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Old 10-12-2006, 08:47 PM
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What shades of Blue are there in the Ford world?


Can you list them, and post pics...


Need to decide what Blue to go for
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Old 10-12-2006, 09:03 PM
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Nordic , riviera , and olympic are all old skool blues

Light shades of blue they are

no pics ..sorry
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ford aquarious blue. a bit new school but still my fave colour, but then im biased as i own a mk6 fiesta in the same colour, but its in bits and pieces at the mo.

this is a friends mk6 and will be in fastford early 2007
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Not got pics Rad but there's Imperial, Pacifica, Petrol, Auralis....

Don't know the other normal colours! lol
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Imperial Blue

IIRC they did or do one called Perfomance blue?

Caspian blue

Tonic blue
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Originally Posted by boy_racer2f2f


ford aquarious blue. a bit new school but still my fave colour, but then im biased as i own a mk6 fiesta in the same colour, but its in bits and pieces at the mo.

this is a friends mk6 and will be in fastford early 2007
I think that blue was also used as a limited one on some mk2 Orions............
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Old 10-12-2006, 09:19 PM
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ford aquarious blue. a bit new school but still my fave colour, but then im biased as i own a mk6 fiesta in the same colour, but its in bits and pieces at the mo.

this is a friends mk6 and will be in fastford early 2007
I think that blue was also used as a limited one on some mk2 Orions............
Think they did, hard to picture one now though!
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Ford Gentian Blue, nearly did my FRST in it.



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Tasman Blue

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Java blue...

like the right fez in my pic

nice colour in real life
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crystal blue

smokestone blue (very very dark blue almost black)

others have been mentioned

i think the best blue though nissan is bayside blue, same colour as porkies skyline
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state blue- dark navy metallic that focus's, mondeos can come in

amparo blue
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state blue- dark navy metallic that focus's, mondeos can come in
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Originally Posted by BillyCabrio
Imperial Blue

IIRC they did or do one called Perfomance blue?

Caspian blue

Tonic blue
Isnt Imperial Blue now Ford Racing Blue?
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how about ceramic blue then! bet you dare'nt use this colour
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Emparo blue



Merapolis blue



Jeans blue
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Originally Posted by xr2.0zetecturbo.
how about ceramic blue then! bet you dare'nt use this colour
Commonly known as "spakka blue" because old invald carrages were painted that colour
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What about electric blue what the billy basic mk3 fiestas came in lovely colour
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Originally Posted by BillyCabrio
Originally Posted by boy_racer2f2f


ford aquarious blue. a bit new school but still my fave colour, but then im biased as i own a mk6 fiesta in the same colour, but its in bits and pieces at the mo.

this is a friends mk6 and will be in fastford early 2007
I think that blue was also used as a limited one on some mk2 Orions............
Aye Billy its was Mattise Blue, colour of my first car - orion 1.6i ghia
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Old 11-12-2006, 01:14 AM
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Imperial or Pacifica is the way to go imo
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cheers all



Originally Posted by xr2.0zetecturbo.
how about ceramic blue then! bet you dare'nt use this colour
Well its for a 1978 Mini So I may do
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Originally Posted by S1
Ford Gentian Blue, nearly did my FRST in it.



lovely car and colour
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Performance Blue was the 'specific to' ST220 colour, now also found on Fiesta/Focus ST's

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azure blue same as my cabby in the sig
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Originally Posted by xr2.0zetecturbo.
how about ceramic blue then! bet you dare'nt use this colour
Well its for a 1978 Mini So I may do
Lovely colour... when mixed with orange stripes!!!

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Glacier blue

Granadas came in this


and theres marmite blue

escort mk4's and early mk5s came in this
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Pacifica Blue

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Originally Posted by 1stEscort
Glacier blue

Granadas came in this


and theres marmite blue

escort mk4's and early mk5s came in this
Surely thats maritime??
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i have had caspian,azure,tasman,maratime,gentian,amparo,java
hawaian,and a few more i can't remember, oh i remember
mineral blue was a purple blue mettalic on my dad's xr3i circa 1986.
was popular on late 2.8i capris too.

galaxy blue
had a dark blue rs2000 mk2 what the hell was it
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Imperial Blue is the bestest!

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