P.S. The duo-tone Aero 8 above is mine by the way.
Yes. They are lovely. Those are the colors that Audrey and I chose in the long winter of 1997, poring over the huge gamut of color samples we borrowed for months. At the time, the choice seemed a risky combination but it worked out beautifully and resulted in much happy comment everywhere we went. Still does.
However, in late 2002 we gave the color codes to the Factory when they were re-making our car. Immediately after, they appeared on a number of MMC display cars and brochures and the rest is history.
On the other hand, it is said that copying is the sincerest form of flattery!
However, I have only seen a few others in an Aero 8 format. Do you have a front on view?
Lorne
You have jumped to a conclusion again, but come up with the wrong answer. Plus ça change.
Duo-tones have a long and interesting history, but had become less popular in the modern world until the advent of the Bugatti Veyron which started production in 2005 (iirc). I knew that Bentley also produced duo-tones of the Arnage and this was my first point of call as I had recently seen one in blue.
Bentley Arnage - Duo-tone Colours I have posted elsewhere on TM the process of visiting the Bentley Dealership, but they no longer do colour charts and as I thought that the Bentley Peacock blue was too dark for my purposes, I was in a dilemma.
Luckily Ben, who has posted above, came to my rescue and offered to paint the three colours in stripes on the bonnet off a crashed car, i.e. Fountain Blue, Peacock Blue and Moroccan Blue, as I had no idea how they would go together or look on a Morgan? This did not prove necessary, as Ben was able to obtain samples of the three colours sprayed on much larger colour swatches. Having seen these, I decided on Moroccan Blue as the darker contrasting blue, as Peacock Blue was indeed too dark.
So there you have it, Fountain Blue over Peacock Blue - two Bentley colours and I placed my order accordingly.
On visiting the factory during the build they confirmed that this was the first time that they had done this particular combination, and I must say I am very pleased with the end-result. So while copying is the sincerest form of flattery, in this case I must thank Bentley for providing the initial idea for my colour scheme and presumably, they were also the inspiration for yours, though your blues do look different hues to mine?
