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Old 01-27-2019, 04:17 PM
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Need to know what color this is

Like the title says, I need to know what color this is pic I have is an s10 but I think camaro came this color too, anyhow I want to paint my car this color . There is no metallic in it, the code is worn off the truck in the pic, I looked in the whay color to paint thread but didn't find it, thanks
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I can't think of a Camaro blue that wasn't metallic. Could be wrong. ...either way, there's no for us to tell from the picture. Best bet would be to look through color swatches from a paint shop and choose that way. Or hit up and S10 forum.
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What year s10? If it's original paint it shouldn't be hard to figure out the color.
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Re: Need to know what color this is

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What year s10? If it's original paint it shouldn't be hard to figure out the color.
the truck is late 80s I'll have to ask the owner to know exactly. I do know that is original paint, I work in a paint shop and have been through every swatch we have for gm no luck, I'll check with my paint supplier
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My guess is this color:


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Or:



color looks different in lighting/snow but they are the only non metallic blues I saw for S10..
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Not sure if a Camaro came in these colors unless it was a base or Berlinetta. I think the light blue RS was metallic.

Im not sure on base models pre 1985.
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Re: Need to know what color this is

Thanks, I'm gonna run those codes in the computer and see what I find
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Re: Need to know what color this is

The second one you sent is metallic , the first seems like it will be really light, I'm gonna mix a little and see later
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It’s hard to tell from the pic because everything looks like it has a blue tint to it.. looks like the sun is going down..

light blue paint with blue afternoon shadow is deceiving..

I think Silverados and Sierras also had a non metallic light blue
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Re: Need to know what color this is

I had time today and mixed a little of the 9662 pastel blue and it is definitely too light, I'll get a few more pics of the truck but I won't be daylight when I'm home till the weekend. And it's hard to get a pic without snow here right now, here's a pic of the paint I mixed today
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Re: Need to know what color this is

What the color code on the RPO or the body tag under hood?
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Re: Need to know what color this is

Originally Posted by sonjaab
What the color code on the RPO or the body tag under hood?
the code I usually use is in the glove box but too worn to read. Other than that idk the truck is pretty old I'll look around under the hood
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Re: Need to know what color this is

If you can find out the year of the truck, you can then look up the available colors for that year.
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Re: Need to know what color this is

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Like the title says, I need to know what color this is pic I have is an s10 but I think camaro came this color too, anyhow I want to paint my car this color . There is no metallic in it, the code is worn off the truck in the pic, I looked in the whay color to paint thread but didn't find it, thanks

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Re: Need to know what color this is

It’s tough because he said not metallic..

there was only only a couple blues from 80s-90s S-10 that weren’t metallic..
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Re: Need to know what color this is

The only non-metallic color blue I remember from back then was the dark blue. All the lighter blues, except maybe some special order colors, were metallic. I worked in GM body shops from 88-98, and 2000 until last year...
The metallic flakes used in those light blues was a fine or medium flake and once oxidized, they can look like a non-metallic color.
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Re: Need to know what color this is

Well, I feel dumb now, upon closer inspection there are very fine mettallics in the blue. Thanks for all the help everyoneLol
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Re: Need to know what color this is

I was going to say.. that looks like a metallic color and those ones I found were the only non metallic.. Should be easy to figure out now..

Looks similar to an RS color.. IROCs didn’t come in a light blue like that..
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