[Q10 soooted]

Replying to my own message, but I figured I'd give this a shot:
--$2,000 tourney
--30+ people
--1,000 chips

Not great would be:
10 - Red
10 - Green
7 - Black
2 - Purple
Use the remaining 130 chips for extra green+ for coloring up...maybe:
300 red ($1500)
348 green ($8700)
252 black ($25000)
75 purple ($37500)
25 yellow ($25000)
Blinds at 10/20, 15/30, 25/50, 50/100, 100/200
10/20 & 20/40 aren't that bad despite the small number of red chips because the SB can put in a green and take a red from the BB or vice versa.
At lvl 4 you color up the 300 red chips with the 48 "extra" green & 3 black
At lvl 5 you color up the 348 green chips with the 42 "extra" black chips & 9 purple chips.
Yellow can be introduced when ever convenient or not at all

Okay, now that I spent this much time doing this it is a pain to have red chips "just" for 2 levels of blinds. I think it helps in theory but the above could probably use some tweaking.