Carbon black or sapphire black

[jonah35]

Which would you prefer and why?

[craigjm]

Neither of them look properly black to me. in direct sunlight Carbon looks dark blue and Sapphire looks a dark graphite grey

[Geffg]

Carbon black because it's actually blue and looks nice when you see it at different angles. Really like carbon black!

[anonymous-user]

Carbon Black looks lovely, but only when it's clean and the sun is out!

[stain]

I've had both and love the pearl nature of CB. However, it does swirl very easily and looks carp before long unless you take care washing it. SB is a bit more forgiving.

[Smuler]

Carbon black is my (biased vote)


On my 335i, was lucky to have the individual Ruby Black, instead of sapphire.

[cerb4.5lee]

Geffg said:

Carbon black because it's actually blue and looks nice when you see it at different angles. Really like carbon black!

Same for me I really like Carbon black, had two black sapphire beemers and I didn't dislike the colour but much prefer Carbon black.

[bmwmike]

Cosmos black is my favourite BMW black. Current car 530i is carbon black which seems to swirl very easily but does look very nice when clean and on a bright day..

[RichardM5]

Carbon black has much more character and can really show the blue tint in the right light



Sapphire black tends to show a more grey hue. In terms of names and actual appearance, I always think they are the wrong way round!

[Dannbodge]

Carbon black over Sapphire.

Carbon is very similar (just not as blue) as Azurite Black (which is gorgeous)

[bmwmike]

Carbon black is actually dark blue like the carbon paper.. it just looks black in some light.

[Fox-]

jonah35 said:

Which would you prefer and why?

Sapphire, because Carbon isn't black at all it's Navy Blue. Urghg.

[sjj84]

stain said:

I've had both and love the pearl nature of CB. However, it does swirl very easily and looks carp before long unless you take care washing it. SB is a bit more forgiving.

Agreed, I've had both, carbon black nicer when it's clean but doesn't stay that way very long. Sapphire black polishes up really nicely.

[red997]

Looked at a Carbon black X5 - strange colour - liked it when it looked black, but not when it looked blue !
Ended up with individual Ruby Black - like it a lot more that I thought I would.

As an aside - is all new BMW paint soft ?

Just need to look at it and it scratches

[Mr Tidy]

Hate them both - ever thought of a colour OP?

Couple of clues here:-