IMPORTANT!
Please read...

I am pleased to advise that MiniColours has a new guardian!

Over the next few months I will be setting out a plan for future modifications and improvements and I am more than happy to accept suggestions on things that visitors would like to see on the site.

One thing I would like to see is some form of swatch area using original colour swatches. If anyone has any car colour swatches they want to sell or loan to me, I would be very grateful.

There is now an up and coming BMW Mini site for colours and I will publish a link to that in due course.

If you have any suggestions or comments, please contact me at contact@minicolours.co.uk

Many thanks,
Matt Harrington

Back!
Posted 1-March-2005 by Stu

The last 16 months have been a little tumultuous, involving moving job, house, servers and so on. Because of this, I've had absolutely no time to update the site.

Note, however, that all you emails are safe and I'll start processing them soon.

Photo Copyright
Posted 18-November-2003 by Stu

It seems some people are confused about the copyright of photos on this site. The copyright of a photo rests with the original supplier. We take images in good faith, and alter them only in ways laid out in the FAQ. The copyright of the altered image still rests with the supplier.

A problem has arisen where a car has been sold, and the new owner is complaining about a photo of his car taken by the previous owner. There are no features to identify that it is that particular car (numberplates removed etc.) and the photo was taken and submitted by the original owner.

We will consider polite requests from new owners of cars which can be easily identified - but bear in mind, this is a site for the mini community and it would be disappointing to remove photos, when we've worked so hard to find them.

We also do not appreciate this matter being raised in a public forum, with unfounded threats of legal action before even contacting us and waiting for a reply.

Mini Magazine
Posted 30-October-2003 by Stu

We have appeared in this month's Mini Magazine which appears to have arrived with subscribers yesterday. Because of this the volume of mail in our inbox is starting to build. Please be patient waiting for replies!

Also note that the 'index.cgi' part of the address isn't necessary if you're linking the site or telling others. See the bottom of this page for details on linking the site.

Thanks Mini Magazine and all contributors and visitors.

Similar Colours
Posted 16-September-2003 by Stu

New section on similar colours added. Let us know if you think other colour combinations should appear in here.

Downtime
Posted 14-September-2003 by Stu

Apologies for downtime today. Believe it or not, the room the wires to the webserver go through was being painted, so the connection was down for part of the day. The room looks very nice now.

Site Update
Posted 03-September-2003 by Stu

You have probably noticed the cosmetic changes to the site. There have been many more changes besides. Notably:

• Colours have been separated into their 'official' colour families. Unfortunately, this means that Morello Purple appears under 'Red' and other annomolies. We're looking into a solution to this.
• There is now a text search (at the bottom of each page). Search for colour name, code, photo credit... any text attached to each image is searched.
• Paints which are essentially the same colour were classified together in the old site. The new site separates them into new and old versions (see Damask Red, or Yukon Grey for examples). We're working on a way to link these.
• Approximate dates used now appear along with the colours.
• Colours which have only been used as a roof paint are now in the list (Mini Sky, Mini Rose etc.)
• Colour codes as printed on VIN plates are now included with each paint code.

If you spot any problems, do let us know.

MiniPark Pick of the Week
Posted 20-June-2003 by Stu

We have been chosen as a 'Pick of the Week' by Mini Park.