Wow, who can't appreciate this 1955 Carrera GS 1500?
The Porsche Museum likes it so much that it's on display there (Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen). How deep is that blue? (click to enlarge)
Here's another photo of the same car using different film and exposure, I like both blues and top up or down! (click to enlarge)
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How deep is that blue, a lot deeper that the first time they painted it ;-)
Not sure that top pic is the real shade but it's stunning.
Either way.... not for me.
...answer to my first question=Stan
but stay tuned, other colors coming...
That first 1 just doesn't look right, Will. I'm not sure the technology even existed to make automotive paint in that bright a hue in the 50's. Whether one likes the 2nd one or not, at least the color looks period correct. Al
meissen blue porsche colour ... hard to get the exact match
My guess is that the bright photo was taken with Fuji film, long/ super-saturated exposure. The lower photo is the real color.
Gentlemen, gentlemen, practically every photo you see in print or on a website today has been 'post-processed' in Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom, or some other image editing software.
Some hands involved in the processing are not as light as others. A few quick clicks in Photoshop can restore the first photo to how it probably looked originally. Whoever posted that got a little too happy with the saturation, color, and contrast controls.
I like the first blue 
PS I saw almost exactly this on a drive this afternoon. It looked to me to be just as bright as that altered pic in the other thread and very eye catching. The light makes it look different shades, very similar to the two shades shown in Mitch's post immediately above..
