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by nick@dunsdale » Tue Aug 05, 2014 8:41 pm
Lads do you think this mini is Vermillon in colour
Struggling to mix this colour, i was told there is a very similar Fiat colour
Sorry about artificial lighting :-/
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by wantafaster1 » Tue Aug 05, 2014 9:12 pm
I had a vermillion mini and it was a lot lighter. That looks like a "dirty" shade as the old colour charts used to put it
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by Dr S » Tue Aug 05, 2014 9:33 pm
Doesn't look orangey enough for the vermillion I remember mums metro being!
The shade looks much more modern. Is it a 90's rover colour perhaps?
I've got a 69 Mini with a 1046, Cooper Head and a four on the floor.
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by surfblue63 » Tue Aug 05, 2014 9:35 pm
Possibly BLVC399 Cinnabar Red (CMT) Years: 1981/84
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by nick@dunsdale » Tue Aug 05, 2014 10:01 pm
My colour program come up with vermillon being a current colour in and around 1983.
I thought it looked a bit like Blaze, back to the drawing board lol.
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by nick@dunsdale » Tue Aug 05, 2014 10:20 pm
surfblue63 wrote: Possibly BLVC399 Cinnabar Red (CMT) Years: 1981/84
I will have a look and see if I can mix cinnabar tomorrow, I might end up having to get it mapped.
But that doesn't help with getting it back to customer, for Thursday morning lol
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by nick@dunsdale » Wed Aug 06, 2014 10:13 am
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................... I dont think it is Pimento, thats quite and old colour, this mini has not been colour changed it is all the same colour inside and out, thought the inside does look much brighter and sharper.
I am thinking this is a paint mix somone has flung together, and repainted it.
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by IAIN » Wed Aug 06, 2014 3:24 pm
The picture looks slightly off, but if its the original colour inside its probably cinnabar red.
It's got fixed 1/4 windows, it might be a 1983 city or sprite originally. Google ' 1983 mini city or sprite ' images.