Paint codes - I need yours

[malcolm]

I put together a paint code page a while ago, but the colours were photographed from a paint chart and didn't come out very well. I'd like to replace those colour tabs with pictures of real cars.

If you know the colour code for your car and could post a photo of it I'd be most grateful.

 

[ggcton]

Paint code 355 Artic White

Gary

 

[malcolm]

Brilliant, thanks Gary. I've also posted a similar request on the RCCC forum as it occurred to me a lot of the colours on there aren't actually Renault 4 colours.

 

[RichardIRL]

bleu océan 430


There are a few 430s and a few versions of bleu océan. Quite confusing...

 

[Bluebell]

Blanche is Arctic White too but she has the code 389.

 

[ggcton]

Here is a 4 at Reims in 418

http://i464.photobucket.com/albums/rr4/Ratdat/Events/Reims09/SDC12522.jpg

 

[malcolm]

Thanks, they are all up there apart from the 418 - the image had a copyright watermark on it, but I know what the colour is now so that one should be easy.

 

[ggcton]

The picture was one of Eds from RCCC but here is an 8G in 418

and an R8S in 386 Belgian racing yellow

Both cars were mine and since sold to John Pigeon RCCC
Gary

 

[malcolm]

Excellent - the blue looks more in place on a R8G. I've added those in. With a little detective work I've found Ian's car is 927 so that's in too.

 

[pepper]

I can't wait for someone to tell us what the police blue, colour code is. I don't have the colour on my wing or the oval plate on the bulkhead. All thats left is the chassis number.

 

[Bertl]

James is 465 Brume Bleu. I thought of submitting a "sunny" shot, but I think this brings out the colour in its full baby-blue glory.
Robert

 

[RichardIRL]

There's another page just like this on the R4-4L.com website
http://www.4trelle.net/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=7841&g2_page=3

 

[ian Stanbury]

927

Neuf Cent Vingt Sept

 

[malcolm]

I've added yours in already Ian Spotted the paint sticker on one of the photos taken in France during the engine change.

That's a really handy page Richard! I'll link to them so people can find information and pictures on codes that we've not been able to come up with.

 

[Beige Belgian]

This is 159, well it was originally, its faded in places in the Belgian sun!

 

[RichardIRL]

Here's another page with pictures & numbers

http://autosdecollection.bbactif.com/peinture-f145/nuancier-peinture-renault-t47.htm

 

[jjad]

Thanks RichardIRL. As I can't find a stencilled paint code, and the count-back method of the third line of the oval plate doesn't work either, maybe for our R4 it is the fourth (last) row of the oval plate which is the colour code: 468 (bleu ozone or ozone blue). Certainly, our R4 looks to be the same colour as the car pictured there (look for bleu 468 ozone).

 

[RichardIRL]

That does look like bleu ozone.

If you open the bonnet, look at the flat front of the inner wing (around where the arrow in the picture is pointing at, except behind the bonnet), that's where your paint number should be.

Otherwise it does look like bleu ozone...

 

[jjad]

That's where I looked, but couldn't find it! I'll look again though. Thanks for the picture.

 

[malcolm]

Thanks, we've got photos or links to about 54 different colours now. Only 70 to go!

It does seem that Renault re-used colour codes for different colours over the years.