[scott70]

My car has been undergoing a refreshing of the outside and in. Replaced the driver's door with a proper 70 model, installed nos Rear quarters, New carpet ,headliner, Package tray, ect. My car was originally mint turquoise ,body guy used Sherwin Williams paint and went by the original formula from them. Have a couple of samples Of the original paint that was underneath some weather stripping. It looks Very close but to me it could use a little more hint of more blue and less green. I was gonna have him paint the whole car over if we could find a better match. Talking to the local paint shops they said they couldn't get any closer. I even went to Napa and had them make up 2 samples in deltron and omni in mint turquoise and put them next to the sherwin williams paint and they all look identical. Am I crazy for wanting to paint the whole car again or is it so close I should just leave it? Its bc/cc.

[scott70]

Few more..its hard to the lighting just right for accuracy comparison

[John Milner]

If it were my car, I would leave it as is and enjoy the car. That is a very nice color.

[scott70]

I'm kind of leaning towards that now after looking at it painted for a few months. A quick smear of sherwin Williams mint,ppg omni and ppg deltron. Not very scientific but gives an idea of how close those I togetto. Other pic,smear at the bottom, original up top. Hard to see in the pics But the original paint does have a touch more blue to it. You're right, they might repaint it try to tweak the color and come out worse.

[scott70]

I think this picture depicts more of what I see. This is up against the back of the hood. It's funny if I hold the original sample against certain parts of the car it looks fine and then if I hold again something else it looks off. Lighting messing with it. Thing is I like the blue original look compared to that green.

[Holeshot71]

Originally Posted by scott70

I think this picture depicts more of what I see. This is up against the back of the hood. It's funny if I hold the original sample against certain parts of the car it looks fine and then if I hold again something else it looks off. Lighting messing with it. Thing is I like the blue original look compared to that green.

I think it’s the way the metallic lays and the light hits it. The edge almost matches perfect..

[scott70]

I guess I'm really going to have to put it out into the sunlight like was said.. The pics here are taken in my garage with 4' led bulbs overhead and the garage doors up.. It's the second rarest color on the 70 gto ( I think like 700+) and I'd like represent the color to as close to original as possible. I asked a muscle car restoration shop in Canada about a 70 judge they did in mint turquoise . Saw it on the Internet. I emailed him asking how he got the color because in the pics it looked very close,little more blue than mine. He said they had original samples of paint too when tearing it down. They couldn't find a formula that was out there that matched their original paint either . They ended up custom mixing their own and he gave me their formula. Only thing is it's in ppg omni which is their cheaper line, I'd want to use deltron if I went ppg.
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[GTOnly70]

Looks great, love that color. I'd leave it - match looks almost dead-on to me. You might not be as happy with the respray...

[MrWrestlingII]

I'd leave it as is... looks great.

[scott70]

That mint turquoise was used on many GM cars in 70. If you Google that paint (and other gm names) you see quite a range of different hues that people have restored their cars with. The only authentic thing I have to go by is my original samples. I see some like mine with more of a green hue while most have the more blue look . One minute I'm satisfied and the next minute I'm not. Just in the time I started this thread I've already been wishy washy on leave it or not. Sounds like most opinions are leave it.

[Formulajones]

Hard to tell in the pictures, I'd have to see the car in person, in the sunlight, but that looks fairly close, close enough that I wouldn't mess with it.

The deal with the factory lacquer paint and going with a base/clear, especially on a color like this that appears to have some metallic in it, is that it tends to bring out the metallic more, especially in sunlight, and can change the appearance slightly. In my opinion for the better. A lot of these factory colors from the 60's and 70's have about a 10% mix of metallic in them. It's just not seen very well in a single stage lacquer, or enamel for that matter.

I haven't used Sherwin products, but I do use BASF 90% of the time, specifically for the very reason you started this post. BASF has the mix formulas down on these old factory colors to a point that they match just about spot on with some original paint cars I've been associated with. Some of the PPG I've used has been a little off at times.

Great color, I'd roll with it.

[Bruce Meyer]

Florescent lighting will deceive the eye. Put it out in the sun and compare. Clear coat can mess with the eyes too. The factory job as you know was single stage. The pics in your post # 2 look real good. I would leave it alone

[Stuart]

Depends on the skill (and eye) of your painter. A good one can blend in repairs so they aren't visible.

[flyingn]

its such a rare color, if leave it alone. There are not gonna be any other GTO's out there to compare you repaint to so id leave it as it is. Looks great

[OCMDGTO]

X10 leave it, it looks fantastic and needs to be seen in sunlight to truly evaluate. On my car the only original color (Warwick Blue-which is not its present color) is under the door panels. If I was trying to match it I would have the body shop mix to that.

[Bermuda Blue]

I have a car in original, untouched, excellent condition mint turquoise. you are welcome to come down and have a look. I'm in CT.

[Greg Reid]

Having a turquoise car myself, I feel your pain. I can never seem to get an accurate or consistent representation of the color on a photograph.

[Formulajones]

Photos will hardly ever show a color the same way. The lighting changes, cameras are different etc...

You really need a painters light if you want to see color differences, but being out in the sunlight and viewing with the naked eye is the next best thing.

Have your wife look at it. I've been told many times that women see colors better than men do. Whether that's true or not I don't know but I can tell you I've had some of my best color matches done by Lori at the paint store. The guys suck at it, lol.

[scott70]

my wife will tell me it looks perfect just so I don't spend any more money...lol.

[Formulajones]

LOL