Rosso Fiorano

I don't think the regular racing red or fly yellow work on this car, at least to judge by photographs. The reason I say this is that these colors are so bright they make it difficult to see all the fantastic sculpting on the body shape. So I think darker colors work better, because they allow you to see reflections, and thus the shape of the car, better.

I think the dark grey is very attractive, as is the darker red. I saw a color at the dealer called rosso fiorano (really!) that seemed about the right shade if you want a red.

Is there a place to see all the various reds -- scuderia, corsa, monza, rubino, fiorano?

Also, is there a consensus that a color other than a red is best for this car?

Steve

Vintage Ferrari Paint Colors

Identifying Vintage Ferrari paint colors has proven illusive. This seems to be a common source of frustration for folks trying to identify a color they see on a particularly nice car, in order to have a paint shop replicate it properly. With your help, perhaps we can sort this out. Lets start with the paint, and if there is interest, we can do the leather colors next.

I've listed the Factory colors identified by Keith Bluemel in his book "Original Ferrari V12 1965-73" plus a couple more, and added the consensus on the English names. Send in your pictures!

At the bottom of this page there is a key to italian color names. Also, Ian Levy noted that apparently a lot of the colours were named after the great European racehorses of the day, eg Le Sancy, Hyperion, Nijinsky, Nashrullah, Sir Ivor, Rubino, Nearco, Molvedo, Seabird, etc. It make makes sense Ferrari would do this, and certainly accounts for the obscurity of some of the names.