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Re: sex, politics, religion and color

To: kengano@advant.com
Subject: Re: sex, politics, religion and color
From: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 08:01:06 -0500 (EST)
Cc: "Triumph Mailing List Mailing List (E-mail)" <triumphs@Autox.Team.Net>
On Sat, 26 Dec 1998 kengano@advant.com wrote:

> While looking through some old material recently I noticed Triumph at one
> time offered a door casing (part #552884, among others) in a color called
> "Geranium."
> 
> Well, for the life of me, I couldn't remember what a geranium looked like.
> Never fear, it's December and the Gurney's catalog is next to the commode.
> A quick look revels two geraniums.  One is a very red shade of purple.  The
> other (called Johnson's Blue Geranium) is a definite blue with but the
> slightest tint of red.
> 
> Well, which shade better describes what was used on our cars?

I can't say as I've ever seen a sample of Triumph's Geranium colour as 
applied to interior or top/tonneau/etc. fabric, but the paint color might 
best be described as sort of an orangey-pink colour. It is, er, striking 
(yeah, that's it -- striking), but it might not be to everyone's taste. ;-)

--Andy, more a fan of the early Herald's Coffee and Alpine Mauve colours!

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