[conwayjohn71]

if you were starting a home cash game chip set


what colors do you use

for

.25
.50
1.00
5.00
25.00

[links_slayer]

.25: Blue
.50: Pink
1.00: White
5.00: Red
25.00: Green

or

.25: Green
.50: Pink
1.00: Blue
5.00: Yellow
25.00: Purple

or

whatever you like best

[miasmata]

gray/charcoal
white (this one I might move towards purple or tan or pink or brown or pretty much any color, as the gray and white's in some chipsets can be close).
blue
red
green

[jdunford]

For some inspiration, see here:

http://www.chiptalk.net/forum/poker-...game-sets.html

This thread has 27,000 views (!!), so it must have something worth looking at.

[tomb1]

$25 classic casino green
$5 classic casino red
$1 better casino white
50¢ )-- depends on what's available in your desired set. Getting the best
25¢ )-- chips is more important than these colors. But if I had a chance, I would pick blue and pink, but yellow or gray are also OK.

[jamby]

I think the key here is 'home game' and that's what opens it up to me beyond what's classic and traditional. I mean, come on, it's a home game set so who cares what's classic and tradiitonal?

I just had to consider this very question when adding onto one of my custom sets and here's what I'm using:
.25 - black
.50 - red
1.00 - blue
5.00 - brown
25.00 - purple

Originally Posted by conwayjohn71

if you were starting a home cash game chip set....

[Freelancer72]

not sure about the fractionals, but standard colours over here for casinos is white for 1, red for 5, and green for 25. black for 100, purple for 500, yellow for 1000. it may be easiest to have standardized colours for your set if you're planning on having cash games. tournaments aren't that bad, because there's usually no denoms printed on those chips, which means you need to have a poster or something in view displaying the different colours and denominations.

[cpiaaq]

.25 = Grey
.50 = Yellow
1.00 = Blue
5.00 = Red
25.00 = Green

[links_slayer]

Originally Posted by cpiaaq

.50 = Yellow

Tru dat. The Double Down 50c's are nasty hot.

[Sir Flopalot]

Depending on the theme I would be tempted to go with a Cali color set. The mock-ups on "The Beach" are sweet and the colors are perfect given the location of the Chiptalker and the theme! The Matsui Blue Sands is another good set where the colors just work really well with the theme.

On the other hand if the theme is an old school casino or underground card club then I'd go with traditional Vegas-AC colors.

For a cash game I would also consider getting $20 chips rather than $25s.