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Old 27th November 2004, 01:11   #1
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Ruby Black (new Individual colour)
Yes, BMW have decided there are not enough versions of black in the range!

So in addition to Black II, Sapphire, Carbonblack, etc. they have added Ruby Black.

The colour has a very slight hint of Aubergine (purple) to it and doesn't look bad at all. The scanner doesn't do a good job but here it is nonetheless:




The colour code is S23.

p.s. I imagine it would go very well with interior colours like Champagne or Caramel.
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Old 27th November 2004, 01:36   #2
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Re: Ruby Black (new Individual colour)
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Yes, BMW have decided there are not enough versions of black in the range!

So in addition to Black II, Sapphire, Carbonblack, etc. they have added Ruby Black.

The colour has a very slight hint of Aubergine (purple) to it and doesn't look bad at all. The scanner doesn't do a good job but here it is nonetheless:




The colour code is S23.

p.s. I imagine it would go very well with interior colours like Champagne or Caramel.
is this within the new BMW Individual line up? or could this possibly become one of the M5's standard colour.

as of now, i will most likely opt for Black Sapphire. but it'd be very nice to get something new and "slightly" different.
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Old 27th November 2004, 01:48   #3
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Re: Ruby Black (new Individual colour)
Definitely Individual only I'm afraid.

There was some talk in Paris of BMW about expanding the standard M5 colour range, especially when the car is launched in North America. But don't expect colours like this to be on the stock palette - you'll be lucky to get Carbonblack as standard (even though it's already a standard colour on the 535d sport ).
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Re: Ruby Black (new Individual colour)
Is it like a darker shade of Brokat Red?
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Old 27th November 2004, 09:56   #5
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Re: Ruby Black (new Individual colour)
Rubinschwartz? I want them to bring back the classic Rubinrot of the seventies. That was a real color.

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Re: Ruby Black (new Individual colour)
Ashok,
Can you describe how it looks compared to Carbonblack? More purple under tone?
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Can you describe how it looks compared to Carbonblack? More purple under tone?
If anything, it actually looks a little brown; you can see it at the 6 series coupe visualizer here:

http://www.bmw.com/generic/com/en/pr...selection.html
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Re: Ruby Black (new Individual colour)
Strange, when I go to this site I see Diamond Metaliic, Melachite dark green, Carbon Black, Blue Onyx, Sepia and Brass.

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Strange, when I go to this site I see Diamond Metaliic, Melachite dark green, Carbon Black, Blue Onyx, Sepia and Brass.

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Try the 6 series not 5 series visualizer Tom.
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Re: Ruby Black (new Individual colour)
Not sure about this Ruby Black.
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