RE: Paint Code???

["Lewis, Gary M" <Gary.Lewis@West.Boeing.com>]

Ken said:

> That code "looks" to me to either be Zermatt Silver or the charcoal grey 
> color (don't know the "name" name of that one).
> 
> This is just going by how the paint code "looks" to me, as in, "it looks 
> familiar", and I only have had experience/interest in a few paint codes, 
> namely Zermatt Silver and charcoal grey.
> 
> I'm leaning towards the grey color.  The color of my 4ksq on my website, 
> and the color of (Duanes old) can't-think-of-the-new-owners-name's turbo 
> '87 4kcsq, ala 2Bennett.  Also the color of Tony Lum's 4ksq...
> 
> (my post is obviously not intended to be a definitive answer to the paint 
> code question, I'm just rambling...)
> 
> Zermatt Silver is a light metallic silver with a _very_ slight 
> goldish/very-light-brown tint to it, most perceptible when viewed next to 
> a "pale" silver.  At least that's the way my eyes see it.
> 
It may also be Sapphire, which is a light metallic silver with a _very_
slight blue tint to it.  I should just go out and take a look in the car.

Hold on...

Mine is LY5V, which is Sapphire.
Sorry,
Gary

> Ken
> 
> rjandrew@post.smu.edu (R Justin Andrews)
> >
> > Ok, My paint code is LY7Y.
> > Anyone have a clue to what the color name for this is???
> > Possibly Zermatt Silver???
> > TIA,
> > Rich Andrews
> > rjandrew@post.cis.smu.edu
> > > > > I love Zermatt Silver.
> > 
> > > > > It even has a cool name.
> > > > 
> > > > It does if you're young enough not to remember the typhoid epidemic.
> > > 
> > > First I'd heard of it, so I guess I qualify.
> > > 
> > > Only found about 3 very brief references about it with a cursory 'net 
> > > search.  I assume the color is named after the place, and not the 
> > > incident.
> > > 
> > > Ken
>