Hello from Missouri

[HarrySmith]

Retrobrite seems to work well on white and maybe other light colors but it is temporary. As already stated there are a ton of topics here on color restoration. Including one from me where I ruined a pink phone by bleaching.

[Apexauto]

Welcome to the forum

[Stormcrash]

Dang... well, red wouldn't be horrible. Plus it seems like red wouldn't be too affected by yellowed plastics.

My favorite color is teal, more of a "blue teal" than a "green teal" and darker than turquoise. The blue phones tend to appear (at least in photos I've seen) to look almost like a dark blue teal than a "straight" dark blue. Perhaps that's because of the yellowing of the plastics?

A little outside the scope of this topic, but on the topic of yellowed plastics, has anyone tried "Retrobright" techniques on telephone plastics? It's relatively common technique within the vintage computer communities, especially on off-white plastics that have turned an ugly shade of yellow over the years due to UV exposure. Oddly, the solution is placing the plastic in sunlight for multiple days submerged in a solution. I've never tried it (despite once having an old Macintosh that could've really used it), but would be curious if it works with older plastics like Bakelite.

Bell did introduce an official Teal Blue (color code 145) in the 80s, and I believe they did make some 500 sets in that color for the phone center stores (I know the 2500, princess, and trimline were available in teal) but they will have modular cords rather than hardwired, and later ones will be branded AT&T instead of Western Electric

Teal is my favorite color but sadly it's also prone to yellowing and taking in a greenish tint

[Stormcrash]

And yes I do think some members have tinkered with peroxide retro rite and I plan on ding some trials myself sometime.

The only warning for phones is never do it on sets made before about 1960 as those are made of a plastic called tenite that can be damaged and dissolved by even pretty weak solvents like rubbing alcohol