Interior Color for Melbourne Red - Your Suggestion? |
View Poll Results: What interior color is best with Melbourne Red? | |||
Black | 44 | 65.67% | |
Coral Red | 10 | 14.93% | |
Oyster | 4 | 5.97% | |
Terra | 9 | 13.43% | |
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04-23-2014, 09:40 PM | #23 |
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Think so....it would look like someone tossed in the wrong mats, as the oyster color would not tie to anything else in the car. If you can't see yourself with the red/black interior (which looked great in the above photos!), the next best is a lighter color in the light gray or tan families. Black is dull, old, visually makes the interior small, and with any given amount of tint, always hotter than anything else!
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04-24-2014, 07:36 AM | #24 |
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I'll be going for the black interior with the melborne red, but it's an easy choice when you know you're not buying leather. I do think it looks the best for the red though.
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04-24-2014, 08:06 AM | #25 |
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Not sure I understand what you mean by "it's an easy choice when you know you're not buying leather". In the U.S. leather or fake leather is the only choice.
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04-24-2014, 08:28 AM | #26 |
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04-24-2014, 03:59 PM | #30 |
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No. Coral red is a darker, slightly muted red color. 99% of photos get it wrong. If you've ever seen how Terra looks like Saddle in pictures because it is so light, Coral is kind of the same. Nowhere near as saturated as cameras make it to be.
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04-24-2014, 04:02 PM | #31 | |
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Assuming the offered it, which they don't, if you were dead set on red/red this is one case I would lobby for sensatec. |
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04-24-2014, 04:19 PM | #32 |
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However, keep in mind that with colors as close as this, the BMW design office would create masters for the exterior paint and interior leather and strive to harmonize them. I can relay to all from my experience at another auto maker, that in color and trim reviews, all possible interior/exterior combinations are displayed in a room with artificial daylight to ensure that no unacceptable tone adjacencies are created. In those cases, certain combinations are rendered unavailable. BMW seems to be more lenient on combinations (Superman!?!?), but for red-on-red, they would most certainly do their best for a coordinated outcome.
The point about lighting and photography is true, however. It does need to be seen in person, in daylight, but if one looks at the door trim and the forward door jamb area where the hinge attaches, the similarity becomes more apparent. You do have to mentally subtract the effect of the paint gloss when evaluating the hue. |
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04-24-2014, 04:39 PM | #33 |
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I am not an expert at matching colors but I have been told that matching different shades of red (in particular) can be very tricky.
My other concern with red on red was that when I saw the backseat of a coral red car, it was a lot of red to hit me all at once. Sitting in the driver's seat and looking forward at the front part of the cabin it looked great. However, looking into the backseat area with the red being solid upper and lower, I asked myself if it was too much red. That would be particularly concerning on a red on red car. Last edited by disco4me; 04-24-2014 at 04:46 PM.. |
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04-24-2014, 04:44 PM | #34 |
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Google "red interior car" and then select "images". Note the long history of this color application, including Porsche, Maserati, etc. Ultimately, if depends if you like it, but it should not be discounted, per se.
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04-24-2014, 04:52 PM | #35 |
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Also check the modern line 228 thread if you haven't already. The oyster looks pretty damn sharp with black carpets. This all comes down to what you like though, it's your car. I want midnight blue with terra but that's not possible right now, so played it safe w grey and black.
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04-25-2014, 08:23 PM | #38 |
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Just read MY15 is the oyster w black combo...
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04-25-2014, 08:39 PM | #39 |
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Yup
Someone got an M135i with the combo
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04-25-2014, 08:58 PM | #41 |
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Once I had a pair of new jeans it got my beige leather seats in our media room dirty! We have an Oyster X3, and it looks good as new. As long as you keep it clean
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