I would disagree with that based on my experiences chasing paint for my inca
yellow Spitfire.
An American car manufacturer used the name inca yellow for a hideous shade of
baby puke yellow/green. The two different paint collors have become merged in
the code books, with the rather pretty Triumph color disapearing. So the
Triumph paint number gets you the american baby puke color. Yech!
The most success I had in matching paint was at Home Depot. They do sell
industrial enamels, which are suitable for cars. I was lucky in that the girl
working there was an art major, and she carefully blended the shades until it
became a perfect match. Several years later, with still no wax on that paint,
lit still matches pretty darn well.
To further muddy the waters, Triumph didn't mix all their paints exactly the
same way. My stock, original inca yellow is distinctly lighter and brighter
then many other Triumph Spitfires called inca yellow. The varience under each
name seems to be quite pronounced. After all, these were hand painted cars.
>>> Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net> 02/07 10:48 AM >>>
John,
Find a PPG/Ditzler paint supplier and give them this code: 72144
They should be able to mix some up for you.
Joe
John Hobson wrote:
>
> Talking of paint codes, does anyone know of a UK supplier for Flamenco
> red(CAD). Rimmers and TSSC don't stock it and I don't think Moss even
> list it. I didn't think that this was a particularly rare colour, but
> for some reason I just can't get any paint for touch-up jobs!
>
> cheers
> John
>
> --------------------
> Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2001 14:01:28 -0500
> From: Howard Baugues <bauguesh@abcs.com>
> Subject: Re: Paint Codes
>
> Shane, you can find the paint codes on the following site:
> http://www.triumphspitfire.com/Paint.html
>
> Howard Baugues
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