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 Posted: Feb 18, 2018 01:14PM
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In England and Canada COLOUR

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Do you know anyone at a body shop that uses PPG or one of the other big players? They can match just about anything. They matched my so called Tahiti Blue to a Honda color Supermarine blue which is probably what it was painted when it was redone. If you're nice to them you can sometimes get them to mix a pint for a small thing like a trunk lid. I find driving in with the car starts a conversation that can lead to help.

The Mini Forum has a reasonable list of the colors and codes but you'll still need to cross match with a US supplier. 
Mini Forum Color Guide
Also Restoration-Mini has a color guide
Restoration-Mini Color Guide

 

 

 Posted: Feb 17, 2018 07:23PM
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A good paint supplier can match the paint without a paint code. Most of the places now have a machine that they sit on the car, and it will print out a paint formula to make the color you want.

 Posted: Feb 17, 2018 06:33PM
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The paint codes from Dupont list several Sand glow yellows.
Be careful because one is too orange and the other too beige.
In 1979 before my  Mini went Corvette blue it was resprayed "Sandglow Yellow" Austin Marina... really sandy beige not yellow.
The painter did not know that there was a difference between Austin Mini and Austin Marina...
Sandglow is almost the colour of French's mustard.
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 Posted: Feb 16, 2018 05:43PM
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Look here.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NfUBDfQglyzFXnV18AtIeSZf7AMB6r1_Fh8fcDMLhvc/edit#gid=1360406071

This is not mine but is a good reference.

"How can anything bigger be mini?"

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Trying to get paint to redo the boot of my 1975 Mini 1000, now i know it is Sandglow but sherwin williams shot the car with the color match and cant seem to get the code. anyone know the color code??