What color would you say this is?

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Kipprc

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Wife scratched the paint to the primer (to the metal in some spots). I have always thought this color to be EV2 or EK2, but the touch up paint of today isn't a close match. The original color was yellow that was changed years ago by another owner. What color is this?

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Vitamin C If you need touch up paint you need to go to a automotive paint store that can match it with a scanner.
 
A paint store has a gun they use to i.d. paint color, agree Vitamin C , looks like it in a picture, but only you know.
 
That car could any color of orange. I see the engine bay is mostly black so, maybe previous guy was a Chevy guy and, it's hugger orange. Trying guess a color with pictures over the internet is impossible. I agree you need to go to a auto paint supplier thar can scan it to find a match but, you should know it may still not match perfectly if it has sun fade. The scanner will give it the original pigment of the color but, does not change it due to sun fade, oxidation or, any other variants.
 
Looks like the same color mine was. A popular color for many Racers. It is 1993 ford orange. Used on fleet trucks , Cobras , and U-hauls. I left the auto parts store pick the color if they paid for it. It stood out at car shows like a pumpkin in a pepper patch.

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a good paint store can match the paint. matching any metallic and flop is way more difficult. I spent 3 hours in a "good" paint store and ended up with paint that doesn't come close to matching.

I spent 30 minutes at a true good paint store and he got it to acceptable. Had he and I had a bit more time we would have dialed it in to perfect. the end result is it needs more white than it has now, but from 10 feet it looks good
 
I just got done taking it to a place that has done work on the more modern vehicles we have in the house. They do good work, but that has always been with stock colors based on the VIN. They do have a paint matching gun which should get it really close if not perfect. The repair cost due to location of the scratch is a tad rough. A scratch on the door and the blending job is easy. A scratch on the rear beveled edge of the duster is a tad trickier.
 
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Gotta go to a paint store to get the new paint matched. So many variables when doing touch up work especially if you don’t know what the original colour is. Even if you did know, paint fades over time and even more so if it spent time under the sun for a while.
 
I wonder is there a place I can buy all off these color swatches. It would just be nice to have it up on my garage wall if nothing else.
 
Kipprc said:
Wife scratched the paint to the primer (to the metal in some spots). I have always thought this color to be EV2 or EK2, but the touch up paint of today isn't a close match. The original color was yellow that was changed years ago by another owner. What color is this?

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I wouldn't even want to guess under fluorescent lights. In the first picture it looks peach, then in the third picture it looks hemi orange. You say it's been repainted, take it to a paint store so they can match it with a machine. Oh, and better ban her from the garage. :poke:
 
Ottmundr said:
Oh, and better ban her from the garage. :poke:
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She was already banned. Part of the reason why I put a camera in there.

Brooks James said:
Google auto paint chips orange
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I want the original style swatches not just the orange one. I want all the plymouth ones so I can put them up next to some old duster advertisements I have on the wall already.
 
plymouth67 said:
That car could any color of orange. I see the engine bay is mostly black so, maybe previous guy was a Chevy guy and, it's hugger orange. Trying guess a color with pictures over the internet is impossible. I agree you need to go to a auto paint supplier thar can scan it to find a match but, you should know it may still not match perfectly if it has sun fade. The scanner will give it the original pigment of the color but, does not change it due to sun fade, oxidation or, any other variants.
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The color cameras look through a digital library and pick any formula that hits within their accepted range. The camera works on the actual color. You don't read a color that is faded, oxidized or in poor condition. The first step is to correct the sample area. Sanding an area with 3000, buff, glass clean, polish, glass clean, and read. I read 3 color samples per day on average. Most solid colors are panel paint, and all metallic and pearls are within a blendable range.
 
Kipprc said:
I wonder is there a place I can buy all off these color swatches. It would just be nice to have it up on my garage wall if nothing else.
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Most paint manufacturers have discontinued their color samples due to cost. They used to be printed from a printer... not even actual paint. The newest ones are sprayed on large sheets by a robot and then cut into the sample sizes. I personally have never understood why anyone would want a color sample they didn't spray themselves.... too many variables.
 
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