floggingmike Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 Just curious as to who calls the 421 paint code what. Volvo calls it Emerald Metallic, but it seems everyone else calls it Olive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burn-E Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 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. '?do=embed' frameborder='0' data-embedContent>> 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floggingmike Posted December 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 lol theres a different name from Europe to America? weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamdrives Posted December 4, 2013 Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 olive and i'm color blind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruzer555 Posted December 4, 2013 Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 Totally Emerald, sounds nicer and really reflects how beautiful and jewel-like it can look in the sun when polished and waxed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floggingmike Posted December 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 ^thadda boy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piston Slapper Posted December 4, 2013 Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 Same difference, it's a green car either way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fudge_Brownie Posted December 4, 2013 Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Shadow Posted December 5, 2013 Report Share Posted December 5, 2013 who cares they both ugly colors LoL sold my 98 v70t5m cause it was green Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBoy8 Posted December 5, 2013 Report Share Posted December 5, 2013 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piston Slapper Posted December 5, 2013 Report Share Posted December 5, 2013 who cares they both ugly colors LoL You realize we're only talking about one color, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floggingmike Posted December 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2013 All I'm sayin is, I'd rather call my car a gem than a martini condiment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobT5M Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honeyman Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 Emerald Green, Paul Atreides. Olive, Muad'Dib. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woah4 Posted December 8, 2013 Report Share Posted December 8, 2013 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... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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