Thank you - Owen That is interesting. I know ad agencies like to associate very specific colors with brands to develop recognition. I guess that doesn't matter in this case.
Regards, Lorenz On 16 July 2012 08:32, 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
