Reference Information for slot and static modellers

60s and 70s car colours

 

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60s Triumph Colours

Triumph used a number code for describing their body and trim colours on the VIN plate covering 9 basic colours which were then divided into shades. The last number being the basic colour (1=black,2=red etc) and the first number the shade (1st shade, 2nd shade etc) therefore a paint code of 26 gives us the second shade of basic colour 6. From the chart we can see that basic colour 6 is blue and second shade is Wedgewood.

Two tone colours are seperated by a slash with the main colour first, so 26/19 is Wedgewood blue over Triumph White.

Interior trim colour follows the same principal but is proceded by H for leather and C for cloth. If there is no prefix then material is leathercloth.

 

Basic Colour	Number	1st Shade	2nd shade	3rd shade	4th shade	5th shade	6th shade
Black	01
Red	02	Matador	Cherry	Signal	Burgundy	Scarlet
Brown	03	Light Tan
Yellow	04	Jonquil	Wimpey	Jasmine
Green	05	Cactus	Conifer	Olive	Lichfield
Blue	06	Midnight	Wedgewood	Dark Blue	Renoir	Royal	Valencia
Purple	07	Damson	Shadow
Grey	08	Gunmetal	Dark Grey	Phantom	Dolphin
White	09	Triumph	Sebring				.