I think the color of it is awesome...it's not girly, it's the Decepticon version.
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That looks accurate to me. I tried taking some pictures comparing to an ipad, and it just came out grey. The purple is more visible as a direct normal reflection, any reflection at a wider angle seems more grey. It's a kind of gun-metal grey (but purple rather than blue)

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Doktaphex said:
To my eyes the one sat in front of me is definitely purple with a greyish hue. It really does depend on the light in the room at the time though.
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I'd call it more of a dull purple with metallic highlights. How would that be for a sku??? TF201-32GB-DPwMH?

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Not to quick double post but I just went to take a picture of it with my Nexus I didn't even bother. It looks completely stainless steel through the viewfinder, yet it looks like I have the Barney skin on it IRL.
BTW, a true gunmetal would have been brilliant

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this thread has been very helpful, thanx to all picture posters and to those sharing there opinions on why the pictures don't do it justice.
i hope i like it.

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Purple or grey, it still looks mad sexy I can't wait to get mine tomorrow. Damn UPS is so slow... Hoping it arrives early tomorrow! Anyway I ordered a leather case for it, so the back won't even be seen that often.
And haaa yeah I like the "Decepticon" Version idea