Oh, now you are stepping on spelling for foul odour vs. fol odor.
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introducing my new bath gel, in color sahara
ScottAndrews
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Color/Colour is such a personal preference, it is hard to criticize any of them. I am partial to a few though. Fjord, Baikal, Atlantik, Anthrazit, Amazongrun...all metallic, and Verona, the only example of which I have seen in person is @Arde 's beautiful car. . But this is just me...
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day66
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I agree, and we’re fortunate that so many colo(u)rs were offered = but there are a few that are a hard pass for me ….
I consider the colors the factory offered from '68-'76 to be a unique rare "parts" option. Perhaps even a brave and daring move given the colors of the time. A palate to choose rare and unique shades and hues for special cars in a special time.
Each color has its favorites and it nays. But how boring, as others have pointed out, would it be if we had been presented with the dull and common colors we see today.
Again, as another said, all those whites and blacks and....
Each color has its favorites and it nays. But how boring, as others have pointed out, would it be if we had been presented with the dull and common colors we see today.
Again, as another said, all those whites and blacks and....
I really like Bristol but I have never seen one in person.
Colors that look different in real life than in pictures are a mixed blessing as more people see my cars in pictures than in person... It is like not being photogenic, you live apologizing...
Taiga is a great color with a difficult name.
Colors that look different in real life than in pictures are a mixed blessing as more people see my cars in pictures than in person... It is like not being photogenic, you live apologizing...
Taiga is a great color with a difficult name.
one particular interesting point is the perception
you are right to try to see in person, and also try to get as many views in different light conditions
some colours are flat, others give very different tonalities
like the fivety shades of blaukal ....
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some were even offered in shorter periods, like 69-71
ScottAndrews
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that's pretty...!!!
Anthrazyt is beautiful on a coupe, it's just that every other new car is a shade of that color now. I've had a company car for over 30 years, I get to order a new one every 3 years or so. Now the only colors I can chose from are white, silver, dark grey, or black - 50 Shades of Boring.
when i was a teenager in Louisiana - all of the white cars were oil company fleet cars or trucks. even the Louisiana state police drove white cars.
i have to say, when i bought my coupe, it was black ... and it looked great while it was clean. but in ATL, 5 minutes with the cover off and out of the garage, it needed to be washed ... and oh yes, it was hot - DAMN hot in the summer. no more black cars for me. as i have said before, my favorite colors on a coupe are (and not in order, just as i remember them) - ceylon, inka, baikal, granatrot, fjord, nacht, atlantik, riviera, chamonix, turkis and polaris (especially when its really shiny) ... and i notice that 5 are shades of blue.
I highly recommend Niek Nijsen's Issue 02 Spring 2025 "CS Coupe" magazine if you're into Coupe body colors, history and interiors. The detail, colors and depth of the article "Palette of Elegance" is, I think, the best I've ever seen. The only puzzling part for me is his reporting on the historical development for bright and metallic paints. He refers to BASF the German multinational chemical company but never mentions the brand that is the OEM call out Glaserit for the correct product. I went to BASF and searched for Glaserit as one of their brands but I came up with no result.
The color reproduction swatches of our Coupes is spot on and the historical development will hold some interesting new info for even the most detail oriented Coupe aficionado. You also get to see how the Brits spell color a large number of times.
Regards, Jon
The color reproduction swatches of our Coupes is spot on and the historical development will hold some interesting new info for even the most detail oriented Coupe aficionado. You also get to see how the Brits spell color a large number of times.
Regards, Jon
Glasurit is owned by BASF.
i highly recommend reading the spring issue. his magazines have a nice feature article and also excellent technical articles. in talking with Niek, i find it very interesting to see how different the color selections by BMW, NMW NA and BMW UK were on the models produced / imported into their countries. while i know the least about the popularity of colors for Germany and the other countries of Europe, especially Italy ... in the UK there is a much higher percentage of Verona than into any other country. It was also quite a surprise for Niek to learn about colors in NA that they didn't have in the UK.
tdgray
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Glasurit was the absolute top of the line back in the day. I think I have some old paint books around here somewhere back when I worked for a jobber.
i have seen the old books from glasurit in which they have several pages of bmw colour pads
i was so lucky that the page which included some of the e9 colours was duplicated, so they gave it to me
i asked them to make the colour for my car, and they made it absolutely wrong
trying ot find a reason it was that the formulation does not work with water based paints
then i asked them to reproduce the colour of the pad that it is in the book
they nailed it.
tdgray
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Now that’s funny.
The best luck I have had these days is using Nason (DuPont or now Axalta). Non water based. Now this may not be available to all markets.
Actually heading to my local paint dude today for some supplies. I’ll give him a heads up on my needing paint.
The best luck I have had these days is using Nason (DuPont or now Axalta). Non water based. Now this may not be available to all markets.
Actually heading to my local paint dude today for some supplies. I’ll give him a heads up on my needing paint.
Officially non-water based paints are forbidden in Europe