Just bored at work and wondering why the S badge is red and not green? I guess red is just synonomous(sp?) with sporting not Rosa Corse.

 

Mmmmmm... well, red looks great with my dark silver...

Dogspeed.

 

Why would it be green?

Red is the color of sportiness. A lot of auto makers use red logos for their sport models. It's hot and sexy and all that.

I mean, what looks faster to you:

MINI Cooper S
MINI Cooper S

 

Why is the sky blue?

Why is BRG, not actually BRG?

Why am I asking these questions?

 

Why art thou so pensive?
:smile:

Rejoice, for in life, as in a MINI, there are twisties ahead

 

To match the only real Mini color, of course!

 

I thought it was to perfectly contrast with BRG!

 

Nigel Mansell won the world championship by running a RED 5 on his Williams-Renault back in '92.

Ask PocketRocketOwner why the GREEN S wouldn't work; it would probably be slower than a diesel MINI One.

 

A lot of other cars that are deemes "s" models have the s in red...

that I have noticed, The Acura CL - S, and the Carolla S....they both have the model in chrome, and the S in red. I think it just goes along with the whole sporty theme.

 

NSX emblems were blue H in Japan, i think.

 

Red is a primary color and it one that we (humans) see very well. Since it stands out against every other color it draws more attention...like a sports car (often done in red)...like the MCS (Mine is CR to really stand out!

 

The S is red because red means "stop."

 

Because as we all know,

Red makes things go faster!

 

Actually it doesn't have to be RED.

Just get your fingernail and peel off the red sticker and you'll have a silver S (I've seen it on a DS MCS and it was OK.

Make some S shaped reflective sticky backed replacements and you can have any color you want- it's been done before.

Maybe gold or emerald green would be good or maybe light blue for my IB/W MCS.

 

I'm gonna make my S's pink as soon as I get around to cutting out the vinyl I bought for that purpose.

 

I don't know what you're talking about. My S's are blue...

 

Are you sure it is really an S. Look closer. It looks like a stylized curved piece of Hi-Way. It may have been penned before the model name was even chosen. Is it really an S? Think not.


Motor on

 

You can get already cut out S relacement stickers on ebay, lots of colors.

 

So the cops can see it better, of course!
It's their favorite color: "Arrest Me Red".

regards,
Red (House Arrest today):smile:

 

Redshift. An increase in the wavelength of radiation emitted by a celestial body as a consequence of the Doppler effect.... :smile:

 

Now I will call you Einstein

 

Grendel changed his 'S' from red to royal blue. He's got a DS/B MCS. It looks great!!

 

You should have got an MC,then you would not have to worry yourself over this

 

Though red is a primary color, it is the visible color that is MOST difficult to perceive by the human eye. It is on the low end of the visible spectrum of light (what, about 440nm IIRC).

Personally, I think the "S" is red to mess with the red-green color blind among us, most common in men. Not that I am in that fold, but still... Any thoughts on this, conspiracy buffs?

Marty

 

red?you mean there's red in there?(I'm one of those red green color blind people )