How Chessex Dice Names Work

Chessex set names look long, but they follow a pattern. Once you see it, you can tell a lot about a set before you look at the photo.

A name usually has three parts: the line, the colorway and the number color. Here is each one with an example.

Another example: a Speckled set is a solid base with flecks, and its colorway is often a name like Fire or Water. So Speckled Fire is a speckled set in the Fire colorway, and the number color follows after the slash.

Names can be long, but each word does a job. Spend ten seconds reading it and you will usually know what you are getting.

The line

The line is the finish or style, such as Opaque, Speckled, Gemini, Translucent, Frosted, Nebula or Borealis. It tells you what the dice are made of and how they look, for example solid, flecked or see-through.

Gemini Astral Blue-White & RedRed NumbersNebula Black & WhiteWhite NumbersOpaque Black & GreenGreen NumbersSpeckled AirRed Numbers

The colorway

The colorway is the color or the name of the look. It might be a plain color like Blue-Steel, or a name like Fire, Water or Space for Speckled sets. For Gemini, the two colors are listed together, such as Black-Purple.

The number color

The last part is the number color. Chessex writes it after a slash, like Gemini Blue-Steel/white. On our site we write it as Gemini Blue-Steel & White. That one is a blue and steel-grey swirl with white numbers.

Still deciding?

Read the name left to right: line, colorway, then numbers. If the numbers contrast with the body, the set will be easy to read. Try the dice finder.