[Evolvo]

Alright, I was just going into the 850 gallery to find a platinum edition picture and I found this. What the heck color is that? It looks like a turd.

 

[S.R.]

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Originally posted by Evolvo:
Alright, I was just going into the 850 gallery to find a platinum edition picture and I found this. What the heck color is that? It looks like a turd.

It is really funny that you posted this, because I saw an orange/red 850 Turbo sedan last week. I have never seen this color before, and IMHO it looks very unique in real life, not really great though. In 1994, they had this color called 'Rubin Red Pearl Metallic'.

-Drew

 

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I've seen them before too. They are more orange than that picture would lead you to believe. Maybe I need to play with the color correction a little more.

 

[Simon Linton]

No you're right - it's a turd.
Volvo are not immune from providing some appalling colours - my least favourite is apparently very popular over where you are; the Saffron Gold Metallic which looks like a goldplated turd.

And of course don't even go to the colours on 1970s 400 series...

 

[joshua]

That's an 850, I think, while the saffron color was not available until the 70 series. In 1995 for a very limited run the 850 was available in a sort of metallic bronze/orange called either harvest gold metallic or maybe autumn gold metallic. In person it was quite striking - to my eyes anyway (each to his own taste). I didn't think it was available in the T5, just the base and GLT trim, but I could be wrong.

 

[S.R.]

Well, the official color of that car is called, #423 Autumn Gold Pearl.

-Drew

 

[Clooms]

Were 850s ever produced in a pale yellow color? I've seen a couple of those around and don't approve. And if that isn't a Volvo color, why would you paint your car yellow??

-lenore

 

[towerymt]

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Originally posted by Clooms:
Were 850s ever produced in a pale yellow color? I've seen a couple of those around and don't approve. And if that isn't a Volvo color, why would you paint your car yellow??

-lenore

Yes, the 1995 850 T-5R came in pale yellow (called T-gul). It's one of the most desirable car/color combinations because it's extremely rare and some people really like the color.

Here's a yellow T-5R that was a feature car at Swedespeed:

http://www.swedespeed.com/features/feature_cars/1_fast_box/index.shtml

 

[745TRBOBRK]

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Originally posted by towerymt:
850 T-5R came in pale yellow (called T-gul).

Gul is Swedish for yellow. T-gul=T-yellow

 

[Kai]

I wouldn't know a difference...color blind...

 

[towerymt]

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Originally posted by 745TRBOBRK:
Gul is Swedish for yellow.

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[joshua]

Here's a modified 240 painted in Autumn Gold Metallic, for all 2 of us who like the color

http://home.planet.nl/~marc.hesselberth/xtreme_240.html

 

[745TRBOBRK]

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Originally posted by joshua:
...Autumn Gold Metallic, for all 2 of us who like the color...

Make that 3...I love that color. Almost as much as the defraction paint.

 

[towerymt]

More of the same 240:

I like this color too.

 

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Isn't that the orange color from the Saint's C70? I don't think that's the same as the 850. I've seen a couple of those 850s before and they seem to be more copper/brownish than the C70's orange.