Color Focus: Porsche Guards Red – Y39
Guards Red (indischrot; non-metallic UNI; Y39; Porsche) a.k.a. "India Red" is maybe the most Porsche of Porsche colors. No, it's not a quirky shade no…
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Color Focus: BMW Zandvoort Blue – C6E
CODE: C6E TYPE: Non-Metallic CONTENT ARCHIVE: BMW Zandvoort Blue SUMMARY: Near as we can tell, Zandvoort Blue (zandvoortblau; UNI; C6E; BMW) was introduced with the launch of the G87-generation…
Color Focus: Audi Nardo Grey – LY7C
It's funny, there are some colors that become meteoric, becoming so popular that they become iconic and risk becoming ubiquitous. Such is the case of …
Color Focus: Audi Samoa Orange Metallic – X2U
Believed to be used initially as a launch color for the R8 GT, Samoa Orange Metallic (samoaorange; metallic UNI; X2U; Audi) embraced Audi's heritage f…
Color Focus: Aston Martin Racing Green – AST1140
The story of Aston Martin Racing Green likely begins with England's pre-war national racing color of British Racing Green. At a time when top-tier rac…
Color Focus: Porsche Maritime Blue – 5MB
Near as we can tell, Maritime Blue (maritimblau; non-metallic UNI; 5MB; Porsche) as a color was introduced or at least popularized during the 964 era.…
Color Focus: Porsche GT Silver Metallic – M7Z / U2
When it comes to core racing colors, silver and Germany go hand-in-hand since the pre-war Silver Arrows days of Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union. And thou…
Color Focus: Porsche Brewster Green – 22B
Some say Porsche's non-metallic Brewster Green (brewstergrün; nonmetallic UNI; 22B; Porsche) is Stuttgart's take on British Racing Green. However, we…
Color Focus: Porsche Gulf Blue – 328
The term "icon" may be loaded. For starters, the word itself is used far too often, in a way that waters down the value of the label. And, in the case…
Color Focus: BMW Individual Dakar Yellow – 337
BMW named this yellow hue after the iconic Dakar Rally, the ultimate rally raid style endurance race that originally trekked from Paris to Dakar, thou…