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Old Mar 3, 2008 | 10:24 AM
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UBC..you .made my day, and I've only scanned through the blues! How many Mexico Blue 997s do you think have been built? Also, have you run into any Pearlessence 997s? This color reportedly cost $15k (on the sticker) to order on a 993 and, while hard to maintain, always intrigued me.
I had the Pearl on an Audi S4, looks great for the first few years and then it starts to change colour and look like it is cream/beige.
 
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Nice pics.

I saw a 996 Carrera this summer that was bright turquoise, I have been wondering what the colour might have been called. Looking at your pics I'm guessing either Ocean Jade Metallic or Jade Green. Definitely not my thing, but very unique and attention-getting.
 
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I would love to see a 997 in each of the following colors. Any photoshop experts on here?

Amazon Blue Pearl (aka Amazon Green Pearl in some countries)


Metallic Green


Rock Green Metallic


Silver Green Metallic
 
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Originally Posted by hidesert
Hey, where's edgy1s' Blue Turquoise. Adriatic Blue is very close, but ? not the same.
Adriatic Blue is not the same as Turquoise. Further, there have been at least four different shared of Turquoise. Here's a few of them.

Adriatic


Adriatic


Turquoise


Turquoise Metallic


Maritime, Mexico and Turquoise Green


Blue Turquoise
 
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On the above photo titled "Maritime, Mexico, and Turquoise Green" , I believe that the middle car may be Riviera Blue, a standard color for 95 993s. Your thoughts?
BTW, thanks again for posting these! I love this stuff.
 
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Originally Posted by hidesert
On the above photo titled "Maritime, Mexico, and Turquoise Green" , I believe that the middle car may be Riviera Blue, a standard color for 95 993s. Your thoughts?
BTW, thanks again for posting these! I love this stuff.
Hard to say. It's usually a toss up when comparing Riviera to Mexico, especially on the older cars. In person you can tell the difference -- Riviera is slightly darker. But in pics it's hard to tell.

BTW, the green car may actually be a paint-to-sample called "Mint Green". Porsche made a Turquoise Green, but it was a metallic color and that car is clearly not metallic.

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Mint Green (Paint-to Sample)
 
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Mexico Blue is gorgeous. I like the Nordic Gold that was delivered on a number of Targas last year too.
 
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Originally Posted by printemps2001
Mexico Blue is gorgeous. I like the Nordic Gold that was delivered on a number of Targas last year too.
I got to agree that Mexico Blue looks damn good on that car.
 
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omg...riviera blue is amazing!
U_Boat Commander: you should get a nobel prize for compiling those huge lists...mad props.
 
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Originally Posted by hidesert
Hey, where's edgy1s' Blue Turquoise. Adriatic Blue is very close, but ? not the same.
Here you go...
 
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Many of the special order colors are highly attractive, but expecting increased resale values is unrealistic. Buy it because you like it, but only if you will keep the car long term.
 
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Originally Posted by UBoat Commander

Maritime, Mexico and Turquoise Green
The bottom car is this picture is mint green. A popular color in the early '90s on 911s and 968s.

The Seinfeld TurboS is blue turquoise (code 3AS) as well.
 
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Originally Posted by ZAMIRZ
The bottom car is this picture is mint green. A popular color in the early '90s on 911s and 968s.

The Seinfeld TurboS is blue turquoise (code 3AS) as well.
A teacher at my son's school had a 993 in that color, and I always loved it. Thought it was a cool bold color.
 
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