Know your colours

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The international racing colours by country. There arent used anymore due to sponsorship but from the start of racing to the mid 60´s each team racing in international events had to used a designated colour for their cars according to their country.

COUNTRY COLORS OF CAR NUMBERS


Argentina Body: blue red on white
Hood: yellow
Chassis: black

Belgium Body: yellow black

Brazil Body: pale yellow black
Chassis and wheels:green

Bulgaria Body: green red
Hood: white

Canada Body: green white
Stripes: white

Chile Body: red half blue-
Hood: blue half red or
Underframe: white all red on white

Cuba Body: yellow white on black
Hood: black

Czechoslovakia Body: white blue
Hood: blue and white
Underframe: red

Egypt Pale violet red on white

Finland Black blue on white

France Blue white

Germany White red

Great Britain Green white

Holland Orange white

Hungary Body, front: white black
Body, rear: green
Hood: red

Irish Free State Green with horizontal white
band of orange around
body

Italy Red white

Luxemburg Pearlgray white on red


Mexico Gold white on black

Monaco White with red hori- black on white
zontal band around
body

Poland Body and hood: white red
Underframe: red

Portugal Body and hood: red white
Underframe: white

Scotland Green white

South Africa Body: Gold black on white
Hood: green

Spain Hood: yellow black on yellow
Body and chassis: red white on red

Sweden Body and hood, lower white
part:blue-upper:yellow
Three cross bands of
blue on top of hood

Switzerland Hood: white black
Body and underframe:
red

Thailand Body and hood: white on blue
pale blue with yellow
horizontal band around
body and hood
Wheels: pale yellow

United States Body and hood: white blue on white
Underframe: blue

Venezuela Body: white
Stripe:green


Nowadays they are not mandatory, but some still use it, most notably Ferrari, and Mercedes and Audi (silver arrows) some british teams still use the brg.