Is this color named after Malaga Spain and pronounced as such or completely unrelated?
Malaga
- Thread starter DougE
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I believe it is named after Malaga in Andalucia, Spain.
The Malaga Red is a designation known beyond BMW and cars, and seems to come form the location the pigments came from, although one can argue it is also associated to wine and grapes...
"Red earths. Although red iron oxides occur in all parts of the world and have been used as pigments since antiquity, rich deposits are currently found near Malaga, Spain (Spanish red, which has a characteristic brownish undertone) and in Ormuz, in the Persian Gulf (Persian red)."
The Malaga Red is a designation known beyond BMW and cars, and seems to come form the location the pigments came from, although one can argue it is also associated to wine and grapes...
"Red earths. Although red iron oxides occur in all parts of the world and have been used as pigments since antiquity, rich deposits are currently found near Malaga, Spain (Spanish red, which has a characteristic brownish undertone) and in Ormuz, in the Persian Gulf (Persian red)."