18-06-2024, 09:06 PM
The very outer ring is oxidised paint, the true colour is very dark, the bright area being where it is super thin. Using it as a colour reference for a spectography thingy would be challenging because of the limited unblemished area.
As I said on another thread, the colour is visually an exact match for our Ruby which was sprayed Triumph Royal Blue (1969 -70) many years ago. At that time we were able to polish a significant part of a bonnet vent back to the original colour. I carried it in my pocket for weeks, comparing it to any parked blue car! The formula for the Triumph colour is still available (but it can no longer be mixed in cellulose). The vent has since been lost.
As I said on another thread, the colour is visually an exact match for our Ruby which was sprayed Triumph Royal Blue (1969 -70) many years ago. At that time we were able to polish a significant part of a bonnet vent back to the original colour. I carried it in my pocket for weeks, comparing it to any parked blue car! The formula for the Triumph colour is still available (but it can no longer be mixed in cellulose). The vent has since been lost.