The bright red colour of the 70`s and 80`s 911 known in the UK as Guards Red, was perhaps derived by UK marketing men at Porsche Cars GB, whereas the paint colour identifier was Indishrot, printed on a label fixed to the underside of the bonnet at the factory Porsche.
There is a connection. In Germany it is called Indian red because the uniforms of the British Guards in India were this color. That's how I learned it.
