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Rouge Iris
A couple of the historic accounts report a few original 260 and 289 cars being painted Rouge Iris. An AC color wheel from the time shows what appears to be the color but the assigned name is Light Maroon Metallic. The backside of the wheel lists a long out-dated ICI Reference Number: P151-R840.
Following a thread of correlated codes leads me to a color that is available today and, to my eye, mimics the Light Maroon Metallic shown on the original color wheel:
Dark Red Pearl
Ditzler PPG 50011, DuPont 91-6986
84 Iveco 50011 IC141
Two questions: Has anyone tried to mimic the original Light Maroon Metallic and come to a more authentic rendering? Am I correct in thinking the names Light Maroon Metallic' and Rouge Iris have been given to the same color?
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A beautiful car, precisely assembled. Unfortunately I don't fit. Sold it after four hundred miles. Well, at least now I know a Cobra is not a car I can own.
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