paint match

[Peter Bourn]

Good afternoon everybody, 

                                                I was thinking about touching up the scratches on my Westfield but I don't know what colour it is.

Is there a number somewhere on the car? or does anyone know how to match the colour properly?

I think it's close to British Racing Green - but not quite.

Any help would be appreciated

Peter  ( Chug)

[Captain Colonial]

The best solution is to go to a very good body shop that can scan your existing colour and give you a formula to match it, then contact a company (plenty on the web) who can manufacture and supply rattle cans in that colour, but ensure it’s paint suitable for going over gelcoat / GRP.

 

There are more than 16m colours available, with humans able to differentiate 10m+.  You do not want anything less than a match or it will annoy you every time you look at it.

 

 

[Flying Carrot Steve]

5 hours ago, Captain Colonial said:

The best solution is to go to a very good body shop that can scan your existing colour and give you a formula to match it, then contact a company (plenty on the web) who can manufacture and supply rattle cans in that colour, but ensure it’s paint suitable for going over gelcoat / GRP.

 

There are more than 16m colours available, with humans able to differentiate 10m+.  You do not want anything less than a match or it will annoy you every time you look at it.

 

 

 

 

As @Captain Colonial says, you need to find your local version of a place like this. This is the one I've used near Bristol 

 

 

Colour Matching | Car Paint Warehouse https://share.google/pRfR5u7uPmZJG4yRL

 

[mega ade]

And once you've found a decent paint shop that can supply you with a matching green paint get them to spray it orange job done.

[Flying Carrot Steve]

1 hour ago, mega ade said:

And once you've found a decent paint shop that can supply you with a matching green paint get them to spray it orange job done.

 

And of course it will be much quicker as a result. Win win.