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To me, this color looks great in pictures, but I have never seen it in person. Can anyone comment on the looks of it? Is it purplish? I had an A4 loaner that was blue but looked purple in certain light. I was not a fan of that.

ThunderDent

IMO, it is a dark metallic blue. It can have a small hint of purple to it. Search the forum, there was a thread about this a month ago. I posted some pics of it in the sunlight, far away and really close up. They are pretty true to color.

ThunderDent

https://www.audiworld.com/forums/sho....php?t=2831876

That's a mobile link, but It should re-route you.

abcabc

Thanks, that was helpful. I ordered Scuba Blue, sight unseen, but I think I will be happy with it. Really, I would probably be happy with the Q in any color because of how awesome it is. It's going to be a long wait until January.

idale

There was a thread on the allroad side where someone took some pretty good pictures of their Scuba Blue allroad (Picasa link in the first post): https://www.audiworld.com/forums/sho....php?t=2833713 .

Haven't seen it in person and haven't seen any pictures of the Q5 in it, but I think it'll look really good (and I think it's what I'm leaning toward -- though I have until next model year to change my mind). Definitely get some good pics of it when yours comes in so we can see a Q5 in it instead of all these cars. (I'm confident it'll wear it really well. I know it's not as light as some people would want, but I think the light highlights on what seems like a medium blue will go nicely.)

abcabc

Thanks, that's perfect. The allroad is the exact combo I ordered, so it really gives me a good idea of what it looks like. I also like that there are various lighting. Very cool.

idale

Yeah, lighting's critical with the pearl/metallic cars since they can completely change personalities based on the lighting conditions. I think the base blue is somewhat conservative (I've seen some people say it's "an A6 color" and I could see that for the base), and then when the sun's out it has a little more fun. Who says a car can't be serious and fun?

Jusforfun

Looks really close to Mugello Blue?!?

idale

From searching for images online of Mugello, it looks like the base blue might be similar, with Scuba having a lighter "highlight" color than Mugello. Might even be more of a difference of metallic (Scuba) vs. pearl (Mugello) effects.

https://www.audiworld.com/forums/sho....php?t=2714689

abcabc

When the cars are clean, all of these blues look great! I had never noticed the santorin blue. wow.