What cars had a silver/blue colour? - looking for potential options...

[jvanzyl]

Hi Folks,
I'm trying to find/settle on a colour that I can paint the car that would honestly be nice to look at.
It also needs to go with the current blue roof and the navy blue/ grey seats and door cards I have.

I'm aiming for a metallic silvery blue..

So far I've found DB 396
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and DB 380
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would love to see these colours in the flesh before committing.. does anyone have any other suggestions for colour codes?

[Chilli Girl]

You probably wont be familiar with it as you're not a biker but the Honda CB600 Hornet shade is awesome. It's a metallic blue, gorgeous but not too sure it'll go with the blue shade of roof. Anyway, what's wrong with silver? There I go again, dont mention silver on here! 

[jvanzyl]

You probably wont be familiar with it as you're not a biker but the Honda CB600 Hornet shade is awesome. It's a metallic blue, gorgeous but not too sure it'll go with the blue shade of roof. Anyway, what's wrong with silver? There I go again, dont mention silver on here! 

Ha yes that's a but toooooo blue.. it's like that plastidip blue I experiemented with earlier.. more silver in the colour please!

[Topdownman]

How about 1E3?

[jvanzyl]

How about 1E3?

Not much blue in that one though?

[carolineasb]

What about the blue they had on the 2 in the States? Is it called Paradise Blue?

[DanRS4x]

Toyota Yaris
Early Corvettes

I was looking at similar I put "silver blue cars" into image search

[jvanzyl]

What about the blue they had on the 2 in the States? Is it called Paradise Blue?

Yeah - it's a bit too "baby blue" if that's a good description? It is on the list, it'll likely be cheaper than what I've found so far!

[jvanzyl]

Toyota Yaris
Early Corvettes

I was looking at similar I put "silver blue cars" into image search

Yeah I've been doing a bit of that, often finding things described as "copia blue" for example isn't the real name of the colour for the porsche one I liked..

It's a bit frustraing where it looks different from each picture but its the same colour - hence me asking people for real experiences that they've seen.

[jvanzyl]

It's like this is an awesome colour:
Silver Blue - 500116
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but I can only find one example of it! so is it a real colour or just a one off?

[Topdownman]

If you look opposite to blue on the colour wheel you get orange....

Could you do metallic? If so, maybe the Ford light blue sapphire?

[tets]

i think Lotus did an Elan in blue and silver

[Topdownman]

The focus RS blue would like quite striking.

[jvanzyl]

If you look opposite to blue on the colour wheel you get orange....

Could you do metallic? If so, maybe the Ford light blue sapphire?

Hmmmm... if it were on another car it would make it look nicer!
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Hot damn! I like this one.. is that what you meant? I'm trying to find the actual colour.. been on the lotus colour guide and can't seem to find it yet 
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[jvanzyl]

Ah just saw you said the Elan:
They call it blue grey but I've not found the code yet..
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[jvanzyl]

The focus RS blue would like quite striking.

striking yet... but I'd feel like a twerp.. the objecive here is dignified and beautiful..

[jvanzyl]

OK found a version called  L18 Glacier Blue".. looks nice over here:

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[carolineasb]

The Lotus in #13 I think was the colour of the Lotus that Wheeler Dealers "refurbished", was it not? Would the colour be on any of the pieces on the net about that/wikipedia?

[jvanzyl]

The Lotus in #13 I think was the colour of the Lotus that Wheeler Dealers "refurbished", was it not? Would the colour be on any of the pieces on the net about that/wikipedia?

I'm a googling! it seems to be one thing to find more than reference to the colour and another to actually find it for sale.. I've found this so far:
https://wiki.seloc.org/a/Paint_codes

just for reference, here's paradise blue:
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And here is the light blue that was on the Mk1:
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I'm trying for more silver/grey..

[jvanzyl]

lol. found a lovely website.. just one problem in finding B107 Glacier blue..

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drat...

[jvanzyl]

Found it!!! yeah... oh wait.. how much?!

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how far does a litre of paint go on our cars doing 2 coats?

[Carolyn]

Well,if you're going to be picky about price, this might not be for you?

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[jvanzyl]

Well,if you're going to be picky about price, this might not be for you?

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haha - give me a break.. I'm still exploring the world of paint colour! I'm unfamiliar with the costs of all these things!

Going back to my original post, I'd be torn between the glaciar blue and the mercedes DB 396.. they're both quite different.. anyone able to paint shop our cars with those two colours?

[Joesson]

@jvanzyl said
"I'm trying for more silver/grey.."

What was it that @Chilli Girl asked?

[jvanzyl]

@jvanzyl said
"I'm trying for more silver/grey.."

What was it that @Chilli Girl asked?

ah that was in context of the blue cars.. I wanted more silver/grey in the mix!