paint code

where do i go to get the code for the dove blue paint
anyone

what year is that i will have it at work in my paint folder

its a 1972 single cab kombi and its a light blue
thanks
steve

It could be Gemini Blue or Regatta blue.
I don't think that Dove Blue was an Australian colour then.

yep NO mention of Dove Blue

Found this link the other day .... any help?

http://www.clubvw.org.au/vwpaint

Or try this

http://paintref.com/paintref/index.shtml

TorxKiwi wrote:Or try this

http://paintref.com/paintref/index.shtml

That will not show you Australian colours.

TorxKiwi wrote:Found this link the other day .... any help?

http://www.clubvw.org.au/vwpaint

I wrote that page, so it's nice to see people finding it and passing it on.

However I think it could be made even better with a visual representation of each colour - at the moment we don't know exactly what each colour looks like. Is Regatta Blue a dark or light blue?

I think I can do this by adding an extra column to the table, and filling in a background colour for each cell. So for example for Ruby Red in 1963, you would have a cell showing a ruby-red-like colour.

I know the HTML to do this. All PC screen colours are based on 256 different shades each of RED, GREEN and BLUE (256 x 256 x 256 = 16,777,216 possible colours), which can be coded in Hexadecimal (eg "#23B6EF"). It is easy to convert between Hex and normal decimal in Excel. And I can get the decimal RGB mix for any colour in Paint Shop Pro.

BUT - I would need colour samples for EVERY colour in the table - and get a realistic scan for each one. Change the brightness or the contrast, and the colour changes. If the original colour chip or sample has faded, the colour won't be accurate - but maybe that's OK. It would only be a guide, NOT something to match at the paint shop.

I would need help with this. Dave I might have to borrow your colour chips...

thanks heaps,you really step up you guys