Right gents, some of the names JLR give colours are obvious, such as various desert sand colours but how about others? Mines Bonatti grey, so, what's a Bonatti when you can find one?

Lovely colour and it's what enticed me to buy the motor, but haven't a clue what it's named after.

Most (all) of the LR colours are named after places, e.g., Cobar Blue (Cobar is Oz), Adriatic Blue, Arctic White, Beluga Black (Beluga is in Alaska), Epsom Green, Westminster Grey, etc.

Bonetti is a place in California. As the colour is Bonatti - did LR make a spelling error? Or they named it after a mountaineer, the late Walter Bonatti.

Edit: I just did a hunt around the 'net, I wonder if they did name it after the location Rifugio Bonatti in the Alps? Ron B. VK2OTC
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I wonder if they did name it after the location Rifugio Bonatti in the Alps?

Most LR colours are easy to identify but some not so.

Starter for 10....Without the aid of 'net - where is Atatcama?

and from the Classic, where is Mosswood, Sonoran or Arles?

and not to forget the P38 (although i'd like to forget my old one) where is Chawton.?  405 AB exec seats Baltic and Cirrus
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93 Classic hard dash Plymouth Blue
03 L322 Oslo Blue
2000 Disco TD5 ES Epsom Green
98 P38 Rioja Red
89 Classic Cairngorm Brown

Without the net, Atacama = South America ? Others = not a clue.

I always thought Chawton was in the UK. It's a Pommie sounding name.

And Arles in in France.

Edit: If you'd ever watched Westerns you'd know the Sonoran Desert. Ron B. VK2OTC
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Ipanema . Area brazil , rio de Janeiro.

Chawton is in the UK, Somerset I think

Epson is an electronics company. Epsom is where the Derby is run.

Ipaenema is a beach in Rio, hence the colour Ipaenema Sand

Atacama is desert in South America

Where is Barolo though?

barolo is in italy,

Well I've used t'net and found:

Chawton is a village and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. The village lies within the South Downs National Park and is famous as the home of Jane Austen for the last eight years of her life.

As for Mosswood the only result in the UK is a static caravan park in Lancashire - not sure that's where LR got the inspiration from  405 AB exec seats Baltic and Cirrus
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Gone in order:
4.4 TDV8 SE - gone to a good home
93 Classic hard dash Plymouth Blue
03 L322 Oslo Blue
2000 Disco TD5 ES Epsom Green
98 P38 Rioja Red
89 Classic Cairngorm Brown

Auckland blue. I know where Auckland is (NZ), but not why the colour is a purplish grey (with a black undercoat?). 2006 MY FFRR 4.2 S/C autobiography (Auckland Blue - 901)
1996 Discovery 300Tdi S (death by rusting) (Silver)
1995 Volvo 850 T-5 est (now in Valhalla) (verdigris metallic)
1987 Volvo 240 GL est (now in Valhalla - not owned but driven lots)
1990 Kawasaki ZZR600 Blue
1979 Honda CB250 NA Superdream Red

Colour of the rock there maybe ? Bonatti grey seems to be the same shade of grey as the mountains.

here you go, Moss Wood in wales. A privately owned wood so could be known to JLR as either an employee owns it or an acquaintance.

https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/visiting-...=moss-wood

Apparently Giverny is a small village on the outskirts of Paris where Claude-Monet did a bit of painting and decorating.

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barolo is in italy

There's another barolo near Doncaster.

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