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It's a tough call to be sure!
You name the problem without seeing it. People clamored for a heritage color. Ford brags about giving a color 'inspired' by one instead of the actual color. Dear Ford, just because you can make it color shift, doesn't mean you have to every time. Tone deaf to the end.
Now, to confirm how "tone deaf" Ford is, you have the ultra-modern and ultra-cheap looking melty crayon paint colors which are essentially crappy primer with cartoonish clear shot over it.

That includes:

Cactus Gray (massive take-rate, and very popular)
Area 51 (massive take-rate, and very popular)
Race Red (surprisingly still a melty crayon color, but it's so bright it gets away with it)

So you've got about 1/4 of your paint options as ultra-modern melty crayon.

PLUS, about 50% of the colors are grayscale, which sells like hotcakes.

The paints for Bronco that color shift are:

Eruption Green
Velocity Blue
Anything that's tri-coat (Ford has been as consistent as the tides in having 2 cost-option tri-coats for the past 15+ years)

What's the issue here? Where are they tone deaf? They scattered the paint styles around quite a bit and hit demographics that will sell. Or was it that Ford needs to listen to just you as a single individual? Maybe apply to work in their colors and materials team so you can have your voice heard?

Not badā€¦. But, does it seem odd to anyone elseā€¦ ā€˜eruptionā€™ and ā€˜greenā€™ donā€™t seem to go together to me any more than if the other new color was ā€™Chili Pepper Blueā€™
Internally I call this Ass-Eruption Green, or "AEG". People got tired of the real name for Cactus Gray.

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Great! Next you'll be selling us tix to the REO Speedwagon Reunion Tour... :ROFLMAO: šŸ‘ :cool: :unsure:
Bands that need a reunion tour..... PAH! Hacks.

subjective questions for those who have seen it in person, and in the sun - how close is it to the original mallard? how metallic is it - meaning when you look at it - is your first thought "wow that's metallic" or is it more subtle? is it a drastic color shift between shade and sun? sorry these are dumb questions but any opinions from first-handers are appreciated
I just want to confirm, when you ask how close it is to Mallard, you're meaning the production Mallard green which was used, right?

https://www.bronco6g.com/forum/thre...-green-just-not-what-you-were-thinking.22736/

While I haven't seen either of these cars in person (Bronco in AEG or the Escort Cosworth RS), it's evident the last Mallard green didn't flop towards the yellow spectrum but stayed in the emerald green range. AEG is flopping towards gold.

It appears the flake used for AEG will flop a lot depending on Kelvin and quantity of light.
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Rick said: "I just want to confirm, when you ask how close it is to Mallard, you're meaning the production Mallard green which was used, right?"

Yes, Rick, by "original Mallard" I am referring to the Mallard green that was actually used on the Bronco that literally everyone on here has been referring to for almost 2 years and NOT the mallard green that you and some guy from England talked about!! LOL

Thanks for the pics and input Dean, I realize it's hard to answer the nebulous, subjective questions I asked!
 

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so I have samples of both at this point - difficult to get good photos because i am a crappy photographer and thats about it. but i think a few things are clear from the photos
1. the flake is not bass boat level, shimmers in the sun but small enough flake to almost look like a satin finish if that makes sense
2. in some light it does not shimmer at all and looks alot like the original mallard
3. in some light and angles it looks a god bit darker than original mallard
4. it shifts colors alot - rick astley you nailed it - flops like crazy - dark green solid to emerald metallic and major gold tones from other angles in the sun
5. the original mallard is pretty consistent in color through all lights and angles

anyway here you go - the gloss lacquer hasn't quite cured yet but hopefully you get an idea of how they compare

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Thoughts on Green being a late availability?
I like it more than Area 51, but not 6 months more šŸ˜†
 

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Iā€™m in. Making this my 5th color change. Area 51
Carbonized Gray
Black
AMB
Now Eruption Green.
Iā€™m just not 100% on the roast interior in the OBX. Maybe we will get another color option.
 

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so I have samples of both at this point - difficult to get good photos because i am a crappy photographer and thats about it. but i think a few things are clear from the photos
1. the flake is not bass boat level, shimmers in the sun but small enough flake to almost look like a satin finish if that makes sense
2. in some light it does not shimmer at all and looks alot like the original mallard
3. in some light and angles it looks a god bit darker than original mallard
4. it shifts colors alot - rick astley you nailed it - flops like crazy - dark green solid to emerald metallic and major gold tones from other angles in the sun
5. the original mallard is pretty consistent in color through all lights and angles

anyway here you go - the gloss lacquer hasn't quite cured yet but hopefully you get an idea of how they compare

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Nice work!

It's always difficult talking about Mallards since they had different colors for different generations by the same name. I appreciate you giving your input on the color since you can see it in person! If you want, @Administrator has helped me in the past to upload videos if you had a short clip you could take of the color flop in lighting. Not saying they will absolutely help..... But it is a valid forum-content adding function so usually they will help us folks who can't figure that out for ourselves.

Just to confirm since it wasn't stated in the post quoted above, you've got Grabber Green there from the most recent version of that paint used on Mustang, right? That's the light green shimmery paint? Or is it some older Mallard green you're referring to?

My favorite part of the "Grabber" series is that they would change the color slightly or by effect every few years. Grabber Blue, for example, one year it would be a non-metallic and the next year it would be a color-changing pearl finish to it..... So you always have to identify the exact year of paint you're referring to as well.
 

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Iā€™m in. Making this my 5th color change. Area 51
Carbonized Gray
Black
AMB
Now Eruption Green.
Iā€™m just not 100% on the roast interior in the OBX. Maybe we will get another color option.
Roast and Eruption Green would be a very handsome and cohesive combination! Many people are excited for this color specifically because it pairs with the OBX interior so well.
 

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"Just to confirm since it wasn't stated in the post quoted above, you've got Grabber Green there from the most recent version of that paint used on Mustang, right? That's the light green shimmery paint? Or is it some older Mallard green you're referring to?"

I got the two samples from https://www.automotivetouchup.com/

One was called Eruption Green and listed for the 2022 Bronco.
The mallard I think was from the 1971 Bronco

I will take the video next chance I get on a sunny day. It shifts quite a bit. At this point I think I need to wait to see it in person on a whole vehicle.
 

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Roast and Eruption Green would be a very handsome and cohesive combination! Many people are excited for this color specifically because it pairs with the OBX interior so well.
Agree on the cohesiveness. I just don't want to give up the MGV... :cry:
 

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Figured it out. Eruption green = Helenite.

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got to credit this original post to Carbon Bronco , This is a real thing ( or at least it has its own wiki ) obscure but American and apparently quite green. Donā€™t think that the eruptions here on 6g are gonna get a color named after them , unless ā€¦. perhaps ā€¦ lachrymose lilac ?
 

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Now before y'all go and ream me a new one, ponder this. Below is a partial paint code list I've put together and I want you to notice Seapine Green Metallic and of course, Mallard Green. Everyone was asking for Mallard Green but I'm wondering if Ford made Eruption Green metallic on purpose so that they could cover both Mallard and Seapine in one color. Mallard in the shade, Seapine in the light, etc., etc. Effectively killing two birds with one stone.

The other colors: Wintergreen is interesting but they already have Cactus Gray. It IS a cool color and I think it would have looked good on the Bronco for 2021. Wimbledon White is in there so I can visualize white steelies on the Black Diamond. Or even the top if one so chooses. A bright white does not work for me with Eruption Green. Needs to be toned down. But that's me.

So did Ford accidently cover two colors in one shot, or was it by design and they just decided to sell it as 'Mallard Green inspired' to avoid confusion? Things that make you go "Hmmm"...

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Paint color isn't bad.
The fucking gray color of the hardtop wrecks the whole thing.
Imagine how slick it would look if the hard top was a tan/brown color. Paired with the green and the brown or tan interior, it would be a slick combo. Kind of like the wranglers from the late 90s/early 2000s with their dark green and tan hard top combo.
 

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Imagine how slick it would look if the hard top was a tan/brown color. Paired with the green and the brown or tan interior, it would be a slick combo. Kind of like the wranglers from the late 90s/early 2000s with their dark green and tan hard top combo.
Man...I'd be thrilled with a simple non high gloss black painted top (a la Jeep).
Too much to ask it seems.
Your color combo sounds cool too.
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