General Paint code

[Torben Hansen]

Hi, I need the mixing code for the 472 Celeste Crociera color.. can anybody Help?

Torben

 

[Bigvtwin996]

Hi, I need the mixing code for the 472 Celeste Crociera color.. can anybody Help?

Torben

That's an N colour!!
How do I know without looking it up (October 57-March 58)... because I have a car that colour or Celeste Medio (Jan 59- March 62)...

you can never guarantee the current colour is correct, there is no universal mixing code look up...

It depends on the Paint manufacturer....
I have a few colour books and have some Fiat mixing codes but if you don't have a supplier of that paint then that's a problem...
Next whilst having a mix code you cannot always get it.. depends on the paint type if it can now be mixed...

There are companies that claim to have all classic car colours if not they can mix it...
They don't actually mix everything from a code they use a spectroscope to derive a colour mix from a sample... but that sample would be the inside of an old panel and perhaps not actually correct... but then i can be useful if you need to repaint just a panel and they can colour match your car...
Most paint shops world wide can do that... they usually strip the polish etc from a section to use for the purpose..

I have seen classic cars sporting the same light yellow codes, but there were three variations of the colour of the cars...

I will have a dig about and see if I can put my hands on some info..

 

[fiat500]

Here in the UK I had no problem and just quoted the three digit number (419 in my case) and the paint was supplied without a problem. I've had extra supplies since then and it's a 99.5% perfect match.

 

[Torben Hansen]

Amazing.. thanks alot, havent found a painter here in Denmark who can Help me.

Im looking forward to hearing from you..

 

[fiat500]

Im looking forward to hearing from you..

The UK based supplier I used for cellulose paint will also supply other types of paint, but I don't know if they would send to Denmark.


https://www.auto-paint.co.uk/tinned-paint/cellulose/cellulose-paint-1ltr.html

 

[Bigvtwin996]

Here in the UK I had no problem and just quoted the three digit number (419 in my case) and the paint was supplied without a problem. I've had extra supplies since then and it's a 99.5% perfect match.

There are very few companies that can actually mix classic car paints from their codes as in using the original formula... many of the companies from the 50s/60s no longer supply paint... ICI sold off their paint division 20 years ago....
A local body shop near to me have many old paint books and again would simply spectroscope the colour chip.
So you can have a colour mixed from a chip/sample and it should match...
I spent a long time looking into the original paint suppliers...
It is just a Repro part now like anything else.. close enough for most people...


It is a bit like the secret formula of Coka-Cola, it is only made from a mix of chemicals so any lab should be able to derive the composition... So why does Budget Cola not taste the same...

I'd say 99% of people could not tell the difference from a "sampled" mix of paint to the original...

As I said any good paint supplier can sample even a flake of colour to derive a mix.

 

[Torben Hansen]

The problem is that I dont't have any bodyparts with the correct color on.. everything is grinded away.. only a narrow strip is left on the Bonnet, but im pretty sure thats not enough..

I'll try to write to auto-paint.co.uk?
Thanks guys

 

[Bigvtwin996]

This is what a Paint chip and associated mix code looks like...



So you can see it is composed different percentages of paints from the companies "Stock" colours, so is unique to that manufacturer..
I searched for some sort of universal cross reference database so you could take one companies mix and substitute another companies paints, but drew a blank...