Help with Aston Martin Interior Leather Reds

[PaulC14]

Hi All,

Is there anyone who can help me sort out in my mind what colour the various red leather colours Aston Martin use?

I think they are something like this (roughly from light to dark):
Californian Poppy - more orange than red?
Vivid Red - a bright orangy red
Spicy Red - a bright red (something like a red chilli or pepper)
Chancellor Red - a slightly darker red (hint of brown?)
Lords Red - darker again, a cherry red?
Red Oxide - a rust / brown colour?
Eclipse Red - quite dark burgundy like?

Without being able to see two cars with the different colours at the same time, it is difficult to get a feel of them (and then you have to know exactly which colour each is). And so many photos lie - I have seen Chancellor Red look a pure mid red in photos and also a dark cherry red close to burgundy. So descriptions much better than photos (unless the photo genuinely shows the right shade).

My preference is for a pure red (in Porsche paint terms - Guards red without the orange or Carmine Red without the blue - those I have seen together, so can visualise the difference). Therefore, I think the ones I have seen that I really like are probably Spicy or Chancellor.

[AdamV12V]

I dont recall ever seeing Vivid Red, but the others you list all exist but I suspect Spicy Red and Chancellor Red are the least rare of them. That said 99% of all astons have black or grey interiors so any red will be very rare. Spicy Red is the most red of them all, postbox red - like Carrera Red leather from Porsche.

Best way to see them is to visit your local AM dealer... they all have a wall full of paint, leather and stitch samples to help customers spec new cars.

[Jon39]

Red Oxide appears now and again in the 4.3 Vantage days and perhaps also the other models at that time.

I am happy with black and coarse white stiching (with a pale coloured roof lining) in a Vantage, but I never want a black interior for a daily driver saloon.

[anonymous-user]

PaulC14 said:

And so many photos lie - I have seen Chancellor Red look a pure mid red in photos and also a dark cherry red close to burgundy.

This issue here is that it is notoriously difficult to capture red accurately with a digital camera. Ambient light can either blow out or dull a red tone much more markedly than any other colour.

[PaulC14]

BlackWidow13 said:

PaulC14 said:

And so many photos lie - I have seen Chancellor Red look a pure mid red in photos and also a dark cherry red close to burgundy.

This issue here is that it is notoriously difficult to capture red accurately with a digital camera. Ambient light can either blow out or dull a red tone much more markedly than any other colour.

Absolutely true. I have a red car that can look brown or orange in certain lights and only rarely looks red to the eye, let alone the much less complex digital camera. Only red colour I have seen lot of that always looks good is Mazda's Soul Red. No matter the light, it looks good. A rich cherry red in darker lights and bright red in bright light, but never anything other than red.

[shuzzy]

I know you said photos may be not particularly helpful here, but hard to describe. I had chancellor red previously and that is quite a bright red and I liked it. I wouldn't want to go any brighter such as spicy red. I now have lordes red and that has a more of a maroonier hint to it, but still looks clearly red. I have pictures of both with the same camera in similar light and the pictures look quite accurate to reality.

Chancellor


Lordes

[PaulC14]

AdamV12V said:

I dont recall ever seeing Vivid Red, but the others you list all exist but I suspect Spicy Red and Chancellor Red are the least rare of them. That said 99% of all astons have black or grey interiors so any red will be very rare. Spicy Red is the most red of them all, postbox red - like Carrera Red leather from Porsche.

Best way to see them is to visit your local AM dealer... they all have a wall full of paint, leather and stitch samples to help customers spec new cars.

Love the description of postbox red - really easy to relate to. At least in the UK.

Don't think I've seen Carrera Red in a Porsche. I've seen Garnet Red and know they use Bordeaux Red now.

Good idea to visit at dealer, but it is a bit of a trek to my nearest dealer and I don't like to waste their time by just nosing around trying to improve my understanding of the brand. Besides which, there would be a lot of temptation if I did visit - thankfully they were closed when I was in Chichester and ended up stopping when I saw the AM dealer. Sitting in their parking lot, they had a lovely late V8 Vantage S in a glorious metallic red with a mix of red/black leather. Could have ended up costing me more than I really have to spend right now. I need to make sure they have no VH model cars in red before I go!

[PaulC14]

shuzzy said:

I know you said photos may be not particularly helpful here, but hard to describe. I had chancellor red previously and that is quite a bright red and I liked it. I wouldn't want to go any brighter such as spicy red. I now have lordes red and that has a more of a maroonier hint to it, but still looks clearly red. I have pictures of both with the same camera in similar light and the pictures look quite accurate to reality.

Chancellor


Lordes

Thanks for posting these. Chancellor does indeed look more of a proper red in this photo. Nice to have confirmation it really is a proper red. So unlike the AM configurator which shows it to be much closer to your Lords red photo.

[The V12 Way]

this was my chancellor red in a V12V

[moktabe]

Another Chancellor Red....

[Jay_Davis]

Can anyone give a good description of Red Oxide?

I really don't like red interiors, but I do like tan/brown. I see a car that I really like in all other aspects, except it has this Red Oxide interior, which I've never seen. Given that its 3000 miles away, I can't just go an take a look.

[Jon39]

Jay_Davis said:

Can anyone give a good description of Red Oxide?

I really don't like red interiors, but I do like tan/brown. I see a car that I really like in all other aspects, except it has this Red Oxide interior, which I've never seen. Given that its 3000 miles away, I can't just go an take a look.

This car has a two colour interior. We do see a colour variation of the red oxide leather, in various parts of the car.

I think the leather in the most right hand part of the photo, might be a fairly true colour representation.
Perhaps it could be described as dark beetroot.

[LPH]

That pic of the red oxide looks very similar to Black Cherry

[Davil]

Vivid red is not something you want your entire interior in. It would probably give you a suntan. It is lovely for piping and minor details though.

Here’s an accurate depiction*. The key pouch also in vivid red.

* well it is in the original photo but seems like the compression has reduced the vividness.

[Jay_Davis]

Jon39 said:

This car has a two colour interior. We do see a colour variation of the red oxide leather, in various parts of the car.

I think the leather in the most right hand part of the photo, might be a fairly true colour representation.
Perhaps it could be described as dark beetroot.

This is so different than the picture for the advertised car (and the sticker does say Red Oxide):



Lighting or not, these can't be the same color.

[Jon39]

LPH said:

That pic of the red oxide looks very similar to Black Cherry

Sorry LPH, I must have got the colour wrong.

Try this one, described by the AM dealer as Red Oxide, although I had previously thought it was a slightly darker colour.

[oilit]

Spicy red is bright red - guards red like imho, red oxide is as per shown about half way up its brownish to my eyes - Dr Bez specified one of his cars with it which I looked at buying when it came up for sale - I think the clue is in the oxide bit (think rusty!!)

[dbs2000]

Don't forget Tetre Rouge - and then never ever spec it

Edited by dbs2000 on Monday 13th March 11:01

[AdamV12V]

Jay_Davis said:

This is so different than the picture for the advertised car (and the sticker does say Red Oxide):



Lighting or not, these can't be the same color.

I guess its feasible AM have reinvented the Red Oxide colour. I was never much a fan of the old Red Oxide - was a smoking jacket burgundy colour, too dark/dull for my liking.

That picture looks like it could be chancellor red, but if red oxide has been reimagined, then it could well be that.

Since my prior post I've since worked out that Vivid Red is a Q special order leather colour.

[AdamV12V]

ok, so heres a DBS in Aus with a Red Oxide interior...

Does indeed look like the colour has been reimagined!

https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/details/2018-asto...