paint codes

canadianviking said
Hi guys and gals,

I am new to the forum. I recently purchased a 1974 Duster on ebay and I have found this site to be most helpful. Answered a lot of questions for me.
Anyway, the fender tag and build sheet on my Duster have the paint code KY4. I found a paint supply company online that has samples of the original paint chip sheets used in 1974 (cannnot remember the name of company, tcp something maybe). The color listed as Y4 on the sheets is not the colour that is on my car. Y4 is listed as Golden Fawn yet my car looks more like Y2 Sunfire Yellow. The paint on the car appears to be original. I pulled the carpet out and interior apart and that is the colour underneath everything. I guess my queston is, could it have been painted Y2 by mistake at the factory.
Look at my avatar to see the paint colour and tell me that is not Sunfire Yellow.
Thanks,
TODD.

well todd i might be able to help you on this, maybe not, being that my father owns a paint and body shop, we deal with paint codes on a daily basis. these days the colors are always right, never have run across the paint not matchin to the code. we also go by the vin # to unsure a perfect paint match. but on ur car your talkin about back in the 70's i wasn't born then but my father was in his hayday, and i know it was crazy , its a slim possibility, if your lookin at the color on your computer screen thats probably the problem, b/c we look at em on our screen along with the colors to mix and it doesn't look right but it comes out perfect..... just my .2