Fifty shades of black

[Klanky]

A quick one:

How many different shades of black were produced for the E85 in the UK market?

Can't seem to find that info anywhere! Thanks!

 

[bigwinn]

From memory I think its

Jet black
Sapphire black
Carbon black
Ruby black

 

[Mr Tidy]

It looks like there were 4 choices for facelift cars.

Black Sapphire Metallic, Schwarz 2 which isn't metallic AFAIK, Carbon Black metallic which looks blue in bright light and Individual Ruby Black metallic which looks purplish in bright light.

Just beaten to it!

 

[Zedebee]

Carbon black (bluish)
Ruby black (reddish)
Sapphire black (sparkly)
Black 2 (aka Jet Black)

Night blue and Monaco Blue can also be mistaken for black dependent on the light.

 

[Zedebee]

@bigwinn @Mr Tidy
At least we all agreed

 

[Klanky]

Damn..probably wasn't a good idea to buy that black osf wing on Ebay without checking the actual shade.
Mind you, it's scratched so will need a respray anyway...

 

[enuff_zed]

@bigwinn @Mr Tidy
At least we all agreed

Not exactly! @Mr Tidy was the only one correct.................... Black Sapphire.

 

[bigwinn]

Not exactly! @Mr Tidy was the only one correct.................... Black Sapphire.

Tomato/tomato
Potato/potato

 

[mmm-five]

Rubinschwarz-Metallic (S23)
Carbonschwarz-Metallic (416)
Saphirschwarz-Metallic (475)
Glanzschwarz/Schwarz2 (668)

 

[Gebbly]

A great place for this kind of info is @tonyz4c 's web page http://perso.numericable.fr/tonyz4c/

Roadsters in the UK
Black Saphire (475) - 153 cars
CarbonSchwarz Metallic (416) - 10 cars
RubinSchwarz Metallic (S23) - 26 cars

 

[Zedebee]

A great place for this kind of info is @tonyz4c 's web page http://perso.numericable.fr/tonyz4c/

Roadsters in the UK
Black Saphire (475) - 153 cars
CarbonSchwarz Metallic (416) - 10 cars
RubinSchwarz Metallic (S23) - 26 cars

Sadly only covers Z4M and 3.0Si. OP’s is a 2 litre.

 

[hollie040]

The LCI brochure lists 668 Jet Black (non-metallic, which mine is), and the fancier 475 Black Sapphire (metallic).

 

[Mr Tidy]

The brochure doesn't show the BMW Individual options which Ruby Black definitely was, so maybe Carbon Black was too?

 

[Klanky]

Thanks for all the replies folks. I finally got the correct colour code: Sapphire Black 475, so by a fluke I had bought the correct 2nd hand replacement wing

 

[mmm-five]

The brochure doesn't show the BMW Individual options which Ruby Black definitely was, so maybe Carbon Black was too?

Yes, both were Individual options.