{"id":82900,"date":"2024-01-27T06:08:20","date_gmt":"2024-01-27T06:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/?p=467168"},"modified":"2024-01-27T06:08:20","modified_gmt":"2024-01-27T06:08:20","slug":"how-bmw-paint-colors-have-evolved-and-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/27\/how-bmw-paint-colors-have-evolved-and-why\/","title":{"rendered":"How BMW Paint Colors Have Evolved and Why"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The final chapter of Steve Saxty\u2019s \u201cBMW\u2019s Hidden Gems\u201d is devoted to the art of differentiation. Colors, trim, and wheels all allow a buyer to personalize their car, often in order to stand out from the crowd. Color selection can be fraught \u2013 companies have to track trends (often in fashion and furniture) to understand what\u2019s hot and what\u2019s not. Get it right and you sell more cars\u2014get it wrong and you&#8217;re stuck with mark-down inventory (the oft-told tale of car dealerships and \u2018hang around brown\u2019).<\/p>\n<h2>The Evolution of Automotive Paint: From Lacquer to Metallics<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bmw-plant-regensburg-paint-00.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-450567\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bmw-plant-regensburg-paint-00-830x555.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"830\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bmw-plant-regensburg-paint-00-830x555.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bmw-plant-regensburg-paint-00-1531x1024.jpg 1531w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bmw-plant-regensburg-paint-00-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bmw-plant-regensburg-paint-00-1536x1027.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bmw-plant-regensburg-paint-00-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bmw-plant-regensburg-paint-00.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The paint process is one of the most energy-intensive activities in car manufacturing. In earlier days, when paint was lacquer and metallics weren\u2019t available, you were stuck with a handful of hues\u2014often pastel (they hid the inevitable fade better than bolder colors). Then in the 1970s, new paint formulas allowed the designers to expand their color horizons. BMW\u2019s designers explored the edges of those horizons. Take, for example, the incredible orange on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2022\/05\/23\/bmw-turbo-concept-villa-deste\/\">BMW Turbo<\/a> (detailed in chapter 2 of \u201cBMW\u2019s Hidden Gems\u201d).<\/p>\n<h2>The 1970s: A New Era of Paint Technology and Design<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bmw-turbo-concept-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-426934\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bmw-turbo-concept-01-830x553.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bmw-turbo-concept-01-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bmw-turbo-concept-01-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bmw-turbo-concept-01-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bmw-turbo-concept-01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bmw-turbo-concept-01.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Buyers eventually gravitated towards the brighter colors available in the 1990s. And during that period, BMW offered some outstanding choices, one favorite being the luscious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2023\/09\/08\/bmw-e46-m3-laguna-seca-blue-mods\/\">Laguna Seca Blue<\/a> available on the E46 M3\u2014a standout color and car to this day. BMW buyers are often at the edge of new consumer products, and those trends influence the designers&#8217; color palette as well.<\/p>\n<h2>Iconic Shades: Highlighting BMW&#8217;s Standout Colors<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/bmw-z3-m-coupe-laguna-seca-blue-34.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-446414\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/bmw-z3-m-coupe-laguna-seca-blue-34-830x553.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/bmw-z3-m-coupe-laguna-seca-blue-34-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/bmw-z3-m-coupe-laguna-seca-blue-34-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/bmw-z3-m-coupe-laguna-seca-blue-34-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/bmw-z3-m-coupe-laguna-seca-blue-34-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/bmw-z3-m-coupe-laguna-seca-blue-34.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the last ten years, BMW and others have pushed matte colors\u2014what old hot-rodders would call \u2018flat paint\u2019. That took some work to get past the management board, but seeing the reaction of showgoers to frozen-finished cars convinced them. BMW designers take advantage of new car launches and LCIs to test the waters for new colors, like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2023\/04\/06\/bmw-m3-touring-thundernight-metallic-photo-debut\/\">Thundernight Metallic<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2022\/02\/17\/san-remo-green-bmw-i4\/\">San Remo Green<\/a>, to name a couple.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Innovative Surface Treatments: The BMW i Vision Dee<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One of the most intriguing surface treatments was the color-changing film, developed by the E Ink Corporation, on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2022\/02\/01\/bmw-ix-flow-details\/\">BMW iX in 2022<\/a>. Then in 2023, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2023\/01\/05\/bmw-i-vision-dee-future-of-bmw-design\/\">BMW i Vision Dee<\/a> was covered in programmable capsules of active pigments\u2014and it too was a smash hit. Not to be forgotten are the BMW art cars. A walk through the BMW museum will satisfy your desire to see the art cars in close proximity. There are now over 20 BMW art cars\u2014and surely more on the way.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stevesaxty.com\/bmw-behind-the-scenes\">Steve Saxty\u2019s \u201cBMW\u2019s Hidden Gems\u201d<\/a> is a wealth of behind-the-scenes tales from the BMW design studios. 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