Quoted from mbeardsley:We've been back and forth on this in the EBD thread.
I have an EBD-LE with an original playfield (I've owned it since 1984) and it is the cream-colored one.
I believe that there were original playfields printed in white and also original playfields printed in cream.
This is why you get owners saying the originals were white, and others saying they were cream.
My Flash Gordon is a light cream color not white, you can clearly see it under the posts and brackets.
Trust me I have given it a lot of thought when I do touch up, cream or pure white?