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colour identification

Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2016 9:29 am
by glynny
I need to identify the colour of my 1953 morris minor it should be empire green but not sure it is I need to get touch up paint do any of you know who can supply samples to compare as may be almond green

Re: colour identification

Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2016 4:37 pm
by mike.perry
1952-6 will be Empire Green

Re: colour identification

Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2016 5:51 pm
by liammonty
Unless it's been resprayed with a different but similar colour during the last 60 years :wink:

Re: colour identification

Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2016 6:47 pm
by SteveClem
Do it any colour you fancy.

Re: colour identification

Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2016 7:26 pm
by bmcecosse
Post a picture !

Re: colour identification

Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2016 8:06 pm
by liammonty
SteveClem wrote:Do it any colour you fancy.
Given that the OP said he wants touch up paint, it would probably be helpful if the paint matches the colour of the car :wink:

Re: colour identification

Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2016 10:30 pm
by glynny
[frame]Image[/frame]pic as requested

Re: colour identification

Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2016 10:57 pm
by bmcecosse
Nice looking car - looks like Almond green to me..... You could invest in a touch up to try it out. I very much doubt you will get an Empire green touch up anyway... Some places (some Hellfrauds used to do it...) mix paint to a sample - may be the way to go if Almond is not right.

Re: colour identification

Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2016 11:22 pm
by LouiseM
ESM sell empire green & almond green touch-ups:
http://morrisminorspares.co.uk/shop/adv ... up&x=2&y=9

Re: colour identification

Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2016 10:58 am
by IaininTenbury
A lot of '50s Empire green cars have been resprayed Almond Green because Empire looks a bit like a faded Almond Green, so your car could have been painted the wrong colour in the past. Having said that the pic does look more like Empire Green than Almond and any paint shop should be able to mix up some of that. Actually for best touch ups, a lot of paint shops have a scanner that can scan existing paint and match up exactly to that. Also they will be able to tell if the scanned 'recipe' is the same as an existing colour code.

Re: colour identification

Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2016 11:02 am
by stag36587
I agree with Iain it looks more Empire than Almond green

Re: colour identification

Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2016 10:39 am
by minor65
Definitely empire green

Re: colour identification

Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2016 11:33 pm
by mike.perry
As the owner of an Empire Green Series MM I agree that is the correct colour.

Re: colour identification

Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2016 10:20 pm
by glynny
Thanks everyone think ill go with empire green