Today documentation first spotted on Google+ has sparked conversation that the Chromebook Pixel, a quickly celebrated and dismissed concept computer shown off in a video clip, may not be as dead, or fake as once thought. François Beaufort, who first uncovered the Pixel itself,  found a piece of Google Chrome OS documentation that is includes notes on color patterns that are not consistent with current Chromebook models, but fit well with certain parts of the original video. Here’s the clip, in case you missed it: <iframe src="//api.vidyard.com/playbackengine/sc9W_8l8DljA32b9eTxOBw?v=2.2" height="411" width="730" frameborder="0" scrolling="no">></iframe> We are operating far from the space of verified truth, but try the following on for size: Use two-color lightbar scheme, with KB backlight for brightness Yet another set of tweaks to the lightbar patterns: At Startup or wake from sleep, Google colors cycle in. While running, > 25% power level in the battery: All blue, in a breathing effect (cycle up and down 30%). While running, <= 25% power level in battery: Same as above, but with red Shutting down, or going into sleep: Cycle out the Google colors (Note: the effect is only visible for S0->S3, because shutting down kills power to the lightbar before we can react). While sleeping: Similar to now, but only using Blue and red for battery indication as above. In the video, a short segme
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