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DWeeB

DWeeB

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I found this brochure while surfing around the web and was wondering what this color is and if its stock?
 

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Most likely it is supposed to be "Leaf Green" which was a stock color. My bugeye was originaly Leaf Green.
 
Here is another example of what looks like Leaf Green.
Does anyone have a good example of what was called "Dark Green?" Dark Green is the "other" green used for BEs.
Scott in CA
 

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This is not an answer to your question DWeeB, but I love the fact that in these Bugeye brochures the people are aways drawn tiny, so has to make the car look BIG. This BE looks at least as big as an AH 3000. That guy would be what, about 4'-8" tall?

Another thing worth noticing in this photo is that the windshield posts are painted the same color as the body, as I have sometimes read they should be--although I don't think mine were.
Charlie
 
The_architect said:
This is not an answer to your question DWeeB, but I love the fact that in these Bugeye brochures the people are aways drawn tiny, so has to make the car look BIG. This BE looks at least as big as an AH 3000. That guy would be what, about 4'-8" tall?
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:lol:


The_architect said:
Another thing worth noticing in this photo is that the windshield posts are painted the same color as the body, as I have sometimes read they should be--although I don't think mine were.
Charlie
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It's an early Sprite. I think the windscreen posts were painted only on the earliest cars. If you look closely at the brochure, you will just barely be able to see the nine studs on the top of the windscreen frame.
 
The beginning of Autumn Leaf?
 
smaceng said:
Here is another example of what looks like Leaf Green.
Does anyone have a good example of what was called "Dark Green?" Dark Green is the "other" green used for BEs.
Scott in CA
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It might be the color shift in the photo, but that does not look like leaf green.

Take a look at Dave Turney's Bugeye to see a nice example of Leaf Green.
 
Check this one out. It looks like an old photo to me
 

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When I messed with the color in that photo, his hat only got greener, and that grass is now way too vivid. :yesnod: But, seriously, in these old, faded photos, things tend to shift to the reds... so I think those trees are exaggerated toward the shorter wavelengths of the visual spectrum. The trouble with my edit/modification is that there is now a hint of green in the wheels.

As mentioned above, before there was "Leaf Green" there was a "Dark Green." So, maybe that's what that drab one is.
 
Boink said:
When I messed with the color in that photo, his hat only got greener, and that grass is now way too vivid. :yesnod: But, seriously, in these old, faded photos, things tend to shift to the reds... so I think those trees are exaggerated toward the shorter wavelengths of the visual spectrum. The trouble with my edit/modification is that there is now a hint of green in the wheels.

As mentioned above, before there was "Leaf Green" there was a "Dark Green." So, maybe that's what that drab one is.
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That's pretty cool!
 
markberry said:
Boink said:
When I messed with the color in that photo, his hat only got greener, and that grass is now way too vivid. :yesnod: But, seriously, in these old, faded photos, things tend to shift to the reds... so I think those trees are exaggerated toward the shorter wavelengths of the visual spectrum. The trouble with my edit/modification is that there is now a hint of green in the wheels.

As mentioned above, before there was "Leaf Green" there was a "Dark Green." So, maybe that's what that drab one is.
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That's pretty cool!
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Well, it struck me as better than this: LOL
(sloppy work, true - but it was quicker)
 
you mean like this?

it is actually not to bad a color on a small car.


m
 
I like it.
 
markberry said:
Check this one out. It looks like an old photo to me
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Yeah that's the color I'm looking for
 
SilentUnicorn said:
you mean like this?

it is actually not to bad a color on a small car.


m
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nice but it has pooh on it :whistle:
 
Boink said:
When I messed with the color in that photo, his hat only got greener, and that grass is now way too vivid. :yesnod: But, seriously, in these old, faded photos, things tend to shift to the reds... so I think those trees are exaggerated toward the shorter wavelengths of the visual spectrum. The trouble with my edit/modification is that there is now a hint of green in the wheels.

As mentioned above, before there was "Leaf Green" there was a "Dark Green." So, maybe that's what that drab one is.
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There, fixed it for ya. :thumbsup:
 

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BTW, coming to the original question, I doubt very much that the colour is stock. Car ads, while beautiful are not especially known for their accuracy. I am sure a painter out there somewhere picked a colour that suited the ad having never laid eyes on the actual car and probably completely unaware of the actual colour choices. Who know, maybe he was only four feet tall and even painted himself in the car. could happen :wink:
 
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