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British Racing Green???????

thomas180..

British Racing Green???????

by thomas180.. » Tue, 14 Mar 2000 04:00:00

What colour is British Racing Green.

Does it have som einternational colour number.

I want to use it as a background behind some pictures - but I want the
exact right colour.

Can anyone help me?????

I live in Denmark if that matters.

BR
Thomas Soerensen
GPL Enthusiast of Denmark

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Stephen Barnet

British Racing Green???????

by Stephen Barnet » Tue, 14 Mar 2000 04:00:00

Now thats a tricky question. The original BRG was an emerald green,  worn
for the first time by the British entered Napier team in the 1903 Gordon
Bennett race. But I suspect you mean the later darker colours. In the mid
50's Jaguar pioneered the very very dark green, which looked almost black,
because it was assumed green was an unlucky colour for a racing car! The
Lotus green type shades came in later. There are roughly speaking eigh***
shades of BRG as used on competition cars from 1903 up to the mid 70's, and
not including the Bentley greens or privateer variations. Here are a few
colour codes for BRG based on the Ault and Wiborg range
Lotus 1971 AW37490
Austin Morris BRG67-70 HMN254 AW24400
Austin Morris BRG (Rich)59-69 HMN254 AW28461
Austin Morris Dark BRG 63-71 GN29 AW24499
Jaguar BRG 53-65 AW16712
Aston Martin BRG AW34735
British Standards Institute BS381C Mid Brunswick Green 226 AWCode 13707
    "             "                "               "        Deep Brunswick
Green 227 AW 13718

If I could read your mind I think it may be one of the Austin Morris colours
you need, which roughly match the early Lotus 49 type colour, HMN254 rings a
bell, but you would have to check.
Good hunting
Steve ;-)


>What colour is British Racing Green.

>Does it have som einternational colour number.

>I want to use it as a background behind some pictures - but I want the
>exact right colour.

>Can anyone help me?????

>I live in Denmark if that matters.

>BR
>Thomas Soerensen
>GPL Enthusiast of Denmark

>Sent via Deja.com http://www.racesimcentral.net/
>Before you buy.

Stephen Barnet

British Racing Green???????

by Stephen Barnet » Tue, 14 Mar 2000 04:00:00

Now thats a tricky question. The original BRG was an emerald green,  worn
for the first time by the British entered Napier team in the 1903 Gordon
Bennett race. But I suspect you mean the later darker colours. In the mid
50's Jaguar pioneered the very very dark green, which looked almost black,
because it was assumed green was an unlucky colour for a racing car! The
Lotus green type shades came in later. There are roughly speaking eigh***
shades of BRG as used on competition cars from 1903 up to the mid 70's, and
not including the Bentley greens or privateer variations. Here are a few
colour codes for BRG based on the Ault and Wiborg range
Lotus 1971 AW37490
Austin Morris BRG67-70 HMN254 AW24400
Austin Morris BRG (Rich)59-69 HMN254 AW28461
Austin Morris Dark BRG 63-71 GN29 AW24499
Jaguar BRG 53-65 AW16712
Aston Martin BRG AW34735
British Standards Institute BS381C Mid Brunswick Green 226 AWCode 13707
    "             "                "               "        Deep Brunswick
Green 227 AW 13718

If I could read your mind I think it may be one of the Austin Morris colours
you need, which roughly match the early Lotus 49 type colour, HMN254 rings a
bell, but you would have to check.
Good hunting
Steve ;-)


>What colour is British Racing Green.

>Does it have som einternational colour number.

>I want to use it as a background behind some pictures - but I want the
>exact right colour.

>Can anyone help me?????

>I live in Denmark if that matters.

>BR
>Thomas Soerensen
>GPL Enthusiast of Denmark

>Sent via Deja.com http://www.racesimcentral.net/
>Before you buy.

Glenn Andresse

British Racing Green???????

by Glenn Andresse » Wed, 15 Mar 2000 04:00:00

British Racing Green is one of the most over-used and abused terms in
relation to racing and road cars alike. These days everyone calls any
dark green on an English car BRG.

I have a Triumph TR6 that was advertised as being BRG, but in actual
fact is a more "Emerald" or "Conifer Green". Have a look at the jpeg
titled "Triumph Colours - BRG" I have posted in
alt.binaries.simulators.autos. The colours are very hard to discern on
the screen, but the different names give some clues to the variations
used by British car manufacturers in the 50's, 60's and early 70's.

I prefer to think of BRG as the colour used on the Jaguar 'C' and 'D'
types, which was a very dark blackish green. IMHO that is the most
striking and impressive colour, nothing like the current day "TV
friendly" green used on the new F1 Jags.

Sorry, no simple answer.

Gidday,

Glenn


> What colour is British Racing Green.

> Does it have som einternational colour number.

> I want to use it as a background behind some pictures - but I want the
> exact right colour.

> Can anyone help me?????

> I live in Denmark if that matters.

> BR
> Thomas Soerensen
> GPL Enthusiast of Denmark

> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.

Mark Seer

British Racing Green???????

by Mark Seer » Wed, 15 Mar 2000 04:00:00

Err..
Green.

Actually, there have been quite a few variations on a theme over the years.

MS

David Shiel

British Racing Green???????

by David Shiel » Wed, 15 Mar 2000 04:00:00

Hmm yeah well, think if it's a fairly dark green then you will always get
people saying it's BRG.  The F1 jags arent what i consider BRG but it's an
improvement on the original colour when they launched the car (british
racing yuk :-b ).

you are of course right to use "i prefer to think of..." since i imagine
most peoples perceptions differ from each other.  thing is motoring
enthusiasts tend to know, so anyone that claims their car is BRG in front of
one when it's blatantly not risks ridicule.

i agree that BRG is more black than green until the sun shines on it.

the above post may or may not make sense, it's just my ramblilng chain of
thought on the matter :-)

dave


> British Racing Green is one of the most over-used and abused terms in
> relation to racing and road cars alike. These days everyone calls any
> dark green on an English car BRG.

> I have a Triumph TR6 that was advertised as being BRG, but in actual
> fact is a more "Emerald" or "Conifer Green". Have a look at the jpeg
> titled "Triumph Colours - BRG" I have posted in
> alt.binaries.simulators.autos. The colours are very hard to discern on
> the screen, but the different names give some clues to the variations
> used by British car manufacturers in the 50's, 60's and early 70's.

> I prefer to think of BRG as the colour used on the Jaguar 'C' and 'D'
> types, which was a very dark blackish green. IMHO that is the most
> striking and impressive colour, nothing like the current day "TV
> friendly" green used on the new F1 Jags.

> Sorry, no simple answer.

> Gidday,

> Glenn


> > What colour is British Racing Green.

> > Does it have som einternational colour number.

> > I want to use it as a background behind some pictures - but I want the
> > exact right colour.

> > Can anyone help me?????

> > I live in Denmark if that matters.

> > BR
> > Thomas Soerensen
> > GPL Enthusiast of Denmark

> > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > Before you buy.

Ace

British Racing Green???????

by Ace » Thu, 16 Mar 2000 04:00:00

I would say the BRM's in GPL are "painted" a damn close representation of
BRG

>What colour is British Racing Green.

>Does it have som einternational colour number.

>I want to use it as a background behind some pictures - but I want the
>exact right colour.

>Can anyone help me?????

>I live in Denmark if that matters.

>BR
>Thomas Soerensen
>GPL Enthusiast of Denmark

>Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
>Before you buy.

thomas180..

British Racing Green???????

by thomas180.. » Thu, 16 Mar 2000 04:00:00

Thankx for the help guys.

I went to a store that is supposed to have everything for hobby
painters and amateur artists and so on - and guess what - they had no
clue to what colour BRG is - they never even heard of it.

I want a piece of paper or card about 100 cms on each side as a
background for the trackprints from "GPL Replay Analyser" - it seems a
bit difficult to get that though.

My search will continue!!!!

BR
Thomas Soerensen
GPL Enthusiast of Denmark



> What colour is British Racing Green.

> Does it have som einternational colour number.

> I want to use it as a background behind some pictures - but I want the
> exact right colour.

> Can anyone help me?????

> I live in Denmark if that matters.

> BR
> Thomas Soerensen
> GPL Enthusiast of Denmark

> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.

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