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07-02-2015, 10:17 AM
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Tony
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I always get a laugh when I see the creative names the boffins come up with for the colours or cars. Ford is no different and here a few that come to mind.
BF wagon in "acid rush" I'm thinking one of those paint jobs where it changes colour from every different angle, very cool and trippy, nar..... It just mustard. SZ Territory in "vanish" Wow stealth paint on a Territory, could be dangerous in traffic, and the colour is........ dark blue, not even sky blue. I'm sure others can come up with plenty more. |
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07-02-2015, 10:25 AM
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Too busy thinking of cool paint names (which bare no resemblance to their actual colours) hmmm
rather than "engineering the car better" maybe we should call Ford Australia team "Acid RUSH" |
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07-02-2015, 10:59 AM
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Parts bin special
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How about "Pearl Green" in the EA range. It doesn't look green at all!
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07-02-2015, 11:03 AM
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They had make 'different' names, as 'Menace' sounds better than Mauve and 'Toxic' sounds better than Lime Green etc
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07-02-2015, 11:28 AM
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Cynical Idealist
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Yes, Australian Ford color names baffle me.
But now they're starting to do it in the US, too. The 2015 Mustang offers a color called "Guard." It's dark green. They don't call it "Guard Green," though--it's just "Guard."
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07-02-2015, 12:37 PM
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The Mondeo (worldwide) is available in Brisbane Brown.
There are a lot of places in this wide brown land of ours that I think of before I think of Brisbane! Sent from my GTi-9305 using bloody Tapatalk
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07-02-2015, 01:31 PM
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Nitro. Great mane but can't see it meaning awesome blue
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07-02-2015, 01:49 PM
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Mystic: suits the colours
Seduce: looks like lady of the night lipstick so aptly named Luscious: not sure that suits the colour but a good name none the less Tbh, i quite like the different names |
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07-02-2015, 02:03 PM
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07-02-2015, 02:11 PM
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But never understood the meaning of Neo to describe the blue on my Territory, or Dash as the green on my FG. |
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07-02-2015, 02:25 PM
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I still think that Ford has a long way to go before they match the Leyland names back in the '70's
(That's just after Noah and the Ark for the young'uns here ) Home On Th'Orange Nutmeg Am Eye Blue Bitter Apricot Hairy Lime Dry Red N. V. Green Bold As Brass Aspen Green Oh Fudge Peel Me A Grape Omega Navy Country Cream Corinthian Blue Plum Loco
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07-02-2015, 04:42 PM
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Vermillion Fire; a seductively sexy blend of red and orange designed to inflame the dark, forbidden passions that lurk in the souls of mortal man ...
or paint code 6... |
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07-02-2015, 04:52 PM
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Wait, what?
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07-02-2015, 08:40 PM
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That and the fact N2O bottles are typically that shade of blue?
Which, along with the red label was probably chosen because of CPK... Sent from my GTi-9305 using bloody Tapatalk
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07-02-2015, 08:44 PM
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Polynesian green, a colour made for Polynesian people maybe, not sure why else Ford would name a colour after an ethnicity
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07-02-2015, 09:42 PM
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I like the names for the Interior colors like Steel Glaze. I think the Ford designers must be fans of the movie Zoolander. Maybe it's just me but it reminded me of Blue Steel when I first heard it.
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07-02-2015, 10:32 PM
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The previous Mustang had gotta have it green.
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08-02-2015, 08:57 AM
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08-02-2015, 08:26 PM
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Ford has nothing on Toyota's "Big Bad Orange"
(yes its orange, at a similar time they had a green that was well... equally as ... bad) |
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08-02-2015, 08:43 PM
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What about Phantom just like the Phantoms undies
the dark side had a few mad colours to Go mango a yucky green and silver mink a bit like BA Mercury silver |
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08-02-2015, 09:54 PM
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I've always loved 'most' of the ford names and colours.
I love my EGO (better then grey silver) G6 falcon. I even named one of my chickies Havana....after that nice bronzey brown premium colour hey had. Love it 
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09-02-2015, 03:14 PM
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Clearly a star wars fan in the mix when the outgoing BA purple (PHANTOM) made way for (MENACE)
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Plum Dinger Yellow Dolly The Lone O'Ranger Bluey (which was red) Lettuce Alone Strike-Me-Pink Purr Pull Nipple Pink Cheers Russ
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09-02-2015, 09:43 PM
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Beat me to it Russ
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. Acid rush and vanish sound extremely normal compared with nipple pink or home on th range . 
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10-02-2015, 10:28 AM
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Ford should have called Red Pepper 'Acid Rush'... Be it parked in the shade, in your shed, under lights at the servo, cruising on a sunny or overcast day, the car changes colour like a Chameleon.
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10-02-2015, 01:44 PM
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My XR6 Rip Curl ute is 'Conquer'. How that name can be related to blue beats me.
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