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Old 03-06-2006 | 05:23 PM
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Wife Color Awareness?

Just how aware of other Mini colors is your spouse? The wife and I were driving to my parents this weekend and she noticed a "new" color it was Royal Grey which she properly noticed as brown Made me wonder, how many colors can your spouse (non-mini owning only please) recognize?
 
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Old 03-06-2006 | 05:45 PM
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I have no wife but in random conversations friends might mention "blue" MINIs...to which I ask, "which blue?...indi, electric, hyper, cool, or space." Or they'll say "red"...to which I respond, "which red?...chili, velvet, or solar. They stare...their jaw drops...they roll their eyes...they say "whatever"...they walk away..........it's become all so predictable.
 
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Old 03-06-2006 | 05:54 PM
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as the unofficial "wife" of Agokart, I think I'm pretty good... I know ALL my colors- including Hyper Pink, British Racing Pink and Frosted Stellar pink
 
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Old 03-06-2006 | 05:58 PM
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as the unofficial "wife" of Agokart, I think I'm pretty good... I know ALL my colors- including Hyper Pink, British Racing Pink and Frosted Stellar pink
I think you may have a touch of pink eye.
 
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Old 03-06-2006 | 08:35 PM
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Mrs. Dread is with Henry Ford on this one: any color you want as long as its black.
 
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Old 03-07-2006 | 10:42 AM
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My wife knows about a few other colors, but to her, the only colors are Hot Orange, Pepper White and Liquid Yellow (which my car is)
 
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Old 03-07-2006 | 01:31 PM
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I am aware of my wife's color - I have good "wife color awareness" I think .

T
 
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Old 03-07-2006 | 01:39 PM
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Originally Posted by tattman23
I am aware of my wife's color - I have good "wife color awareness" I think .

T
Aw, man, I was beaten like a red-headed stepchild. Shoulda been faster on the draw!

(No red-headed step children were harmed in the creation of this post!:impatient )
 
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Old 03-07-2006 | 01:44 PM
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Originally Posted by thefuturequeenofnebraska
I know ALL my colors- including Hyper Pink, British Racing Pink and Frosted Stellar pink
...that's funny!!!
 
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Old 03-07-2006 | 02:00 PM
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Originally Posted by DreadPirateTim
Mrs. Dread is with Henry Ford on this one: any color you want as long as its black.
Being that I own an all-Jet Black MCS, I like your wife! Mrs. Dread rocks! My hubby is fantastic at spotting MINIs, but I have no clue about his color-awareness.....
 
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Old 03-07-2006 | 02:00 PM
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Originally Posted by thefuturequeenofnebraska
as the unofficial "wife" of Agokart, I think I'm pretty good... I know ALL my colors- including Hyper Pink, British Racing Pink and Frosted Stellar pink
HA! I knew I'd find you on this thread....

My hubby is colour blind and he calls my purple haze MC royal blue....well, for him, he's close enough.... Mick
 
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Old 03-07-2006 | 02:06 PM
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As a male I am aware of color. I just go and ask MrsDiff so I don't look funny!
 
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Old 03-07-2006 | 05:56 PM
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My wife and two kids have been "trained" to spot and call out the color combination and model whenever a MINI is spotted. My 8 y.o. son is best with remembering colors, but I think my wife knows all but Royal Grey and Solor Red.

As an aside, we've also managed to teach most of my wife's car-pool friends to spot MINI's. They, however, have not yet mastered the full color palette.
 
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Old 03-07-2006 | 06:13 PM
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I'll admit... I don't know all the blue's. I know about 1/2 of the colors. I'm a loser...
 
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Old 03-08-2006 | 07:39 AM
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ThomB: You have a clone driving around Key West....! Mick
 
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Old 03-08-2006 | 07:46 AM
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My wife might not know many of the colors but the wife did turn me off from the original color I wanted - pepper white. Everytime she saw one she called it beige and said it was not pretty. ..but since she will be paying for half of it, what could I do ...I went with black
 
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Old 03-08-2006 | 07:47 AM
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Originally Posted by FLORA BLUE
ThomB: You have a clone driving around Key West....! Mick
Nice... I'll be there next month, but on my Motorcycle not in the MINI. I'll keep my eyes open.
 
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