McLaren 2015 livery

[Emmcee]

I think Mclaren could be trying to brand themselves with the likes of Ferrari. Ever since Ferrari came into f1 they have run the red, although slightly different shades from time to time but virtually the same and people don't complain about that.

[SiLo]

Papaya Orange. I don';t understand why they haven't just used this as their colour...

[Emmcee]

Papaya Orange. I don';t understand why they haven't just used this as their colour...

That or the Fluro red and white that's in your avatar.

[Nathanael F1]

I think Mclaren could be trying to brand themselves with the likes of Ferrari. Ever since Ferrari came into f1 they have run the red, although slightly different shades from time to time but virtually the same and people don't complain about that.

That is because red is an interesting color. There is a lot to work with - slightly different hues, luminances, etc. Grey is grey and that's it. If they had a sponsor with color that might make things better.

[Samraj_official]

actually the don't have their signature colour as Ferrari does, it seems a hard pill to swallow but since their 50 year history!!!!!!!

[SiLo]

Papaya Orange. I don';t understand why they haven't just used this as their colour...

That or the Fluro red and white that's in your avatar.

Might be difficult because of the Marlboro partnership etc etc.

But Bruce used to race in cars in Papaya Orange, so they should adopt it and make it into their brand colour. It makes things so much more recognisable.

Ferrari red is easily to see in a crowd, Lambos are regularly yellow or at least a bright in your face colour.

This black/grey/silver colour scheme is quite simply, boring. At least Mercedes have that lovely teal colour to work with as an accent.

[Manoah2u]

i expected them to race in their LMP colors or something similar. grey-black-papayaorange. would have looked great, and recognisable.

they could even blend movistar in there.

the problem imho with this dark black livery is that it's hard finding a sponsor that's attracted because it's probably hard to find a way to be noted in that. Just look at how little ESSO, Mobil 1, KPMG, Sagefredo are visible. hardly.

[Samraj_official]

that dark grey is just to create corporate identity just like Ferrari's scarlet

[Thunder]

That is because red is an interesting color. There is a lot to work with - slightly different hues, luminances, etc. Grey is grey and that's it. If they had a sponsor with color that might make things better.

That's simply not true. There are just as many possible variations of Grey than they are of Red.

[Jef Patat]

How many shades of grey are you talking about?

[Thunder]

How many shades of grey are you talking about?

At least 50

[Jef Patat]

this is very relevant information, somebody even gave you a +1 for that one-two answer, lolz

[mclaren111]

51

[Thunder]

Aren't the Grey Areas the most relevant in F1?

[Nathanael F1]

That is because red is an interesting color. There is a lot to work with - slightly different hues, luminances, etc. Grey is grey and that's it. If they had a sponsor with color that might make things better.

That's simply not true. There are just as many possible variations of Grey than they are of Red.

No, there aren't as many variations of grey that would be different enough for people to notice without comparison. If it's actually grey, you can only change the luminance. For red, you can change the hue, saturation, and luminance. That's gives you many more possibilities.