Mexico Brown or.....

[P6bornot]

Hi guys,
I recently mixed up two samples of Mexico brown at work (auto paint business) took them home and stuck them on the shelf for when I get around to doing some touch ups..
Over Easter I was taking stock of what I need and decided to spray them out quickly to see how they compared..
The two versions I mixed were basically identical (as can be seen on the card), BUT, they are not the same as the car.
Of course I can take the front cowell panel in to work and scan it, but it made me wonder just what colour the car actually is.
It has been repaired over the years and the whole car has been sprayed at some stage, but, even in areas that haven't been, the car
colour is much darker.
It was a New Zealand built car for Australia.
Although the device you see the photo on will alter the colour, the sample is more like milk chocolate and the car, more like dark chocolate if that helps.
What was Brasilia like? It's a 1972 build, so should be Mexico from what I've read..
What do you guys think?
Cheers,
Chris

 

[Stuck-in-1972]

Hi Chris - you're in the paint business, so expect you're pretty knowledgeable. However, I'll say it anyway. The colour of automotive paint finish is strongly influenced by what is underneath it. Red vs grey vs dark gray primers really change final appearance even after several layers of top coat. This might be just because all of my painting experience is with cellulose paints vs two-pack. Anyway. although your sample strips look way more ruddy than the original paint, perhaps you don't have enough substrate tone and paint depth to make a good comparison. FWIW.

Happy Motoring - Munro.

 

[colnerov]

How many test coats is there? Plus you're comparing it to aged paint, some colours change over time Cameron Green being another. But as said you know all this.

 

[mikecoombs]

The NZd cars were a different pallate to the UK cars. They used local paint from a local supplier. I forget who though Australian Leylands used Berger paints with a similar colour range. I've seen some cars out here painted in a Burgundy often seen by Rolls Royces

 

[jp928]

Mine is mexico brown, id plate has code that matches.

 

[harveyp6]

There were several shades of Mexico Brown.

 

[robin collis]

Click on the attached pict., to enlarge, and the flap at the lower edge of your test piece appears mich darker and a good match to the car colour. This might not be relevant, but only show how the same' colour can look different from different viewing angles. I am nt a punter, I can pnly comment on what I see on my computer