I was told by several Bianchi cognoscenti that the painters mixed the colors new every morning. That's why there is so much variance. I have 3 Bianchis and the Celeste is slightly different on all of them.

A local frame builder had a contract for years to do all of the warranty and repair work on upper end bikes for Bianchi USA. He tended to confirm that info.

The frame pictured by [MENTION=391445]malcala622[/MENTION] in the second message is Japanese built. I'm not sure if any of the Italian made Bianchis came with that dark aqua color,

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