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  • Color Chart: 1969 Jaguar Standard Colors and Trim

    Color Chart: 1969 Jaguar Standard Colors and Trim

    Continuing in our series of cataloguing factory colors is this vintage Jaguar Color Guide dated April 1969. While these would have been standard colors, it’s fascinating to look back on both what was offered and perhaps have vintage colors such as these resurrected for modern specifications.

    The book reads:

    “The color finishes illustrated and combinations described are those which will be available from April 1969. Jaguar Cars Limited reserve the right to alter or withdraw any color finish without notice. The patters are intended to serve primarily as a guide and whilst they approximate closely to the actual colors used, they should not be utilized for the purpose of paint matching or for any other purpose where complete accuracy is essential.“

    Paint colors Include: Cream, Warwick Grey, Ascot Fawn (maybe the most Jaguar color name ever), Willow Green, Dark Blue, Black, Sable, Light Blue, Regency Red, British Racing Green, Pale Primrose and Signal Red.

  • Color Chart: 1994 / 1995 Audi Lifestyle Colors

    Color Chart: 1994 / 1995 Audi Lifestyle Colors

    With this new Color Chart series, we’re aiming to catalogue even more paint colors from various periods. First up is this 1994 and 1995 model year mix from Audi labeled as Lifestyle colors and they’re an interesting mix of often intense colors.

    In 1994 and 1995, Audi was on the ropes. Porsche was about to launch the RS2, which was very special indeed, but Audi as a brand was challenged to come up with a freshened range of cars that could rekindle the market attention that had waned since the retirement of the original “ur” quattro.

    Audi exclusive was in its infancy, and special colors like these had been chosen by the brand’s design team as something special to juice sales and interest in the cars. A contact from that time who worked at the Simi Valley Design Studio even suggests studio chief J. Mays had ordered his own company car in Inca Yellow as seen in this chart.

    Colors include:

    Inka Yellow Pearl Effect (9963)

    Purple Red Pearl Effect (9025)

    Pelican Blue Metallic (9029)

    Aquarell Green Metallic (9027)

    Tropic Green Metallic (9028)

    Cricket Green Pearl Effect (9944)

    Europa Blue Pearl Effect (Y3Y3)

    Volcano Black Pearl Effect (W9W9)

    Byzanz Metallic (9063)

    Rubin Red (X6X6)

    Brilliant Violet (L3L3)