The modern-day M badge colors appear as blue, darker blue, and red, but the original color scheme was blue, purple, and red. The color scheme itself is actually older than the official M brand for the BMW cars, though most drivers today recognize them as things that go hand-in-hand. Actually, it.
The blue, violet and red BMW M colors go back to former race director Neerpasch and BMW designers Seehaus and Rennen. The Müller Graphic Design Studio designed the first BMW M motorsport badge, while the final race car design came from the Pierre Mendell Design Studio. You might be familiar with the three-color badge on BMW M Models, and this is its history.
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BMW M Colors The official colors of BMW M are light sky blue, yale blue, and alizarin crimson. BMW M logo colors represent luxury, energy, and sincerity. The BMW M color palette changed in 1972.
The BMW M color scheme can be used for design projects and purposes. BMW M Color codes and schemes for Pantone, HTML Hex, RGB and CMYK can be found below. BMW M have 3 signature colors: #81C4FF, #16588E and #E7222E.
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Check out more information like HEX, RGB, CMYK, Pantone, RAL, and more, or download the color scheme. BMW made a minor change to the M emblem in recent years, swapping the purple stripe with a dark blue one. The symbol is still widely recognized, though.
In fact, the three stripes are tastefully incorporated into both the exterior and inside of every BMW M. The badge itself was inspired by the color scheme often associated with BMW Motorsport cars, featuring blue, purple (sometimes interpreted as dark blue or violet), and red stripes-a nod to BMW's racing legacy and passion for motorsport. Since we just posted some bits from BMW's history, we decided to stay on the topic and talk about the ///M logo, the three stripes that make M branded cars even more recognizable.
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For many years, the fabled BMW M colors and M badge have had seemingly obscure origins. There were many competing stories and accounts as to the actual origins and meanings behind the tricolor. Now, BMW have finally broken the silence on the actual official origins of the famous blue, purple, and red stripes of the famed BMW M logo.
The light blue stripe in the M badge, obviously, mirrors the color used in the quadrants of the inner circle in BMW's own logo, which in turn represents the color found in the Bavarian flag. The precise shade of blue used varies quite significantly over the years, though, both in BMW's own logo and also in the Bavarian flag.