Editing Commodore 64 (section)

===Original Commodore 64===
The alphanumeric keys are [[double-shot]] white on a very dark brown.
The [[Side-printing|front-printed]] "PETSCII" legends are likely [[pad printing|pad-printed]]. 

Most keyboards have dark grey function keys but some have orange, similar to the [[Commodore VIC-20|VIC-20]]'s. Some VIC-20s have also been spotted with grey function keys, but that is more unusual.
The reason why is unknown: one theory is that the orange was the original for both, and that grey is just a later variation. Another theory is that factories sometimes ran out of the intended variation and not being picky, used whatever they had on hand to meet demand.
The letter font on both variants is narrow (as opposed to PET-style wide letters on early VIC-20).

The "bread-bin" enclosure is also similar to that of the VIC-20 but has a warmer beige hue (called RAL1019) and different port openings on the bottom half.
On early cases, the top is interchangeable with the VIC-20's.
Later "bread-bin" C64 cases are slightly lower in height with no interchangeable part with the earlier cases. An even later variation has embossed port labels.<ref name="abyt"/>