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[Player(1)]

               
Darker blue I was ready to accept but this is bloody aweful. Given previous posts it does look to me like something that was well chewed and eaten then regurgitated, completely spoils the natural lines...screw ING and bring back the light blue liverly so we got something to drool over again.

[ecapdeville]

Why do I feel not happy?

I think I dont like the new livery! I expected something else!

Looks like they wanted to fit the new one into the old one...well...I will have to wait to get used of it...

[Buckheadschleife]

I don't understand why they have the front of the car so incongruent to the back.  

I do, however, like it simply because it is different from the rest of the field.  

Perhaps they were trying to tie it more to Flav's personality - more like the Benneton days - since he is the only real face or personality with the team now that Alonso signed up for reeducation.

[ecapdeville]

Buckheadschleife, on Jan 24 2007, 09:36 AM, said:

I don't understand why they have the front of the car so incongruent to the back.

Exactly!!!!!!!!! why oh why???????????

[funkejay]

That is a putrid mess of a livery......

[BradSpeedMan]

ecapdeville, on Jan 24 2007, 05:41 PM, said:

Exactly!!!!!!!!! why oh why???????????

maybe the drivers will make it up for you my friend...

meanwhile here's one to make you feel better  

[Player(1)]

I get it now! Flavio is doing it to p**s off Bernie (who was rumoured to have banned the xwing designs because they where ugly). I'll accept it if they come out and say that

[Wez]

ecapdeville, on Jan 24 2007, 05:33 PM, said:

Why do I feel not happy?

I think I dont like the new livery! I expected something else!

Looks like they wanted to fit the new one into the old one...well...I will have to wait to get used of it...

Yeah, It seems so.

[Jenson_Rules]

Not good, not good at all. There has not been 1 nice livery yet at all so far!

[Wez]

So far the Mclaren Livery is awesome as it was last season, the Bmw is still quite stylish, Ferrari's is predictable but nice, Toyota's Boring & Reanult, Well.....

[DanielB]

Wasn't sure at first, but the more I look, the worse it gets. Pretty dreadful infact.

[rumblestrip]

BradSpeedMan, on Jan 24 2007, 10:21 AM, said:

wait for 2008, the look is going back to the no greebie (HAHA I stole this word thank Mike and....) with the new radical wing...

Sounds good, but I'm worried about that wing thing.  Isn't it going to be two separate wings, or something like that.  Any one have a pic?

[Geordie]

WTF? Why are cars getting worse as the years roll by ??

The Mclaren Is boring, but not as bad as this.  

[rumblestrip]

rumblestrip, on Jan 24 2007, 11:24 AM, said:

Sounds good, but I'm worried about that wing thing.  Isn't it going to be two separate wings, or something like that.  Any one have a pic?

Found one!



  

[Geordie]

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When the Renault looked good. (with the proposed wings)

[DanielB]

I thought the FIA ditched the plans for the double rear wings?

[YuckFou]

HI everyone.
Im new here.
First of all i have to say that my English is from my deepest arse, it smels bad, sounds bad and looks bad, Like the new Renault 2007. So don't hold it agains me, please.

Did anyone notis the tip behind the frontweel of the new Renault? It's probably going to puncture som tires in the first corner?

Greetings from Sweeden.

[Sato]

Welcome YuckFou, I like your sig.


I like the livery EXCEPT for the blue... If it was black, or maybe white, it'd look great to me.

[rumblestrip]

DanielB, on Jan 24 2007, 11:32 AM, said:

I thought the FIA ditched the plans for the double rear wings?

I hope so!

[c21]

rumblestrip, on Jan 24 2007, 07:41 PM, said:

I hope so!

Puke enducing is the only phrase I can think of!

Its a nice shape but stylish the livery aint!


And Im with rumblestrip on the non greeblie cars.

I just hope they dont go with that awful looking twin rear wing.

I say make the front and rear wings free from regs (to keep the flicker of innovation alive) and demand the rest of the body work be smooth like the cars of the early 90s

[Player(1)]

Forgot to mention the suits look pretty nice though, amazing how the colours dont mix well on the car though.

[Autumnpuma]

I mentioned in another thread a last month that I had heard Renault was going with blue/black/white/orange/yellow. I am sad to see that I was correct. That is a hideous-looking car. Are they trying to distract the other drivers into making mistakes?

EDIT: And what the hell is with Briatore thinking that a powder-blue jacket would look good in that miasma of discordant colours? Well, I guess if you are going to assault the eyes with the car and suits, you may as well go full-tilt and wear the powder-blue....

Edited by Autumnpuma, 24 January 2007 - 08:48 PM.

[aussief1]

Autumnpuma, on Jan 25 2007, 06:44 AM, said:

EDIT: And what the hell is with Briatore thinking that a powder-blue jacket would look good in that miasma of discordant colours? Well, I guess if you are going to assault the eyes with the car and suits, you may as well go full-tilt and wear the powder-blue....

Briatore's jacket is almost as bad as the one he wore last year.

As for the new livery well it looks bloody horrible, kinder looks like a half eaten Mango & Cream, Ice Cream.

Maybe it will grow on me, maybe it won't.

[DanielB]

Had a mess around with it in photoshop - just removing the orange makes it easier on the eye....

[JayStorm]

Now it looks like a Jordan. lol

I still think the orange looks good, I miss the Arrows team.

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My Dad has just payed �80 for a 2006 coloured Renault fleece.

[Autumnpuma]

DanielB, on Jan 24 2007, 01:36 PM, said:

Had a mess around with it in photoshop - just removing the orange makes it easier on the eye....

Now that's more like what a Renault should be.

[aussief1]

DanielB, on Jan 25 2007, 07:36 AM, said:

Had a mess around with it in photoshop - just removing the orange makes it easier on the eye....

Looks like the Malaysian A1 GP car now

[DanielB]

How about orange...

[Player(1)]

try taking out the blue instead of the orange.

AP your in some kind of graphic design industry, or am i thinking of someone else? Anyway if you are you should know what colours work together.

[Autumnpuma]

Player(1), on Jan 24 2007, 02:35 PM, said:

try taking out the blue instead of the orange.

AP your in some kind of graphic design industry, or am i thinking of someone else? Anyway if you are you should know what colours work together.

Yup, I'm a graphic designer (so is BradSpeedMan and ecapdeville). The blue and orange go alright together as they are complimentary (opposite on the colour wheel). Generally blue and orange together will make both colours 'pop' and is quite the attention-getter (so long as they are the same value-which the Renault is). Most ads will use this theory (purple/yellow, green/red, blue/orange) if they want to grab your attention.

The introduction of the black, white and yellow into the blue/orange creates too many different hues. The general rule (if you must use warm and cool colours) is to use only one warm and one cool colour in any given design, but you can introduce lighter or darker values of the two colours you choose. When you add a third colour, you take the risk of creating a visually discordant design. When you put that design on a complex item like an F1 car, it turns into a mess for the eye to sort out.

White and black are usually not taken into account in the two-colour theory as they aren't really colours and tend to be neutral. The Renault livery uses both white and black as shapes and, in doing so, forces you to recognize them as part of the design. This just adds to the miasma of confusion.

People will say they like the livery, but I would wager they are really just focusing on one part of the car. I like the sidepod area, but it's mostly two colours there (yellow and orange with a black pinstriping that separates the two). That area is a good design. Other areas on the car are also good designs, but when looked at as a whole, it sucks.

I'm used to thinking of Renault back in the days of Prost; yellow and black (dark blue?) over white. I think the first design of Daniel's looks the best. The white areas aren't fighting with the yellow for the eye's attention. The second idea of Daniel's is more stark and the orange/blue works fine but the orange is fighting with the white where the yellow wasn't.

Ugh. Long articles have been written about this stuff so my explanations are a poor substitute, but hopefully it's good enough. Maybe Brad or ecap can hop over here and add their opinons.....

Edited by Autumnpuma, 24 January 2007 - 11:11 PM.