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Who has good color recognition?
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01/21/21 10:21 PM
01/21/21 10:21 PM
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Posts: 265 Rapid City, South Dakota
six-pack-mopar
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So how would you describe the slight color difference between a 1968 color code QQ1 electric blue poly and a 1969 B5 blue vs the 1969 B7 Jamaica blue. Seems the 68 QQ1 really grabs the eye for brightness and somehow falls between a B5 and the darker B7. What say you. You paint experts with good eyeballs?
Last edited by six-pack-mopar; 01/21/21 10:22 PM.
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Re: Who has good color recognition?
[Re: LimeliteAero]
#2878557
01/22/21 06:56 PM
01/22/21 06:56 PM
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Posts: 10,666 North Dakota
6PakBee
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I wouldve liked to see these cars new. It's hard to come up with differences when there are several paint suppliers each with their own color/base/tint variations. I don't trust/believe any paint today is capable of matching original paint! Agreed. Sometimes I think trying to exactly match the original color is a fool's errand. If you can find something current that is very close, use it as a complete repaint and drive off into the sunset.
"We live in a time when intelligent people are being silenced so that stupid people won't be offended".
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Re: Who has good color recognition?
[Re: 6PakBee]
#2878582
01/22/21 08:11 PM
01/22/21 08:11 PM
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Posts: 20,645 So Near, Yet So Far
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I was lucky, I did see them new, visited the dealerships often. I was a total geek Yes, the toners and chemical make-up are very different now, and it's very time-consuming & difficult to get an accurate match. It depends on the paint mfr's library of toners, and sometimes you have to start with a more modern color and mess with the formula. My current Q1 car took about 6 spray-out samples. Used Spies-Hecker BC/CC on it.
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Re: Who has good color recognition?
[Re: topside]
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01/22/21 08:29 PM
01/22/21 08:29 PM
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I have a 68 Dart GSS handy that was QQ1, and there are untouched areas under the dash and package tray that has a good representation of the paint color. Of course there is no way to take a picture of it that would show it well.
The funny thing about science is that if you change one miniscule parameter you change the entire outcome to the way you want it.
JB Rhinehart, Realist
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Re: Who has good color recognition?
[Re: 6PakBee]
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01/23/21 01:51 PM
01/23/21 01:51 PM
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I wouldve liked to see these cars new. It's hard to come up with differences when there are several paint suppliers each with their own color/base/tint variations. I don't trust/believe any paint today is capable of matching original paint! Agreed. Sometimes I think trying to exactly match the original color is a fool's errand. If you can find something current that is very close, use it as a complete repaint and drive off into the sunset. This is the best advice.
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