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BMW Colors - Objects and Locations behind the names
Featured on BIMMERPOST.com My G05 in Ametrine Metallic. Ametrine is a naturally occurring variety of quartz. Nearly all commercially sourced ametrine is mined in Bolivia. My G20 in Dravit Grey. Dravit refers to the dravite tourmaline mineral. The name originates from the Drava river area in Slovenia, where the mineral was first reported. As for the colors I'm picking for my cars on order: Will be replacing the X5 with an X7 LCI in Blue Ridge Mountain Metallic. This is a pretty obvious one as it's named after the bluish hue of the mountains in the smokies when seen in the distance. And I'll be replacing my G20 with an M3 in individual Oxford Green Metallic. And..... I actually don't know where this color originates from. Oxford University uses more of a blueish color whereas Oxford Green is very obviously Green. But... this is the closest I could find:
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Pretty cool. I really like the color on your X5. I have not seen that before.
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a lot of BMW blues are named after race tracks
Estoril Blue Laguna Seca Blue Yas Marina Blue Le Mans Blue Monte Carlo Blue Monaco Blue Interlagos Blue
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475 - Black Sapphire Metallic
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My new favorite name for a color is BMW Sparking Copper Grey Toyota renamed for the MT Supra as CU Later Grey
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Maldives Blue, circa 2004.
Totally different colours in different lights. Same car.
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They established a green belt that surrounds the city of Oxford...it is called "Oxford Green Belt". It is about 258 sq miles of open green space. So maybe BMW named the color after that...
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Interesting... I'll have to look into it!
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Pretty comprehensive list on BMW colors + their race tracks ….
https://f30.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1431093 Austin Yellow was one of the launch colors for the F8X back in ‘14 (for my local COTA circuit). Me, I’m pretty partial to Sakhir Orange for the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain (my F82 color). |
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I was googling "Manhattan Green". I found an article on the Ford Authority website...they were talking about a new color for the Lincoln Navigator called...guess what? Manhattan Green!! It is only available in the Black Label trim. I still can't find the reason why BMW called it "Manhattan Green".
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Not to mention Portimao Blue
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interesting
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São Paulo Yellow
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Aventurin Red is an interesting one.
Appears to be some type of quartz. "Strawberry quartz." Searching for plain aventurin pulls up green stones. Red aventurin pulls up the strawberry quartz. In terms of the track inspired colors, how could you all forget Silverstone?! Easily my favorite BMW offering. |
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