>>10275374>>10276059I once schemed how many colours there should be in "Classic" brick bucket sets, that nowadays seem to be plagued by too many colours and specific pieces. Granted, Lego may do that to give a taste of what they have, but it's too much.
At the end of my calculations, I ended up at 24 colors, at least for those basic sets, cause I still like the sand and dark variations of Blue, Red, and Green, which would add 6 more. 9 If we add sand purple, dark tan and bright green for good measure (the latter has been a staple of baseplates and plants).
I just found the way to group them
Standard
>red>blue>yellow>greenGrayscale
>black>white>light gray>dark graySand
>sand red>sand blue>tan>sand greenDark
>dark red>dark blue>dark tan>dark greenSecondary (started getting wider use during the 00s)
>orange>medium blue>purple>limeTertiary (some got started in the 10s, some are older)
>bright light orange>dark azure>bright pink>bright greenFriends
>coral>lavender>magenta>dark pinkBrowns
>brown>dark brown>medium nougat>dark orangeOther
>dark turquoise>sand purpleThat's 34 flat colors for pieces, not counting skin tones for fleshie minifig parts