Unusual colour

andmcit · Post by **andmcit** » 04 Aug 2010, 23:05

Saw this on ebay and it's a very fetching neon blue metallic and just
wondered if anyone else has seen/or owns a Xant in such a distinctive
colour?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1999-CITROEN-XANT ... 2a09232639

Very unusual - looks nice!

Andrew

red_dwarfers · Post by **red_dwarfers** » 04 Aug 2010, 23:19

I do remember a Xantia picture in this colour a couple of years back on the forum. I seem to think that one of the photos was taken with it next to a hedge

I do very much like it.

addo · Post by **addo** » 05 Aug 2010, 00:38

That'd chav up nicely - you could complement the exterior colour with blue hoses under the bonnet.

Maybe a faux Gordini white stripe, too?

Interesting how lower spec cars in the UK received painted bumpers yet wore hubcaps. Here, the "food chain" puts alloy wheels on a car long before the supplier deems it worthy of painted bumpers.

Stempy · Post by **Stempy** » 05 Aug 2010, 05:16

Arrrgghh, a gay Xantia..............

Post by **myglaren** » 05 Aug 2010, 07:08

Fairly sure that's the same colour as the one at my hotel in Brussels last September. Must check the archives although I suspect that those photo's are on the drive that died

addo · Post by **addo** » 05 Aug 2010, 08:47

What's gay about it? You've got me puzzled.

andmcit · Post by **andmcit** » 05 Aug 2010, 09:19

The original meaning of the word! Bright and colourful??

Or is it too flamboyant to be 'masculine'!?

Andrew

Citroenmad · Post by **Citroenmad** » 05 Aug 2010, 09:34

red_dwarfers wrote:I do remember a Xantia picture in this colour a couple of years back on the forum. I seem to think that one of the photos was taken with it next to a hedge

I do very much like it.

Your right there Kev, i remember that too:

It has a similar reg to the car above. I wonder if it was a limited run colour, as it seems quite rare.

I do like that, good to see a Xantia in a nice bright colour.

Ive spotted this one for sale before:

Xaccers · Post by **Xaccers** » 05 Aug 2010, 09:39

Mum's original Xsara was that colour and looked bloody awful.

Citroenmad · Post by **Citroenmad** » 05 Aug 2010, 09:44

Anyone know what that colour is called?

I thought it might have been Posiden blue at first, but thats darker.

Andy F · Post by **Andy F** » 05 Aug 2010, 13:17

Hi all, I'm new to the forum, thought it about time i joined in properly.

Nice to see a xantia thats not green! There are a couple of xsaras around Gloucestershire in that colour i think

Andy

andmcit · Post by **andmcit** » 05 Aug 2010, 13:33

Hi Andy, welcome to the madhouse! When they were first introduced into the
UK the colour that looked best to me was the green so there's little wonder
that a load more were sold in this colour as others felt the same when buying
one - I like the green myself though don't mind seeing the variety of different
colours on Xantiae too.

This blue conjours up Boyracer (Barry Boy) Saxo blue and yes there have
been a fair few Xsaras this colour... not a good thing?

There was a distinctive olive khaki green which I regret not buying on a
TCT estate.

There's the gorgeous Delage and surprisingly silver looks damned fine too!

Andrew

Andy F · Post by **Andy F** » 05 Aug 2010, 13:42

My xantia is green and it does suit the car nicely. That blue is good too. There is a lovely late s2 dark blue xantia estate by me, but have given up waiting for a for sale sign to appear

what colour is the delage?

Stempy · Post by **Stempy** » 05 Aug 2010, 14:21

Citroenmad wrote:Anyone know what that colour is called?

I thought it might have been Posiden blue at first, but thats darker.

It's called pansy blue....

andmcit · Post by **andmcit** » 05 Aug 2010, 14:35

It's a flip paint primarily only found on Activae that dependent on the light can look fire engine red,
or orange or deep crimson:

One more rarely seen but very nice Xant colour is the lighter minty shade of green:

this isn't the green you think it is - if that was next to this one It'd be
almost black in the shadows!

Andrew