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Cactus Gray and Area 51

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For those who are wondering what color Cactus Gray and Area 51 really are: I pulled Ford's color PDF ( https://media.ford.com/content/dam/fordmedia/North America/US/product/2021/bronco/pdf/2021-Bronco-2dr-4dr-Color-Sheet.pdf ) into photoshop to check the colors. Photoshop says Cactus Gray is a very low saturation green. Area 51 looks like a blueish cyan.

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With low saturation gray colors like these it can be almost impossible to get a photo that looks like what you see in person (something I'm familiar with thanks to my Heritage Blue FJ). Default processing in digital cameras and cell phones tries to pump up the color but is easily thrown off by lighting (especially artificial lighting). Like some of the Area 51 photos I'm seeing, all the first photos of the Heritage Blue FJs made them look baby blue, probably the processing thinking that's probably sky and needs to be a lighter bluer color. We'll really have to see these in person before we know.
At the very least I would love to have somebody describe the color that they are saying in person on a Bronco, not a bronco sport, not on a sheet.
 

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Anyone notice the new Yeti color looks Cactus Gray? I’m gonna look so cool at the mall with this hanging on the back of my new CG Bronco
Ford Bronco Cactus Gray and Area 51 1600341955187
Ha! I hadn't thought of that, and I actually own this cooler! Guess that makes up my mind on my bronco colour!
 

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Looking at these colours on a screen is about as accurate as listening to a stereo demo on YouTube.
Here’s two screen captures from a reveal video. Area 51. Same vehicle, same location, same scene, different shots:
Ford Bronco Cactus Gray and Area 51 2C0F2A0F-EB60-4686-BBC9-12AAB971842A

Ford Bronco Cactus Gray and Area 51 EAC7BA51-4E29-4CFE-BDDC-CA6F25BECFAD
 

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If Area 51 looks anything like this bad boy, I'm all in.
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I would be up for Area 51, if similar to Arles Blue used on older Land Rovers. Have seen that color in person and liked it.

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Cactus Gray is definitely more green than gray (even you called it Cactus Green :LOL:). It varies based on lighting but sometimes it is a scary green. That is why is tough to pick a color at this point without being able to see in person. Ending up with a vehicle with a color I regret because I based it off online pics would not be good.
I call it sage. I look at my sage bush.... It's pretty close.
 

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Ha! I hadn't thought of that, and I actually own this cooler! Guess that makes up my mind on my bronco colour!
We know there is a Sasquatch package but didn't know there was a Yeti package. Does that just add the Cold Weather to the Sasquatch?
 

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Cactus Gray has looked verything from gray with a hint of green to a pale retro mint to almost white to almost sky blue. All depending on the light, camera and image processing. Luckily, I like it in pretty much every variation.

When I bought my 10th Anniversary Rubicon, the had a special Anvil color and no two pics seemed to look the same. Area 51 I’d similar to Anvil, but maybe more blue. Who knows.

Ford Bronco Cactus Gray and Area 51 1991-LR-LHD-Defender-90-Tdi-Arles-Blue-AA-left-rear-1024x768
Ford Bronco Cactus Gray and Area 51 1991-LR-LHD-Defender-90-Tdi-Arles-Blue-AA-left-rear-1024x768
Ford Bronco Cactus Gray and Area 51 1991-LR-LHD-Defender-90-Tdi-Arles-Blue-AA-left-rear-1024x768
Ford Bronco Cactus Gray and Area 51 1991-LR-LHD-Defender-90-Tdi-Arles-Blue-AA-left-rear-1024x768
Cactus Gray and Area51 are both beautiful. Just follow your heart and pick one ?. Cactus Gray stole my heart ❤
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