1963 · Keeney
Colorama
Known for Magic Spot, Magic Spot top lanes, Colour standup targets and Mini-flippers. White staircase rising behind the central figures, plain purple and cream backdrop and rainbow-striped block border around all four edges.
- Year
- 1963
- Maker
- Keeney
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 2
Known for
- indicator
Magic Spot
- Lane
Magic Spot top lanes
- Target
Colour standup targets
- extra flipper
Mini-flippers
- Goal
Colorama letters
On the playfield
Bumpers 2
- Red and yellow pop bumpers
- Top passive bumpers
Target 1
- Colour standup targets
Lanes 4
- Magic Spot top lanes
- Out lanes
- M rollover lane
- A rollover lane
Flipper 1
- Mini-flippers extra flipper
Lights 1
- Magic Spot indicator
On the backglass
Who and what
- woman Large head-and-shoulders portrait at far left: fair-skinned blonde with short curled yellow hair, heavy blue eye shadow, red lips, smiling with teeth showing, gold hoop and drop earrings, bare shoulders, purple bead necklace, blue-and-white feathered headdress arching over her head.
- woman Left of the central trio, standing on the staircase: dark-haired woman in a strapless green dress with a beaded neckline and a tall green feather plume headdress, one arm down, facing slightly right.
- woman Middle of the trio: dark-haired woman in a strapless light blue dress, pale yellow/green feather plume headdress, chain necklace, standing facing forward with a slight smile.
- woman Right of the trio: blonde woman in a strapless red dress trimmed in black, tall red feather plume headdress, long red opera gloves, gold necklace, standing with hands on hips facing left.
- woman Far right: brunette woman with short curled hair, off-the-shoulder purple gown, large orange-and-white feathered hat, green drop earrings and a green pendant necklace with gold chain, holding a green feather fan in her raised right hand, green-gloved hand.
Setting
- White staircase rising behind the central figures
- Plain purple and cream backdrop
- Rainbow-striped block border around all four edges
Text on it
- Keeney's
- COLORAMA
- 1
- or
- 2
- CAN PLAY
- BALL IN PLAY
How it plays
-
Goals 1
- Colorama letters
Made by
- Design
- Ed Krynski
Reference
Linked terms
- Colorama letters also called Letters in Colorama also called Spelling Colorama
Playfield vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield
- cream
- red
- yellow
- green
Fingerprint: Magic Spot: Giant grinning clown head with orange hair and red ruffled collar, women in red hats beside him, rainbow fan of colored stripes with red-white logo, triangular plastics with smiling women faces, cream-red-yellow palette, colored dots arcing lower playfield
The most memorable feature is a huge grinning clown head with orange hair and a red ruffled collar filling the upper centre of the playfield, directly beneath a 'MAGIC-SPOT' scoring panel. A rainbow fan of coloured stripes carrying a curved red-and-white 'MAGIC SPOT' logo sits dead centre between two flipper bats, inside a brown arc dotted with white stars. Two triangular slingshot plastics, each printed with a smiling woman's face in a red hat, point inward from the lower left and lower right. A curved white lower-deck panel shows 'NICKEL PER PLAY / QUARTER PER 5 PLAYS' in a cream lozenge, with a large red 'FLIPPER BUTTONS' warning alongside.
Setting
- Cream flat playfield with concentric coloured bands
- Brown fan-shaped apron at bottom centre
- Wooden cabinet sides and chrome bolt heads visible through the glass
Symbols
- White five-pointed stars on the coloured fan
- Lettered inlane targets l o r a m and k o m a p q
- Red circular spot targets
- Coloured dots in red, blue and green arcing across the lower playfield
Notable shapes
- Brown fan-shaped apron at the bottom centre, rainbow fan of coloured stripes around the centre logo, arched upper playfield cutout, red chevron on the lower deck
Art motifs
- Clown face
- Curved banner lettering
- Rainbow colour bands
- Spot scoring windows
Themes
- Magic
- Clown
- Circus
- Spot game
- Amusement
Title on it
- Magic spot
Text on it
- 100 POINTS WHEN MAGIC-SPOT IS RED
- 30 POINTS
- MAGIC SPOT
- 1 POINT
- OFF RED ON YELLOW FLASHES
- SPECIAL WHEN LIT
- 10 POINTS
- COLORAMA
- BUNOING AMBER LITE INDICATES LETTER TO BE MADE. COMPLETED NAME AWARDS 1 REPLAY.
- 1 REPLAY AWARDED FOR SCORE OF
- SPECIAL WHEN LIT ROLLOVERS AWARDS 1 REPLAY.
- 1 REPLAY FOR EACH ADDITIONAL SCORE OF
- FLIPPER BUTT
- FLIPPER BUTTONS
- ON SIDE OF CABINET
- FOR
- NICKEL PER PLAY
- QUARTER PER 5 PLAYS
- PAN-O-MATIC
- TILT ENDS GAME
- J. H. KEENEY & CO., INC. MFR.
- CHICAGO, ILLINOIS U.S.A. 60647
- Keeney
- L
- O
- R
- A
- M
- K
- Q
- P
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Other | Giant clown head, upper centre: orange shaggy hair, round white eyes, wide grin, red ruffled collar |
| Woman | Seated woman in a red hat at upper left of the clown, and a matching one at upper right |
| Woman | Blonde woman's face printed on the lower-left triangular slingshot plastic |
| Woman | Smiling woman with red hat and flowing hair printed on the lower-right triangular slingshot plastic |
| Monster | Green and red monster-face heads on the upper left and upper right corner plastics |
| Other | Small red-and-yellow striped circus tent/circus motif behind the clown |
A full-length cream-and-red pinball playfield seen through a glass top, with a big grinning clown head in the upper centre (orange hair, red ruffled collar, round eyes) flanked by two seated women in red hats. The top arc banner reads '100 POINTS WHEN MAGIC-SPOT IS RED' in red and black, above a bank of drop targets and white plastic posts; two round bumpers with translucent green caps sit in the upper left and right corners. Two tall yellow-and-white pop bumpers sit mid-field, with red and yellow domed bumpers lower down. Four small 'OFF RED ON YELLOW FLASHES' instruction boxes sit left and right. The centre carries a curved fan of coloured stripes (red, orange, yellow, green, blue) with white stars and a red-and-white 'MAGIC SPOT' logo, flanked by two '1 POINT' ovals. Two red-outlined triangular plastics over the slingshots each carry a woman's face. White flipper bats sit either side of a brown fan-shaped apron, with a row of coloured dots (red, blue, green) arcing across. A cream lower deck carries a 'COLORAMA' instruction card, a large red 'FLIPPER BUTTONS' panel, 'NICKEL PER PLAY / QUARTER PER 5 PLAYS', and a 'TILT ENDS GAME' box. Colours: cream, red, yellow, green.
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- red
- green
- blue
- cream
Fingerprint: Five feathered showgirls, large blonde portrait left, "COLORAMA" title in rainbow-colored letters, "Keeney's" purple cursive, trio in green/blue/red dresses on staircase, brunette in purple off-shoulder gown, rainbow-striped perimeter border, pin-up glamour style, saturated vivid mid-century airbrushed illustration, showgirl entertainment scene
Five flapper-era showgirls in feathered headdresses, with a huge blonde portrait face filling the left third and three colour-matched costumes (green, blue, red) on a staircase. 'Keeney's' in purple cursive sits directly above a giant multi-coloured COLORAMA whose eight letters alternate blue, red and green. Two green scalloped-topped score windows marked 1 and 2 flank a red '1 or 2 CAN PLAY' badge. A rainbow-striped block border runs around the whole perimeter.
Setting
- White staircase rising behind the central figures
- Plain purple and cream backdrop
- Rainbow-striped block border around all four edges
Symbols
- Five-pointed stars in green, yellow and red above the title
- Red double-headed arrow around the word 'or'
- Two numbered green discs reading 1 and 2
- Eight digit score windows
- Yellow arrow badge
Lettering
- Enormous chunky serif capitals in alternating blue, red and green with cream drop shadows for the title; purple cursive script for 'keeney's'; plain red sans-serif capitals for the instruction text; white serif capitals on a red arrow badge for 'ball in play'.
Themes
- Showgirls
- Pin-up glamour
- Feathered headdresses
- Staircase chorus line
- Rainbow colour scheme
Title on it
- Colorama
Text on it
- Keeney's
- COLORAMA
- 1
- or
- 2
- CAN PLAY
- BALL IN PLAY
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Large head-and-shoulders portrait at far left: fair-skinned blonde with short curled yellow hair, heavy blue eye shadow, red lips, smiling with teeth showing, gold hoop and drop earrings, bare shoulders, purple bead necklace, blue-and-white feathered headdress arching over her head. |
| Woman | Left of the central trio, standing on the staircase: dark-haired woman in a strapless green dress with a beaded neckline and a tall green feather plume headdress, one arm down, facing slightly right. |
| Woman | Middle of the trio: dark-haired woman in a strapless light blue dress, pale yellow/green feather plume headdress, chain necklace, standing facing forward with a slight smile. |
| Woman | Right of the trio: blonde woman in a strapless red dress trimmed in black, tall red feather plume headdress, long red opera gloves, gold necklace, standing with hands on hips facing left. |
| Woman | Far right: brunette woman with short curled hair, off-the-shoulder purple gown, large orange-and-white feathered hat, green drop earrings and a green pendant necklace with gold chain, holding a green feather fan in her raised right hand, green-gloved hand. |
A painted backglass with a wide cream elliptical banner across the top, edged by a rainbow-striped border of green, yellow, red, blue and purple blocks, containing the word 'COLORAMA' in huge chunky serif capitals, each letter a different colour (blue C, red O, green L, blue O, red R, green A, blue M, red A) with a pale cream 3-D drop shadow. Above it, in purple cursive script, 'Keeney's', flanked by small five-pointed stars in green, yellow and red. Below the title, centred red text reads '1 or 2' with a red double-headed arrow around the word 'or', over 'CAN PLAY' in red capitals. Two green oval-topped score panels with scalloped, curtain-like tops sit left and right, each carrying a numbered disc — '1' on the left, '2' on the right — above four dark digit windows each. The lower two-thirds is filled with five glamour-illustration women: a large head-and-shoulders portrait of a smiling blonde woman at far left in a blue-and-white feathered headdress, gold earrings and a purple bead necklace; a trio of showgirls posing on a white staircase in the centre, one in a green dress with a green feather plume, one in a light blue dress with a pale yellow plume, one in a red dress with a red plume and long red gloves; and at far right a brunette in an off-the-shoulder purple gown with an orange-and-white feathered hat, green earrings and a green pendant, holding a green feather fan. A yellow-and-red arrow badge at bottom left reads 'BALL IN PLAY'. Style is flat mid-century airbrushed pin-up illustration in saturated reds, greens, purples and yellows.
Backglass
- pink
- green
- red
- blue
Fingerprint: COLORAMA title with every letter different colour in white oval banner above five showgirls with towering feathered headdresses, green oval reel panels with numbered discs 1 and 2, glamour portraits at corners: blonde in blue-white plume and brunette in cream plume with green fan
A giant COLORAMA title with every letter in a different colour and a pink drop shadow, set in a white oval banner above a line of five showgirls with towering feathered headdresses. Two green oval reel-score panels with big numbered discs 1 and 2 flank a central '1 or 2 CAN PLAY' shield. Oversized glamour portraits anchor the lower corners - a blonde in a blue-and-white plume headdress (left) and a brunette in a cream plume holding a green feather fan (right) - with three smaller full-length dancers in green, blue and red costumes posed on a pink staircase between them. A yellow arrow banner reading BALL IN PLAY sits bottom left and GAME OVER in red capitals bottom right.
Setting
- White title lozenge banner across the top
- Green oval reel-score panels left and right
- Pink stone staircase receding upwards behind the central dancers
- Magenta cloud panel behind the right portrait
- Cream feathered cloud behind the left portrait
- Silver/chrome cabinet frame surrounding the glass
Symbols
- Five-pointed stars in green, yellow and red
- Green star-in-circle emblem holding a yellow 1
- Numbered discs 1 and 2
- Reel digit windows in green panels
- Feather fans
- Beaded necklaces
- Feathered headdresses
- Yellow arrow banner
Lettering
- Main title in very large block sans-serif capitals, each letter a different colour with a pale pink drop shadow; red brush script above the title; red italic capitals on the 1 or 2 can play shield; pale outlined capitals for 1st player up and 2nd player up
Themes
- Showgirls
- Music hall
- Revue
- Burlesque
- Nightclub
- Mechanical score reels
Title on it
- Colorama
Text on it
- Keeney's
- COLORAMA
- 1 or 2
- CAN PLAY
- 18
- TILT
- 1
- 2
- 1st PLAYER UP
- 2nd PLAYER UP
- BALL IN PLAY
- GAME OVER
- ,900
- ,000
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Large blonde head-and-shoulders portrait bottom left, blue eyes, red lips, gold drop earrings, pink beaded necklace, bare shoulders, huge blue and white feathered plume headdress framing her head |
| Woman | Full-length dancer centre-left in a strapless green costume with long yellow gloves, red hair and a tall green feathered plume, holding a folded fan |
| Woman | Full-length dancer centre in a strapless blue costume with a dotted bodice and split red-and-blue skirt, long red gloves, tall yellow feathered plume, dark hair, holding a fan |
| Woman | Full-length dancer centre-right in a strapless red costume with gold trim, long red gloves, tall red feathered plume, blonde hair, hand on hip |
| Woman | Large brunette head-and-shoulders portrait bottom right, short waved auburn hair, pink off-shoulder dress, green beaded necklace and green earrings, cream feathered plume behind her, green-gloved hand holding a green feather fan |
Translucent illuminated backglass in a chrome-edged cabinet frame, dominated by a white lozenge banner across the top carrying an enormous block-capital title COLORAMA, each letter filled in a different colour (cream, red, green, teal, blue) with a pale pink drop shadow, and a smaller red brush-script word above it. Green, yellow and red five-pointed stars dot the banner, one holding a yellow numeral 1. Below sits a white shield reading 1 or 2 CAN PLAY with a small boxed 18 underneath. Two green oval score panels with yellow rims flank the shield, each topped by a numbered disc (1 left, 2 right); each holds four rectangular reel windows showing ,900 on the left and ,000 on the right, with TILT in small orange capitals above the left panel. The lower half shows five feather-plumed showgirls on a pink staircase: a large blonde portrait bottom left in a blue-and-white plume headdress and pink beaded necklace, a large brunette portrait bottom right with a cream plume, green beaded necklace and green gloved hand holding a green feather fan. Between them three full-length dancers in strapless green, blue and red costumes with towering green, yellow and red plumes.