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      07-13-2022, 12:48 PM   #23
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Donington Grey
Imola Red

Are also worth mentioning I think
This was just the blue wing of the color family
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Donington Grey
Imola Red

Are also worth mentioning I think
This was just the blue wing of the color family
My bad lol, still not fully awake yet
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Aventurin Red is an interesting one.

Appears to be some type of quartz. "Strawberry quartz."

Searching for plain aventurin pulls up green stones. Red aventurin pulls up the strawberry quartz.
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a lot of BMW blues are named after race tracks
Estoril Blue
Laguna Seca Blue
Yas Marina Blue
Le Mans Blue
Monte Carlo Blue
Monaco Blue
Interlagos Blue
Snapper Rocks Blue I believe is named after an Australian race track
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Carbon Black - Named after carbon paper

So not only do I strongly dislike carbon black as a color, but where the idea stems from too.

The more you know!
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a lot of BMW blues are named after race tracks
Estoril Blue
Laguna Seca Blue
Yas Marina Blue
Le Mans Blue
Monte Carlo Blue
Monaco Blue
Interlagos Blue
Snapper Rocks Blue I believe is named after an Australian race track
May I add to the list
• Macao Blue
• Avus Blue
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Carbon Black - Named after carbon paper

So not only do I strongly dislike carbon black as a color, but where the idea stems from too.

The more you know!
Actually one of my favorites
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And I'll be replacing my G20 with an M3 in individual Oxford Green Metallic. And..... I actually don't know where this color originates from. Oxford University uses more of a blueish color whereas Oxford Green is very obviously Green. But... this is the closest I could find:
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The dictionary part had my laughing on the floor lol
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Marina Bay Blue

Jeez, man. Come on!
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Donington Grey
Imola Red

Are also worth mentioning I think
Long Beach Blue
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Isle of Man 🇮🇲 Green.
Fenella Beach, Peel Isle of Man.

Domagoj Dukec and I discussed the colour over a cheese sandwich at TT 2018.

You can't make us out but we are just above the beach wall in the second photo.
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Aventurine is from red aventurine quartz found predominantly in Italy, India, Brazil, Russia and Nepal.
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Jeez I wish there was a way to stop people quoting a lengthy first post! Why not just 'reply'!!
I completely agree, very sorry, but on iOS, where is the reply?
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Love BMWs colors! Sunset Orange Metallic is phenomenal, changes from a burnt orange in the sunlight to an end-of-sunset-red at night!

Thanks JustChris for helping me navigate this app
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Glad to know such interesting information!
I have a feeling that this is gonna be a great post.
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Love that Oxford Green, wtwo3. Seems a bit darker than traditional British Racing Green and classier than IOMG (IMHO).

I'm looking forward to seeing my Dravit Grey G80 in a couple of weeks, and I appreciate your explanation here as I didn't know about it.

My first BMW was an E39 in Toledo Blue, identical to this one:



I never really knew where that name came from. There was a Toledo Blue Stockings minor league baseball team in the late 19th century, whose logo (below) does look somewhat similar to the car paint... but that's an awfully obscure reference. If anyone else knows the real answer, I'd be curious.

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Isle of Man 🇮🇲 Green.
Fenella Beach, Peel Isle of Man.

Domagoj Dukec and I discussed the colour over a cheese sandwich at TT 2018.

You can't make us out but we are just above the beach wall in the second photo.
That Isle of Man green is dead on
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a lot of BMW blues are named after race tracks
Estoril Blue
Laguna Seca Blue
Yas Marina Blue
Le Mans Blue
Monte Carlo Blue
Monaco Blue
Interlagos Blue
Marina Bay Blue

Jeez, man. Come on!
Donington Grey
Imola Red

Are also worth mentioning I think
Let's not forget Jerez Black from Circuito de Jerez in Jerez, Spain.
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