Unofficially what is BMW's color?

Magna said:

For example, I would say Ferrari's color is red, while Mercedes Benz's color is silver. I suppose Jaguar's color is racing green.

IMO, BMW's color is white.

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F1 racing used to be colored by country. Germany was silver (thus your Mercedes silver,) Italy was red, England was green (hence the name "British racing green") the US was blue with white stripes etc......every country had a unique color or color combo.

So I personally would say it's still silver along with Mercedes, Ausi, Porsche etc...IMHO.

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IndyMike said:

Right! And since BMW decided to use a variation of silver, but something that was unique they decided that Steel Gray would be the 'official' color for the
marque! :angel:

That's my story and I'm stickin' to it.

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I like your thought process!!!

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Pinecone said:

Actually US was White with Blue stripes. Remember first GT-350, GT-40.

France was Blue, hence French Racing Blue. I had a Fiat 850 in that color.

Japan was White with Red.

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You are 100% correct...my mistake on the US colors :dunno:

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IndyMike said:

Yeah, you really blue that one, Mike! (j/k of course)

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I must be color dyslexic

Re: Imperial White

aldo said:

I used to be very much into F-1, and my memory may be fading, however I believe the "official" color for Germany was Imperial White......Some one might want to double check that though....

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Per this chart white is the official color for Germany but that silver was used often because they would leave the body as unpainted metal...I assume that's how the famous Mercedes and Auto Union silver cars came to be.

http://www.teammiata.com/libs/race_colors.htm