I've owned a number of BMWs over the last 20 years, and I have probably looked at / looked up the VIN for 10x as many as I have owned (maybe more). The paint color names were in german, like the history of cars I owned:

e36 m3 sedan Arctissilber
e36 m3 vert Arctissilber
e46 m3 vert Carbonschwartz
e24 635csi euro hellrot
e24 635csi euro delphin
e31 850i BRILLANTROT
e38 750i Alpinweiss (II?)
e36 328is Arctissilber
e36 m3 sedan alpinweiss II

i was then looking through the paint codes/names (it's a long list) and noticed:

896 Bluewater Bluewater Metallic Blue 51 91 0 138 237

Why is this color name in english? Why not "Blauwasser" ? Was this color only available in english speaking countries?

Just a curiosity...