Celeste Gainsborough
Celeste Gainsborough is a Ferrari blue paint color in the Blu & Azzurro family (Ferrari files it under Azzurro): hex #6C8EAA, RGB 108, 142, 170, closest Pantone PMS 645 C, factory paint code 2.443.625.
| Family | Blu & Azzurro — Ferrari blue colors |
|---|---|
| Hex | #6C8EAA |
| RGB | 108, 142, 170 |
| CIE L*a*b* | 57.5, -4.7, -18.5 |
| Closest Pantone | PMS 645 C (#7796B2, ΔE 3) |
| Paint code | 2.443.625; Ditzler 13770 |
| Value | Verified color chip |
Sources: Ferrari Colors blog · codes: 330GT
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The story of Celeste Gainsborough
Celeste Gainsborough belonged to the Italver color range for Pininfarina-bodied Ferraris whose names, according to the Ferrari 400 blog, were racehorse names carried over from the 365 GTC/4 and still appearing on factory order documents until early 1978. Its code is 2.443.625, and the 330 GT Registry reproduces it in two Italver paint-chip sets for 365-series cars; a Ditzler/PPG paint book lists Gainsborough Celeste Poly for 1968–71 as a silver blue, Ditzler 13770. On FerrariChat, the historian Marcel Massini has stated that only fifteen 365 GTC/4s were originally painted Celeste Gainsborough, two of them right-hand drive, chassis 14561 and 15709. ROSSOautomobili shows the color on a 365 GT 2+2 and describes a blue-green used in the 1960s and 1970s. Gainsborough, Wikipedia records, won the 1918 English Triple Crown and sired Hyperion.
Sources: Erwin's Ferrari 400 blog, Paint colors / colors / codes (14 Nov 2018) · 330 GT Registry, Paint colors · FerrariChat, Anyone know the car — UK 365 GTC/4 (posts signed Marcel Massini) · ROSSOautomobili, 25 rare colors · Wikipedia, Gainsborough (horse)