jjn9128 wrote: ↑12 Jan 2021, 12:31
There was never a specific colour - "British racing green" - it's a name which can apply to any British race car painted any shade of green
I must disagree on this, as above you can order your order your Aston Martin in British Racing Green or Almond Green, and they are very different colours in Aston Martin terminology, which is surely the relevant terminology
. DBR9 Racing Green and Aston Racing Green are other variations on Almond Green used over the years, but they are all much lighter shades than BRG.
Interesting, other British manufacturers seem to use similar definitions. This
Almond Green MG TD, looks rather different to this
British Racing Green example, wouldn't you say?
jjn9128 wrote: ↑12 Jan 2021, 12:31
It's like "Ferrari red" changing with the times.
I must disagree on this, Rosso Corsa as the traditional Ferrari colour the F1 cars were painted until '96, is a
specific colour you can order your late model Ferrari in.
Here's a 458 Speciale in Rosso Corsa for the Ferrari buyer wanting to match their colour perfectly to the iconic
312T4 or
641.
The darker metallic Rosso Magma as used on the F1 cars in 2008 is another colour entirely,
the more fluorescent Marlboro-like red of Rosso Scuderia [the left 360] is a third colour [note how it is much more orange than the Rosso Corsa example on the right], and the 12 other Ferrari red colour options are all specifically named too:
https://rossoautomobili.com/blogs/magaz ... errari-red
Just as at McLaren,
McLaren Orange (the original, yellowish orange single-coat orange), Papaya Spark, Venutra Orange (a darker metallic orange) and Tarocca Orange (a much darker metallic orange as the F1 cars were painted in '17) are all different colours. The '18 onwards liveries are Papaya Spark and not McLaren Orange which is an important distinction. Perhaps Zak Brown felt the traditional McLaren orange,
as per this 1998 test car, would look too yellow on television.
Just as at Renault-Gordini and Alpine, there is a heritage to the slightly different French Racing Blues they use (
Malta Blue for Renault, a single-stage light blue for Gordini, a darker blue for Alpine), which are comparatively lighter colours to other French constructors.
All this stuff has important meaning... For example the Red H badge on Honda F1 cars and Type R models is the slightly darker, pinkish Milano Red
just as it was in the 60's. Nowadays the actual red colour option for the Civic Type R changed to the more tomato-like Rallye Red but the
badge is still Milano Red because that is an important piece of history.
