I think that Fiat was bright red, Alfa much darker (similar to some modern Alfas) to distinguish them from the Fiats in the 1920s.
Brian of SpotMog On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 3:32 PM, Owen Jenkins <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > Hi Lorenz, > > BRG is just the shade of green chosen by the maker at the time. People > have used most shades of green, except lime green (thankfully). MG's > version for the MGB (a sort of grass green) was the commonest and probably > the longest-running, but Jaguar have used several different colours which > they have referred to as BRG, one of the nicest being a metallic, > medium/dark bluish green in the 1980s. Their '90s BRG used on the F1 cars > was a totally different shade, much brighter. Both are very different from > the BRG of their '50s racing heyday. > > In the same way, the national racing colours of other countries varied > enormously - French racing blue could range from a pale, baby blue to a > full Scottish Saltire blue; if you look at some of the old Italian racers > from between the wars, you'll find that they are a much darker red than the > modern "Rosso", more crimson than the modern scarlet. > > Regards, > Owen. > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Lorenz Arner <[email protected]> > *To:* mogtalk2 <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Monday, July 16, 2012 4:03 PM > *Subject:* Re: [mogtalk2] Somewhere in France- the colour green. > > > gerry - ah yes, but the location, location, location. > > My 66 4/4 V comp B1217 was exported from the factory to Los Angeles in > primer coat. It was painted green in Califonia. I would love to learn who > arranged that and what the color is. It is very similar to the color of > your car. Very nice. > > Does anyone know - Did each marque have a different shade green specific > to the marque and are there variations to "British Racing Green?" > > Thank you for the info. > > Best - Lorenz > > > View posts on The Mail Archive > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Modify<https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;>Your Subscription > <http://www.listbox.com/> > ------------------------------------------- View posts on The Mail Archive http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ [http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/] Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=22459785&id_secret=22459785-4a39ddf8 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
