1978 620 factory yellow paint.

[SWFL]

Has anyone tried finding something off the shelf that's close to the factory yellow? I don't have a paint code, as the body labels are missing or painted over. 

 

My 620 needs some rust repair and 2 panels painted. I'm not looking for perfect, just something close for now. I'll deal with the body properly later.

[datzenmike]

Desert gold? 931

 

 

 

Sunburst 411

 

 

 

Mellow Yellow 102

 

[SWFL]

Looks like mellow yellow, I'll have to take some pics and figure out to post them.

[SWFL]

If it's mellow yellow, does anyone know of an off the shelf spray or oil based industrial paint that's fairly close?

[datzenmike]

Hard to tell by picture but Mellow is a lighter shade than the Sunburst.

[Crashtd420]

Try looking at this website....

 

https://paintref.com/paintref/indexm.shtml

 

I'm sure you could search the other colors there if needed....

[datzenmike]

This almost looks TAN than yellow. Perception of color depends on the camera and every stage getting it onto your computer screen and the monitor itself. Most of all, color depends on the light used to see the sample in. Our eyes see red as black if the light is poor and all colors are shifted by the colors present and missing in the light used to view it. The only way to 'see' the true color is to view it in sunlight, the light out eyes evolved to see in. Using artificial light it must be in the 5,000-5,500⁰ Kelvin range.

 

I worked for a printing company and to check the color a special viewing booth was used so that Coke Red that was printed was identical to the Coke Red exemplar.

 

I would guess my 710 is Mellow Yellow 102 and will try to go out today and look at the paint code sticker.

 

[SWFL]

I did some cleaning and it looks like desert gold. So far I've found Rustoleum marigold is fairly close to it. I need to look at a few more stores.

[Crashtd420]

 

 

[Crashtd420]

Look for a place that can mix it up for you... they can usually make a small spray can to try also....

[yenpit]

On 2/15/2023 at 5:02 PM, SWFL said:

If it's mellow yellow, does anyone know of an off the shelf spray or oil based industrial paint that's fairly close?

 

Some Finishmaster & other independent AUTOMOTIVE paint stores will take a factory paint code & mix up an aerosol can for you.  Not cheap like off the shelf Duplicolor cans at the store, but should be correct, although yellows fade with UV sun!