paint color

[Hox]

So the codes don't help me at the paint supply store...they can do a match but it may not be exact and I am hoping to bring my red and black interstate back to original...any help out there???  Thanks

[Michvalk]

Go to another paint supply store....They have no idea what they are doing

[gordonv]

There is also this.

http://www.colorrite.com/

[Bighead]

U S paints is who makes honda's paint they are who I ordered my y130p (hot Rod yellow) from

[Hox]

Man, I am so impressed by the rapid and helpful responses I get from this site.   Hox

[Michvalk]

If you are going to paint all the red, it won't matter if the color is just slightly off. If you are just touching up, you could find a paint supplier that uses a scanner to match paint colors and get an exact match. There are several ways to get a good paint job that does not include "The color might not match"

[Bighead]

If you are going to paint all the red, it won't matter if the color is just slightly off. If you are just touching up, you could find a paint supplier that uses a scanner to match paint colors and get an exact match. There are several ways to get a good paint job that does not include "The color might not match"

Yeah I thought the same. I had two different suppliers scan the yellow and neither  were even in the ballpark.

[Michvalk]

If you are going to paint all the red, it won't matter if the color is just slightly off. If you are just touching up, you could find a paint supplier that uses a scanner to match paint colors and get an exact match. There are several ways to get a good paint job that does not include "The color might not match"

Yeah I thought the same. I had two different suppliers scan the yellow and neither  were even in the ballpark.

Yeah, I have heard of that problem before. If the light isn't right, the scanner won't see the proper color. There is a right way and a wrong way to use one. I have no idea how, just know they will match faded colors real easy. I have an old Lincoln Town Car the paint had faded on, and did not want to pay for a complete respray that the scanner got perfect.

[signart]

Best results with a scanner is when done outdoors, but most paint shops now days have they're own mixing stations and color chips by the thousands. Again take it outdoors and you can match it perfectly. These ain't no ordinary paint chips printed in a book.

[BobB]

There is also this.

http://www.colorrite.com/

I tried the Color Rite touch up paint kits.  The green was a poor match.  Not impressed. 

[Icelander]

Plunker -

Was that the Jade Green? I need to touch up a saddlebag and was contemplating their paints.

[Farside]

Greetings Icelander, I see you bought that Beautiful Valk you were telling me about. I went to the site to see it and was impressed with it, Great color combo! 

[BobB]

Plunker -

Was that the Jade Green? I need to touch up a saddlebag and was contemplating their paints.

Yes, the jade green.  Theirs was much lighter than my original color.  I needed to touch up damage to the sides of the rear fender caused by a trailer hitch.  Used it anyway but the repair is largely hidden by the saddlebags.

[Bob E.]

When I needed paint for my saddlebags, I had pretty good luck going to NAPA.  They used a scanner on various places on my bike and it kind of "averaged" them to get the closest "factory" color.  It turns out that the silver on mine is a match with a Lexus color.  The black was just basic black that they were able to match up based on the number.  I think it matches up really well, but maybe I just got lucky.