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Old 01-25-2007, 01:59 AM
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For those of you who haven't had a chance to see some of the new colors yet.

I had a quick stop at my dealer and shot som pics of some of the new colors.
Pls note that these are only intended as a reference so you can see new and old side by side.
Sorry about the fingerprints...had no time for polishing
The colors are:
Platinum gray and Space gray -- Titanium II and Silver gray.
Dakota Cream beige and natural brown -- Auburn and Beige.

*Edit* As you might notice, there seems to be quite a lot more sparkle/metallic flakes in the new ones.

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Top from left: Cream beige, Nature brown, Beige(old), Auburn/Kastanjebrun(old)
Bottom left: Space Gray, Platinum Gray, Silver Gray(old), Titanium Gray II(old)


TitaniumII and Platinum gray


From top Silver gray and Space gray


The new ones
Old 01-25-2007, 02:10 AM
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Thanks man, those colors look good . Can't wait to see one on the whole car
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Thanks!
PlatGrey looks very nice... I like the fact that is is so dark (almost black)
It actually looks fairly hot with natural brown but it would be nice to see pics of this leather in an interior.
Seems that Sweden is ahead of the posse ...
Keep us updated

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Great info. THX
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Thanks for the pics.

They do show however that white balance and exposure level of the photographs are critical, For example the Platinum Grey is quite dark in one out of three photographs but appears much lighter in the others.

The idea of providing the old colours for comparison was a masterstoke.

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What a pity that there will be no more silver grey.
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It never ceases to amaze me how many different shades of grey BMW offers.
Bring back bright green I say..
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Originally Posted by aybeesea' post='383195' date='Jan 25 2007, 02:18 PM
Thanks for the pics.

They do show however that white balance and exposure level of the photographs are critical, For example the Platinum Grey is quite dark in one out of three photographs but appears much lighter in the others.

The idea of providing the old colours for comparison was a masterstoke.

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Good point!
But actually, the whitebalance is adjusted to the same temp for all pics.
The fact that Plat gray looks a lot darker in one of the pictures has to do with incoming lights and curvature. It was my intention that I would shoot the pics from different angles relative to the incoming light just to show how the color changes it's appearance.
The plates on the lowermost pic didn't produce any reflections due to the curvature slanting upwards in the pic (I hope you knw what I mean)
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Do you have pics of the new dark bamboo trim ?
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Originally Posted by vji6697' post='383217' date='Jan 25 2007, 03:24 PM
Do you have pics of the new dark bamboo trim ?
Sorry, no.



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