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sarkie83
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Sun Jan 31, 2010 10:05 am

What shades of red were available when e30's were new? was it just Guards red?
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Sun Jan 31, 2010 10:14 am

Henna , zinnobar and brilliand red were the most popular , but there's loads !

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Sun Jan 31, 2010 11:40 am

If you look on the wiki I think there is a list of all paint colours, including shades of red, that were available when new.
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Sun Jan 31, 2010 12:08 pm

mine seems to be painted in all of them............ lol :D
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Sun Jan 31, 2010 1:03 pm

Henna pink , zinnobar pink and brilliant pink :D
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Sun Jan 31, 2010 5:54 pm

dickster wrote:Henna pink , zinnobar pink and brilliant pink :D
:lol: that was the first thing I thought when I read the thread title. Mine is actually Zinnobar RED still :wink:
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Sun Jan 31, 2010 6:07 pm

ive had zinnobar and brilliant i preferred the zinnobar red
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Sun Jan 31, 2010 6:09 pm

Henna rot
Zinober rot
Brilliant rot
Wine rot
Missano rot
Calypso rot
Burgund rot
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