Can anyone identify this color?

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  • shameson
    E30 Mastermind
    • Jun 2012
    • 1507
    #1

    Can anyone identify this color?

    Back in the day, my dad bought an '85 325e. This was 20+ years ago and something that bothers us is that we cant identify the color of it. Not the best picture but its one of two that he ever took of it.

    It looks quite gray in the photo but he said it had a greyish color with bluish/greenish-ness to it so my first guess was cosmoblau but I'm not really sure. Any guesses?

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    EDIT: starting to lean towards granitsilber metallic. My first thought of cosmoblau seems a little off

    EDIT 2: ok guess granite is impossible on early models lol
    Last edited by shameson; 03-08-2013, 10:11 AM.
    '84 Alpine 325e (Gone)
    '91 Alpine 318i (Gone) Click Here
    '92 Alpine 325i Cabrio (Gone) Click Here
    '91 Alpine 318is
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    • ButtJuice
      R3VLimited
      • Dec 2009
      • 2609
      #2
      Lachsilber?
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        • kronus
          R3V OG
          • Apr 2008
          • 13003
          #3
          cirrusblau maybe
          cars beep boop

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            • shameson
              E30 Mastermind
              • Jun 2012
              • 1507
              #4
              Originally posted by GodIse30
              Lachsilber?
              It is a metallic, but some shade of gray, a bit darker than lachs.
              '84 Alpine 325e (Gone)
              '91 Alpine 318i (Gone) Click Here
              '92 Alpine 325i Cabrio (Gone) Click Here
              '91 Alpine 318is

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                • shameson
                  E30 Mastermind
                  • Jun 2012
                  • 1507
                  #5
                  Originally posted by kronus
                  cirrusblau maybe
                  That was my second guess. The picture makes it hard to really tell
                  '84 Alpine 325e (Gone)
                  '91 Alpine 318i (Gone) Click Here
                  '92 Alpine 325i Cabrio (Gone) Click Here
                  '91 Alpine 318is

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                    • kronus
                      R3V OG
                      • Apr 2008
                      • 13003
                      #6
                      ooh! ooh!

                      opaigrun metallic
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                        • kronus
                          R3V OG
                          • Apr 2008
                          • 13003
                          #7
                          orrrr

                          Granitsilber Metallic
                          cars beep boop

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                            • AustinK425
                              E30 Modder
                              • Sep 2011
                              • 831
                              #8
                              My vote is a really washed out champagne or bronzit.

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                                • shameson
                                  E30 Mastermind
                                  • Jun 2012
                                  • 1507
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by kronus
                                  orrrr

                                  Granitsilber Metallic
                                  That actually looks really similar. Never have seen that color before


                                  Originally posted by AustinK425
                                  My vote is a really washed out champagne or bronzit.
                                  Definitely not a bronzit bomber lol
                                  '84 Alpine 325e (Gone)
                                  '91 Alpine 318i (Gone) Click Here
                                  '92 Alpine 325i Cabrio (Gone) Click Here
                                  '91 Alpine 318is

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                                    • kronus
                                      R3V OG
                                      • Apr 2008
                                      • 13003
                                      #10
                                      more opalgrun metallics, I think this may be it





                                      cars beep boop

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                                        • shameson
                                          E30 Mastermind
                                          • Jun 2012
                                          • 1507
                                          #11
                                          Originally posted by kronus
                                          more opalgrun metallics, I think this may be it

                                          The e21 looks the closest of the three, but it seems too green where the picture looks more metallic grey than anything

                                          Here is a master list I found that has examples of all e30 colors: http://www.e30zone.net/e30zonewiki/i...t_Colour_Codes
                                          Last edited by shameson; 03-08-2013, 01:04 AM.
                                          '84 Alpine 325e (Gone)
                                          '91 Alpine 318i (Gone) Click Here
                                          '92 Alpine 325i Cabrio (Gone) Click Here
                                          '91 Alpine 318is

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                                            • e30austin
                                              I waste 90% of my day here and all I got was this stupid title
                                              • Sep 2010
                                              • 15382
                                              #12
                                              Definitely cosmosblau. Granitesilber was a 91+ color only. There's a slight chance it could be lachs, simply based on the angle/lighting of the pic, but I still say cosmosblau.


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                                                • Wschnitz
                                                  R3V OG
                                                  • Dec 2011
                                                  • 8089
                                                  #13
                                                  Originally posted by Austin!
                                                  Definitely cosmosblau. Granitesilber was a 91+ color only. There's a slight chance it could be lachs, simply based on the angle/lighting of the pic, but I still say cosmosblau.
                                                  I've seen granite on earlier cars, so that could be wrong.

                                                  Cosmoblau has a lot more blue to it.

                                                  I vote granite or washed out lach
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                                                    • e30austin
                                                      I waste 90% of my day here and all I got was this stupid title
                                                      • Sep 2010
                                                      • 15382
                                                      #14
                                                      I would be very impressed if you could find a pre-airbag car that was painted OE Granitsilber from the factory in North America. Ain't gonna happen.


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                                                        • EN318isPDX
                                                          R3V Elite
                                                          • Oct 2007
                                                          • 4373
                                                          #15
                                                          Originally posted by Austin!
                                                          I would be very impressed if you could find a pre-airbag car that was painted OE Granitsilber from the factory in North America. Ain't gonna happen.
                                                          I thought everyone with an E30 has studied this page

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