Is Boston Green the same colour as Farngruen Metallic?

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Post Fri Oct 14, 2011 6:12 pm

About to have some paintwork done on my car and i was under the impression that my E36 touring was finished in Boston Green but after looking at the sticker under the bonnet it states Farngruen Metallic.

Are the too colours the same or totally different???
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Post Fri Oct 14, 2011 6:14 pm

as they have different names i would guess they are not the same winkeye
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Post Fri Oct 14, 2011 6:19 pm

mabz wrote:as they have different names i would guess they are not the same winkeye
to be far thats what got me thinking but i thought boston green could be the euro name for Farngruen Metallic.

plus the only pics i can find of Farngruen cars are E46's so they may have changed the name when it went over to the E46?
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Post Fri Oct 14, 2011 11:09 pm

Boston green is a dark green with a pearl finish, fern green is a few shades lighter
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Post Fri Oct 14, 2011 11:55 pm

That almost looks blue am I right in thinking fern green is quite rare on the e36 due to only a few late cars getting that colour? I suppose as a test before it becoming a choice on all E46's
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Post Sat Oct 15, 2011 12:07 am

I'm not sure, I think the colour was used 98+
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Post Sat Oct 15, 2011 8:23 pm

they are 2 different colours!