Athy Posted October 21, 2020 Report Share Posted October 21, 2020 30 minutes ago, doratheexplorer said: The original hairdressers car. No, it's not nearly red enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doratheexplorer Posted October 21, 2020 Report Share Posted October 21, 2020 12 minutes ago, Athy said: No, it's not nearly red enough. You mean white, surely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athy Posted October 21, 2020 Report Share Posted October 21, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, doratheexplorer said: You mean white, surely? Richard Ive, a car dealer and [road] hire fleet operator whom I knew during my Sussex days, used the term "hairdresser red" to denote a particularly garish and flamboyant shade of that colour. Whether he invented the expression I don't know. Ah, here comes one now. Edited October 21, 2020 by Athy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roland elsdon Posted October 21, 2020 Report Share Posted October 21, 2020 I thought Lancia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Harold Posted October 21, 2020 Report Share Posted October 21, 2020 Once saw an ad for a Trabant and the colour was described as "Hearing Aid Beige" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark99 Posted October 21, 2020 Report Share Posted October 21, 2020 4 minutes ago, Mad Harold said: Once saw an ad for a Trabant and the colour was described as "Hearing Aid Beige" Pardon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsM Posted October 21, 2020 Report Share Posted October 21, 2020 51 minutes ago, Mad Harold said: Once saw an ad for a Trabant and the colour was described as "Hearing Aid Beige" Isn't that a Farrow and Ball colour? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Harold Posted October 21, 2020 Report Share Posted October 21, 2020 17 minutes ago, MrsM said: Isn't that a Farrow and Ball colour? Never heard of Farrow and Ball,so I Googled them.A colossal range of colours,but no Hearing Aid Beige. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan de Enfield Posted October 21, 2020 Report Share Posted October 21, 2020 1 hour ago, Mad Harold said: Once saw an ad for a Trabant and the colour was described as "Hearing Aid Beige" Is that a similar colour to the (50 year ago) NHS glasses frames with an elostoplast holding the arm on ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark99 Posted October 22, 2020 Report Share Posted October 22, 2020 22 hours ago, Mad Harold said: Never heard of Farrow and Ball,so I Googled them.A colossal range of colours,but no Hearing Aid Beige. They are a posh brand. They do a beige but they would call it something like "tradesmans entrance door creme" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob-M Posted October 22, 2020 Report Share Posted October 22, 2020 4 minutes ago, mark99 said: They are a posh brand. They do a beige but they would call it something like "tradesmans entrance door creme" The inside of our boat is painted in Farrow and Ball, can't remember what the colours are called though. It is often on sale in homebase and wife gets staff discount as well so didn't work out too pricey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark99 Posted October 22, 2020 Report Share Posted October 22, 2020 1 minute ago, Rob-M said: The inside of our boat is painted in Farrow and Ball, can't remember what the colours are called though. It is often on sale in homebase and wife gets staff discount as well so didn't work out too pricey. I bought some and coated some furniture. Seemed good quality with good film thickness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBiscuits Posted October 22, 2020 Report Share Posted October 22, 2020 10 minutes ago, mark99 said: They are a posh brand. They do a beige but they would call it something like "tradesmans entrance door creme" Don't be silly, that's far too descriptive for a F&B colour name. It suggests a pale brown colour. "Unicorn's Toenail" would be more like it ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wandering snail Posted October 22, 2020 Report Share Posted October 22, 2020 (edited) On 12/10/2020 at 17:12, ditchcrawler said: My dad had a Skoda which I borrowed to go to Gloucester in. While I was there it snowed heavily. Easily matched the posh motors and more coming home on snow covered roads. Rear wheel drive with rear engine and not too much power it went bloody well Passed a Ferrari in my 2CV uphill in the snow one winter. It was soooo good. Edited October 22, 2020 by wandering snail 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keeping Up Posted October 22, 2020 Report Share Posted October 22, 2020 4 minutes ago, wandering snail said: Passed a Ferrari in my 2CV uphill in the snow one winter. It was soooo good. I had a "highly tuned" Triumph GT6 in the 70s, I was going up a hill once when a 2CV passed me. I was amazed, because my foot was to the floor, until after it was ahead I could see the other 6 cylinders of a big American V8 hanging out of the back. But I bet it couldn't do corners as well as I could!. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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