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Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting | | Spanish term or phrase: petróleo (color) | Nombre de color en español: petróleo
De una frase correspondiente a una poesía que reza "líneas infinitas de turquesas, petróleos, azules".
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I think it was Mercedes Benz that used to run an add in car magazines, that said something like "How to get 100,00o miles out of ten gallons of petrol", or some such, showing a photo of a car painted with "petrol" color paint.
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Note added at 17 mins (2006-06-14 06:59:28 GMT)
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Here's an example of a "petrol" Porsche: http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=2394160 Scroll down to the 5th photo.
And an example of a microphone in the same "petrol blue" color:
http://www.planetharmonica.com/ph2/VE/TMDescriptifUK.htm (scroll down to the "Astatic JT-30/Bluesblaster").
It seems like this color is also called "bluette". http://www.alfabb.com/bb/forums/showthread.php?t=479 (scroll down to the third posting).
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Stuart Allsop
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Note added at 8 mins (2006-06-14 06:49:43 GMT)
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I think it was Mercedes Benz that used to run an add in car magazines, that said something like "How to get 100,00o miles out of ten gallons of petrol", or some such, showing a photo of a car painted with "petrol" color paint.
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Note added at 17 mins (2006-06-14 06:59:28 GMT)
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Here's an example of a "petrol" Porsche: http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=2394160 Scroll down to the 5th photo.
And an example of a microphone in the same "petrol blue" color:
http://www.planetharmonica.com/ph2/VE/TMDescriptifUK.htm (scroll down to the "Astatic JT-30/Bluesblaster").
It seems like this color is also called "bluette". http://www.alfabb.com/bb/forums/showthread.php?t=479 (scroll down to the third posting).
| Stuart Allsop
Chile
Local time: 08:33
Native speaker of:  English
PRO pts in category: 4
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The translation workplace 
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