BRG does cover a range - probably each team's preference/what was available.
Some of the BRG's (possibly that used on production MG's) are quite light -
almost a leaf green. My preference is for a darker version of the BRG
colour - as used by Bentley in the '20s and Jaguar in the '50s. A friend has
a GT6 which he painted with this kind of BRG and it looks right (I think it
might even be Triumph's BRG).
Neil
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From: "Rick Lindsay" <rick@stoolhead.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 5:56 PM
Subject: British Racing Green
> Hello friends,
> My midget is painted a color that some call dark
> British Racing Green. I suspect that that is
> just a way of saying, "We picked a color that
> looked like BRG but it turned out a little darker
> than we intended." I write to you to ask if you
> agree and to ask if there was ever a 'DARK'
> version of the time-honored color. I ask because
> I want to clean-up the engine bay and plan to do
> a little air brush painting. If there IS a
> correct color by that name, I'll just buy it. If
> there is not, I'll just do a little matching. On
> other cars where this has been an issue, I have
> just gotten the Sherwin-Williams paint pallet
> booklet and picked a close, if a little darker,
> match. S-W can then mix that color in an machine
> enamel that works GREAT under the bonnet.
>
> rick
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