paint code
greedy53 - April 15th, 2012 at 04:18 PM
where do i go to get the code for the dove blue paint
anyone
vw54 - April 15th, 2012 at 04:28 PM
what year is that i will have it at work in my paint folder
greedy53 - April 15th, 2012 at 05:52 PM
its a 1972 single cab kombi and its a light blue
thanks
steve
AA003 - April 15th, 2012 at 07:34 PM
It could be Gemini Blue or Regatta blue.
I don't think that Dove Blue was an Australian colour then.
vw54 - April 16th, 2012 at 07:39 AM
yep NO mention of Dove Blue
TorxKiwi - April 16th, 2012 at 10:05 AM
Found this link the other day .... any help?
http://www.clubvw.org.au/vwpaint
TorxKiwi - April 16th, 2012 at 10:10 AM
Or try this
http://paintref.com/paintref/index.shtml
AA003 - April 16th, 2012 at 02:18 PM
That will not show you Australian colours.
Phil74Camper - April 16th, 2012 at 09:29 PM
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...
greedy53 - April 16th, 2012 at 09:39 PM
thanks heaps,you really step up you guys