29-12-2018, 01:17 PM
I'm not sure it's of any use to you Tony, but I do have a coachpainting book from 1924 and it contains a lot of contemporary colour samples. The blues are mostly rather dark navy / royal blue shades. But things had probably changed quite a bit by 1930.
"Prussian blue forms the base of most of the blue shades adopted by motor-car manufacturers ... the addition of white and a little black ... produces various types of neutral blue, now so popular for motor bodies.
Ultramarine blue - this beautiful colour is rather a difficult one to handle economically by reason of its oil-absorbing qualities and want of opacity..."
I for one would say match the original colour if you can find clear evidence of it.
Everyone like to keep to original colour schemes if possible but I would not let that stop you using a colour you actually like. As you say it's nice to have a car which stands out from the crowd a bit.
"Prussian blue forms the base of most of the blue shades adopted by motor-car manufacturers ... the addition of white and a little black ... produces various types of neutral blue, now so popular for motor bodies.
Ultramarine blue - this beautiful colour is rather a difficult one to handle economically by reason of its oil-absorbing qualities and want of opacity..."
I for one would say match the original colour if you can find clear evidence of it.
Everyone like to keep to original colour schemes if possible but I would not let that stop you using a colour you actually like. As you say it's nice to have a car which stands out from the crowd a bit.