Yeah, I googled it too Stewart and found (Blacky and Terry will like this) that there were a few Indian restaurants called Shalimar, so it would look like the colour name of "Shalimar Blue" and India are connected somehow...parisian62 wrote:You're onto something there for sure Andrew. I think Holden were exporting at the time to both India and Pakistan. I've never heards of Shalimar Gardens so googled it - looks like an amazing place. Another one for 'World places' category.
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my EK wagon will be parisian lilac...a have a small pot of parisian paint at home which I will post up tonight...my best description is mauve...depending on the light conditions you would swear it was nearly an off white unless you had a contrasting colour against it.
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ooops...forgot...take a look here for parisian lilac to give you a rough indication...http://www.fbekholden.com/forum/viewtop ... 88&start=0
you will need to scroll down to 1962...
this is an ongoing project...that has hasn't been going...still lots of gaps...
you will need to scroll down to 1962...
this is an ongoing project...that has hasn't been going...still lots of gaps...
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mines dusk plum with carmeo beige roof [ looks light pink ] and brigade red interior
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what colour is yours karting dad... looks like montana grey.... same as mine:)
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I would call it nipple pink!!!thropzed wrote:Hey stewart, My sedan is Pyramid Coral with Barrier Coral roof so does that mean that egypt was a coral reef at some stage?
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Re: An Investigation of Colour Names
Mines Argosy Turquoise and the Argosy seems like it might of come from an english term for a flotilla...(makes some sense being a sea green of sorts), or perhaps named from an english cargo plane....or some sci-fi books!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argosy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argosy
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some interesting reading in that link.
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