[Miata] New Book Keith? > Colors

[Larry Alster]

Show up at a Meeting of the Green with your Emerald and see how welcome you 
are!!
When a car company makes a specific model and calls the color BRG and then 
makes other greens I think it's pretty hard to make a case that your color 
is BRG.

Larry

White Knight      1991 Crystal White   #99 CSP
Silver Bullet        1992 Silverstone     #17 SM2  FM I+ Turbo
Honey B             1992 Sunburst Yellow
Whooosh           2004 Titanium Mazdaspeed MX-5

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "the.jack" <the.jack at verizon.net>
To: "'Miata List'" <miata at realbig.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 5:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Miata] New Book Keith? > Colors


>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jon Etkins [mailto:jon at snikte.net]
>> Subject: Re: [Miata] New Book Keith? > Colors
>>
>> the.jack wrote:
>> > I'm partial to my Emerald :) I actually thought it was BRG when I
>> > bought it :)
>>
>> Technically, it is!
>>
>> > I get the impression from online pics that
>> > BRG has more yellow in it to give it a slight olive cast.
>>
>> There is no one single shade of green that can definitively
>> be called British Racing Green to the exclusion of all
>> others.  Although modern usage tends towards a darker hue,
>> many different shades have represented Jolly Olde England
>> over the years.  See
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_racing_green for a good synopsis.
> -----Response-----
>
> Interesting. I like the idea of my car being BRG better than "Emerald 
> Green Mica" :)
>
> Chris C.
> 99 Mazda Miata 5-sp Emerald-Wants-To-Be-BRG
>
>
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