Why dif colors

[Dawn]

I am looking at a centry lamp to buy its old ,but it has a gold cap with a silver base  is this normal? And the cord is white the lamp I have thats like it has a brown cord and matching top and base.

[Jonas Clark-Elliott]

Some vintage lamps had white cords, most had brown. This Century may be marked with a date: It will be either stamped on the black plastic tray, usually in yellow, or will be on a sticker under the cap (tilt the globe and look up into the air space as you slowly rotate the globe).

The brass tone on the lamp bases is a lacquer applied over the spun aluminum base. This lacquer on the bases of 1970s Centuries - and, it seems, ONLY Centuries - tends to fade by heat and/or sun exposure, turning them silver. The caps are gold-painted, and can't fade, though very rough handling can occasionally chip off the gold paint, revealing the black plastic underneath. All Lava screw-on caps (excepting Empress/Regency metal caps and Royal wood caps) are black plastic under the outer color.

What colors are inside? Common 70s Century colors are red/clear, orange/yellow (in the early- to mid-70s, the combo they called "orange/yellow" began using red lava too) and green/blue. Rare colors are yellow/blue-green (looks like a modern yellow/blue) and red/fluorescent green.

[Dawn]

The colors were cloudy pinkish water red goo It was on Ebay Sunday but I went out to feed horses and missed the bid It matched the one I bought for 20.00 last weekend.Its a red clear centry that works nice I want a twin for the mantal thank you for the tips Sooo help full This is like when I help people with horses it so easy when your an old hand but so difficult while a newbee.