Emerald Vs. Olive

[floggingmike]

Just curious as to who calls the 421 paint code what.

Volvo calls it Emerald Metallic, but it seems everyone else calls it Olive!

[Burn-E]

Same damn difference. Olive is the European name. Those who want to act like they're "in the know" like to call it Olive.

I drive a 421 green Volvo S70. Depending on my mood, it's Olive Pearl or Emerald Green Metallic.

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You need to add the option #3:

It's green everything else is just semantics.

Edit: So instead you chose to use "I'm color blind" as the 3rd option so that's my choice because like I said, same damn difference.

[floggingmike]

lol theres a different name from Europe to America? weird.

[adamdrives]

olive and i'm color blind

[cruzer555]

Totally Emerald, sounds nicer and really reflects how beautiful and jewel-like it can look in the sun when polished and waxed...

[floggingmike]

^thadda boy!

[Piston Slapper]

Same difference, it's a green car either way.

[Fudge_Brownie]

I've always thought of it as olive, but that comes mostly from the volvo community calling it that.

Alain's right that some people like to be euro-snobs, I wonder how much of it is just using the common terms?

[Ghost Shadow]

who cares they both ugly colors LoL

sold my 98 v70t5m cause it was green

[RBoy8]

I call it Olive because my wagon was Olive and Tom's wagon is Olive, which made us Olive buddies :3 (until I got this yellow).

who cares they both ugly colors LoL

sold my 98 v70t5m cause it was green

>=O! how dare you!

[Piston Slapper]

who cares they both ugly colors LoL

You realize we're only talking about one color, right?

[floggingmike]

All I'm sayin is, I'd rather call my car a gem than a martini condiment.

[RobT5M]

I painted an olive hood with chalkboard paint because that was the only good one in the junkyard.

Its still sitting in my storage unit too lol.

[Honeyman]

Emerald Green, Paul Atreides.

Olive, Muad'Dib.

[woah4]

I think emerald sounds better too. I never cared for olives. Plus it's listed as emerald here if it means anything...

http://www.automotivetouchup.com/touch-up-paint/volvo/1996/850/

Cheers,

Billy

P.S. it CAN look nice when clean...