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I associate certain circuits with certain colours as well, though not all of them. For example:

Bahrain - yellow and red
Sepang - grey with a touch of turquoise
Melbourne - grey and green
Silverstone - grey
Imola - green
Spa - green
Monza - green
Suzuka - grey
Korea - a very dull grey
Interlagos - grey
Abu Dhabi - grey and turquoise
Valencia - white

I don't do it consciously so please don't ask me why they are those colours to me.

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Having watched the practice sessions of the Indian GP, a question formed in my mind:

Now that the circus is travelling to more South-East Asian countries, is a lack of colour (i.e the smoggy skies and grey circuits) detracting from the overall viewing experience of Formula One races?

This may sound a little weird, but whenever someone mentions a GP, I think in colours. Silverstone, for instance, is blue. Melbourne is green. Malaysia is turquoise, and so on. I appreciate that this may subliminally apply to the nation's flag, race sponsor and so on.

This quirk doesn't apply to all the races, and some share the same "colours", but China, Korea, and India are grey and dull, and this dampens the thrill of the race for me, despite attempts by the organisers to brighten up the tracks' surroundings.

Contrast those three races to Monza, Canada, and the former Austrian GP at the A1-Ring - beautiful circuits surrounded by colours, blue skies (mostly) and greenery. These features in turn heighten the viewing experience on TV.

I'm interested to know whether anyone else feels this way, and/or you dislike having that mist lingering above the circuits.

I thought I was the only also.

These greyish places really take something out of it

Very nice thing to bring up. I guess it only affects some few people but it certainly is a negative thing about it to some people like you and me.

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That's highly saturated and contrasted pictures. I could go back to the "real feel" in a few minutes with Photoshop...

No their not. I've been to a few of those tracks and they were just as colorful as the pictures depict they are. And besides, much of the tv coverage back then was black and white so the colors were, shall we say, limited.