British racing green

[Tom Britt <rasputin@gate.net>]

Can anyone tell me where the term "British Racing Green" comes from.  To =
my knowledge green was never a racing colour, was it?  The early racing =
T's were called "cream crackers," and I thought the later teams were =
white. My TD is what is called British racing green, but that's a =
misnomer, isn't it? Tom Britt