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“ — Cave Johnson For many of you, I realize 60 dollars is an unprecedented windfall, so don't go spending it all on... I don't know. Caroline, what do these people buy? Tattered hats? Beard dirt? ”

The Aperture Labs Hard Hat is a promotional cosmetic item for all classes. It is a white hard hat, sporting a potato-powered miner's light with a team-colored glow and is connected by two insulated orange wires. The side opposite to the potato sports two pieces of grey electrical tape covering an old Aperture Science logo.

This item has two styles, named "[ classified ]" and "Aperture Logo". The "Aperture Logo" style uncovers an old Aperture Science logo covered by two pieces of tape.

This item was awarded in Genuine quality to players who purchased the Potato Sack pack on April 1, 2011 or owned all the games from the pack. It was also awarded to players who purchased the Potato Sack Reunion on June 13, 2012.

Painted variants

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[ classified ] Single colors An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge Color No. 216-190-216 Peculiarly Drab Tincture Aged Moustache Grey A Distinctive Lack of Hue After Eight Radigan Conagher Brown Ye Olde Rustic Colour Muskelmannbraun Mann Co. Orange Australium Gold The Color of a Gentlemann's Business Pants Dark Salmon Injustice Pink as Hell A Deep Commitment to Purple Noble Hatter's Violet A Color Similar to Slate Zepheniah's Greed Drably Olive Indubitably Green The Bitter Taste of Defeat and Lime A Mann's Mint Team colors Waterlogged Lab Coat (RED) Waterlogged Lab Coat (BLU) Balaclavas Are Forever (RED) Balaclavas Are Forever (BLU) Team Spirit (RED) Team Spirit (BLU) Operator's Overalls (RED) Operator's Overalls (BLU) The Value of Teamwork (RED) The Value of Teamwork (BLU) An Air of Debonair (RED) An Air of Debonair (BLU) Cream Spirit (RED) Cream Spirit (BLU) Unpainted (RED) Unpainted (BLU)

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Aperture Logo Single colors An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge Color No. 216-190-216 Peculiarly Drab Tincture Aged Moustache Grey A Distinctive Lack of Hue After Eight Radigan Conagher Brown Ye Olde Rustic Colour Muskelmannbraun Mann Co. Orange Australium Gold The Color of a Gentlemann's Business Pants Dark Salmon Injustice Pink as Hell A Deep Commitment to Purple Noble Hatter's Violet A Color Similar to Slate Zepheniah's Greed Drably Olive Indubitably Green The Bitter Taste of Defeat and Lime A Mann's Mint Team colors Waterlogged Lab Coat (RED) Waterlogged Lab Coat (BLU) Balaclavas Are Forever (RED) Balaclavas Are Forever (BLU) Team Spirit (RED) Team Spirit (BLU) Operator's Overalls (RED) Operator's Overalls (BLU) The Value of Teamwork (RED) The Value of Teamwork (BLU) An Air of Debonair (RED) An Air of Debonair (BLU) Cream Spirit (RED) Cream Spirit (BLU) Unpainted (RED) Unpainted (BLU)

Styles

Styles [ classified ] Aperture Logo

Notes

The Aperture Labs Hard Hat can be worn by Atlas and P-body in Portal 2's co-op mode.[1]

Trivia

Prior to the Replay Update, the hat's description read "[ redacted ]". Redaction is the act of blanking out sensitive or classified information from a document in order to reduce its classification level for distribution to a wider audience. It is also a running joke within the Portal franchise.

franchise. This hat is a reference to the "potato clock" or "potato battery", a popular science fair project where a potato is used to power a clock or other electronic appliance. The potato may also be a reference to GLaDOS, who was turned into a potato in Portal 2.

Gallery

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Heavy

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Medic

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Spy

Announcement on Steam advertising the new item.

Second banner on Steam advertising, including Portal 2 co-op skins as another bonus.

The uncovered version for P-body, as seen in Portal 2 .

The uncovered version for Atlas, as seen in Portal 2 .

The Aperture Science Innovators logo used on the hat.

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