An Investigation of Colour Names

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parisian62 wrote:You're onto something there for sure Andrew. I think Holden were exporting at the time to both India and Pakistan. 8) 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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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...
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Does anyone have a clear pic of Parisian Lilac?
My EK's original colour.
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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...
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Interesting about the off white similarity.
As mine was originally described as cream on old rego papers.
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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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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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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
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8) some interesting reading in that link.
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