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Thanks for watching my presentation. I hope you found this exploration of the LEGO parts library and most common LEGO colors interesting!

Articles discussed in the presentation:

• Hard-to-Find LEGO Colors (and what to do about it), January 14, 2018.
  In this article, I highlighted the most common colors based on just 24 common bricks, plates, and tiles.
• 2019 Most Common LEGO Parts, March 31, 2019.
  This article estimates the most common LEGO parts which are produced, based on the assumption that you bought one of every set released in the past 5 years (and sorted them by element).

Latest Data:

• https://brickarchitect.com/most-common-lego-parts/, April 15, 2020.
  I re-calculated the most common parts data while preparing this presentation. Here’s a link to the latest findings (although they aren’t much different than in March of last year).

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Next Steps

As I mentioned in the presentation, I showed you a sneak peek of my latest analysis. I look forward to posting an updated article about the most common colors soon!

In the meantime, I wanted to share an easier-to-read version of the list of 40 parts which I’m using to rank each color as either Common, Uncommon, or Rare.

The 40 common parts (used for ranking colors)

Rank	Image	Part ID	Part Name	# Colors	# Pieces
1 —		3023	1×2 Plate	48	28334
2 —		3024	1×1 Plate	46	27543
3 —		4073	1×1 Plate, Round	40	23946
5 —		54200	1×1 Slope 30° (Cheese)	49	11923
6 —		3069b	1×2 Tile	46	12158
7 —		3004	1×2 Brick	40	11250
8 —		3710	1×4 Plate	34	10975
9 —		3005	1×1 Brick	48	9803
10 —		3020	2×4 Plate	36	9584
11 —		3022	2×2 Plate	30	9523
12 —		2412b	1×2 Tile, Grille	25	7851
14 —		15573	1×2 Jumper	30	7966
15 —		98138	1×1 Tile, Round	33	7456
16 —		3021	2×3 Plate	28	6856
17 —		3070b	1×1 Tile	42	7166
18 —		3003	2×2 Brick	35	6410
19 —		3666	1×6 Plate	32	6138
20 —		3623	1×3 Plate	33	6223
21 —		11477	2×1 Curved	38	6120
22 —		2431	1×4 Tile	39	5845
23 —		85984	1×2 Slope 30° (Double Cheese)	33	5733
25 —		3010	1×4 Brick	34	5619
26 —		3001	2×4 Brick	30	6155
27 —		3062b	Brick Round 1 x 1 Open Stud	33	5143
29 —		15068	2×2 Curved	35	5033
31 —		87580	2×2 Jumper	34	4710
32 —		3795	2×6 Plate	28	4447
33 —		3068b	2×2 Tile	34	4307
34 —		87079	2×4 Tile	36	4344
35 —		3040	2×1 Slope 45°	35	3938
37 —		6636	1×6 Tile	28	3774
39 —		87087	1×1 Brick, Stud 1-side	27	3673
42 —		3622	1×3 Brick	29	3378
43 —		4589	1×1 Cone	32	3059
46 —		3941	2×2 Brick, Round w/ Axle	30	3159
47 —		3009	1×6 Brick	28	3185
48 —		3460	1×8 Plate	27	2966
51 —		63864	1×3 Tile	28	2976
56 —		6091	1×2×1⅔ Curved	30	2453
59 —		3039	2×2 Slope 45°	30	2397