The many hues of Dark Blues > post your favorite

Hey s****s, I sent ya a pm awhile ago.. I love the truck! I was hoping you could tell me what color and processes you used. killer look.

 

Im basing styling from this car to mine.

 

I forgot..
PPG shopline paint, 2 gals., + 1/2 gal flattener, and all the other **** that goes in the mix.
COLOR......some dam foreign made car co. my wife picked out..

Holding up well.....I guess it looked good enough @ GG Blue Suede last weekend to get a Period Perfect pick....

 

While trying to pick a color for mine I rounded up several "Washington Blue" color codes we mixed about 6 different codes to actually see what they were and they varied ALOT from almost Black to about what RodnCustoms looks like.

 

Any blue that looks black at night!
Daytona '64 Vette Blue

 

Just curious what the texture of the paint is... I saw one recently done and it had a bumpy rough texture about it... looked good from a distance.. up close it wasnt very impressive.. yours looks to be done better.. A painter told me that he has done the look with just using basecoat with hardner... laying it on smooth and wet... and when it dries it has a satin sheen that will hold up.

he also said to just use the shop line. granted I dont really see a big diff between shopline and premium... just seems like premium has a different flake.

 

Always wanted something in these colors:

 

That would make a killer hotrod...

you could even take it this far...



some dont care for chip foose here.. but I dig it.

 

a Jaguar Color... called Indigo Metallic as well.

 

Andalusite Blue 1930 ford

 

not sure if this is the color you refer to as duncan blue or not.. but it is a 33/34 ford and its blue!? Dont see much of anything about duncan blue.

 

I dont have any pic's but I painted 2 Ot cars and trucks a Ford color and the code was 3L Midnight Blue.

Was a real nice color.

 

Anyone have the 3 letter/digit paint code? I am very interested in this color. My paint guy needs the code.

 

Hey, check out the blue that is on the Ford F-150 Raptor... that blue is almost liquid in person...super deep...

Sorry, the only pictures of it that I have seen are on the Ford website. It is damn tough to photograph.

 

I was asked about the logo... here is a concept.



reminiscent of the old Texaco logos.. both auto and aviation.

 

1979 Dodge English Blue



Combine, Canadian Tire Blue Tarp

 

ShopLine is 100 bucks a gallon, Premium or top shelf PPG is 325... same paint, same amt of flake...
Texture is smooth and what the painter told you is true. Mine is done the same way, but I wanted mine not to "Sheen".(that's why 1/2 gallon of flattener was used...Also Had a little Pearl added to the mix as well.).Good body work is the big thing on dark colors............

 

I have always liked dark blue.

The strips on my old car are actualy black with blue peral over the entire car. This made the strips go from black to mid/bright blue.

 

interesting you say that... a fella I met awhile back used hot rod black... and put a blue pearl in flat clear... interesting look.

 

Anyone know the 3 letter/digit paint code, we'd like to mix up a batch and see if it looks good on my Merc, thanks.

 

Don't know if this helps at all but....:

http://www.tcpglobal.com/aclchip.aspx?image=1964-chevrolet-pg01.jpg

 

Packard Blue (go figure, huh...) is about as dark and elegant as you can imagine. You can't just make a dark blue and use it. All Packards were sprayed black to final inspect the sheetmetal before paint, at least through 1947. Packard Blue (yes that's the color name) is all Prussian Blue tint in the clear base of the paint from back in the day. Prussian Blue is a very concentrated transparent tint that picks up the black below it and adds a depth well beyond what you might imagine. To get there today there's a modern color (Chrysler Nigh****ch Blue) that was also made up of mainly transparent tints and is about as close as it gets but that was lacquer. Some testing would need to be done mixing some 1/2 pints to get it right in BC/CC. There's also a Ford/Mercury color called Midnight Blue from the late 70s used on the T-Birds and Cougars of the day. You may remember those dark blue cars with the saddle colored tops and body side trim (yuk!) but the blue was a dead bang for Packard Blue if sprayed over a black base. Too hard to show in photos...looks black. Needs to be seen in person to 'feel' it.

 

General Motors black saphire metalic...

 

My favorite and was the original plan for my car but decided on a different direction. The codes for this are Fed Standard numbers FS-35042 or FS-35045 (those are flat colors). The gloss colors are FS-15042 or FS-15045. The color was called "Dark Sea Blue" or "Night Blue".

You can find other variations of the colors on this website:
http://www.colorserver.net/

 

Does anyone have pictures of cars (probably late 40's, early 50's models) with a dark grey-blue color??

 

I finally found a modern readily available stock ford blue... VISTA blue ...

Saw it tonight at cruisen the rock in Little Rock AR.



The paint in person really pops.. its got a great metallic shimmer to it.

 

I am painting my 1934 Plymouth Nason blue code DS016IF it is a spectrum color that is supposed to be early Packard blue.Nason is owned by Dupont but Nason paint is much cheaper.I wanted a non metallic dark blue.We did a spray out and it looks perfect.I was going to paint it basecoat clear but am now considering single stage to save on materials.

 

You sir, are 100% correct. Audi sprint blue make my knees weak....

 

my wife thinks the ford blue in my last post with the mustangs is too light and Ghetto looking... and is sticking to liking the color in my first post... which I have no idea what it is. Picky picky picky. my dad feels the same to. too blue.