[Lucid:]

I think the problem is in who the pixelist was and how dark they pixel. I tend to make things a bit too dark when I pixel. I looked at Zane's pixels once and went, "WHERE'S THE SHADING? D: YOU HAVE NO DARK!"
Zypher tended to pixel dark when she was on staff, and so did Uke. Fen pixels perfectly of course. Kyp pixels significantly lighter than I do, and perhaps a touch lighter than Fen does. the items still all look good, but it does make matching an issue at times. I've had to match red 2 with red 1, or red 1 with crimson 3, at times when using older items with newer items.