Colour name

ringoschariot Officially Full-On Dubber

282 posts · joined Jan 2005 · 9 Jul 2005, 3:58 pm

#382188

Does anyone know the name of the light Blue colour used on ealy 60's Beetles? I would say its sky blue but whats the proper name and the colour code?

toplessbug Fahrvergnugen

879 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 9 Jul 2005, 5:54 pm

#382209

sea blue or bahama blue for starters

silverbullet Officially Full-On Dubber

331 posts · joined May 2005 · 9 Jul 2005, 11:42 pm

#382381

Just went and checked out my 59 which is a sky blue color. The sticker under the bonnet called it strato blue CLR501.

bigbaja Wolfsburg Wizard

438 posts · joined Feb 2004 · 9 Jul 2005, 11:55 pm

#382383

bahama blue is green

just like my old hyundi was peacock green that was metalic blue

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toplessbug Fahrvergnugen

879 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 10 Jul 2005, 8:10 am

#382412

not according to the paint colour strips i have made by glasurit and going back to 1951

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4,980 posts · joined Dec 2003 · 10 Jul 2005, 9:58 am

#382424

try here for colour strips
http://www.autocolorlibrary.com/cgi-bin/search/search.pl

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ringoschariot Officially Full-On Dubber

282 posts · joined Jan 2005 · 10 Jul 2005, 5:00 pm

#382563

Thanks guys, looking at the colour chips it seems either Strato blue or Bermuda Blue is the colour iam looking for.
would these colours be listed at paint suppliers here in Oz?

toplessbug Fahrvergnugen

879 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 10 Jul 2005, 5:11 pm

#382570

yep just go to your fav auto paint supplier armed with as much info as possible and they will help ...what are you doing it in 2pac or acrylic?

ringoschariot Officially Full-On Dubber

282 posts · joined Jan 2005 · 10 Jul 2005, 5:16 pm

#382576

Looking to do it in Acrylic