What's up with that last BMW color?
Since I am assuming you are referring to the color Malaga that I posted on the M1, the livery is a replica of the one on the 1972 BMW E25 Turbo Concept. I am pretty sure Malaga is the color they used for the base of the livery, so that's how I chose to present it. It works because Malaga was used on various models in 1972.
Anniversary Gold (Checker)
Paint Material: Metal Flake
- Base Color: 0.08L, 0.87R, 0.91R
- Flake Color: 0.11L, 0.65R, 1.00R
1972 Checker Marathon 50th Anniversary Edition
Camelot Gray (Checker)
Paint Material: Metal Flake
- Base Color: 0.58R, 0.06L, 0.69R
- Flake Color: 0.56R, 0.05R, 0.86R
Cape Maroon (Checker)
Paint Material: Normal (Gloss)
- Paint Color: 0.96R, 1.00R, 0.35L
Chroma Black (Checker)
Paint Material: Normal (Gloss)
- Paint Color: 0.63L, 0.38R, 0.05L
This color was also known as Ebony Black.
Copper Mist (Checker)
Paint Material: Metal Flake
- Base Color: 0.08R, 0.27L, 0.66L
- Flake Color: 0.09R, 0.22R, 0.74L
Cordovan Brown (Checker)
Paint Material: Metal Flake
- Base Color: 0.07R, 0.42R, 0.28L
- Flake Color: 0.08L, 0.22L, 0.41R
Granite Gray (Checker)
Paint Material: Metal Flake
- Base Color: 0.57R, 0.04L, 0.59R
- Flake Color: 0.00L, 0.00L, 0.85R
Gunmetal Gray (Checker)
Paint Material: Metal Flake
- Base Color: 0.15R, 0.09L, 0.50R
- Flake Color: 0.14L, 0.09L, 0.78R
Shalimar Blue (Checker)
Paint Material: Metal Flake
- Base Color: 0.59L, 0.52L, 0.23R
- Flake Color: 0.58L, 0.52R, 0.74L
Bamboo Yellow (Crosley)
Paint Material: Normal Gloss
- Paint Color: 0.12R, 0.32R, 0.79L
Beige (Crosley)
Paint Material: Normal Gloss
- Paint Color: 0.05L, 0.43R, 0.62R
Black (Crosley)
Paint Material: Normal Gloss
- Paint Color: 0.00L, 0.00L, 0.00L
Blue Gray (Crosley)
Paint Material: Metal Flake
- Base Color: 0.64L, 0.18L, 0.45R
- Flake Color: 0.61L, 0.07L, 0.65R
Canto Cream (Crosley)
Paint Material: Normal Gloss
- Paint Color: 0.12R, 0.41L, 0.90R
Crosley Gray (Crosley)
Paint Material: Normal Gloss
- Paint Color: 0.18L, 0.07R, 0.65L
I'll be doing the rest of the Crosley colors over the next few days. At some point, I will also do the rest of the Checker colors. There are maybe 20-25 left to do according to PaintRef, but it is hard to find reference images for a lot of these colors. In its day, Checker was a decently well-known brand in the United States, but it was more known for its taxis than for civilian cars with named paint colors, although such cars did exist.
@ZeroSI13, I'll look into those new BMW colors. Some of them seem like they are just reiterations of the same colors, hence the IIs and IIIs. As for the "borrowed" colors, I'm sure they are distinct from the other manufacturers' versions. I mean, Porsche and Toyota both have a color called Voodoo blue, but they are not 100% the same color.