What is the name of the factory dark blue, and light blue colors?

[79 blue monster]

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[lap15]

Midnight Blue & Light Blue Metallic

(There was also Nordic Blue and Medium Blue for late 70's early 80's trucks)

[Keith Seymore]

Here's the GM Heritage Center info packet for '79.

Download this and it will tell you everything about your truck - not only colors but option content and availability, etc.

K

http://www.gmheritagecenter.com/gm-h...olet-Truck.pdf

[76stepside]

My 76 was hawaiian blue (almost a sky blue)

[77chevyinline6]

my 77 is hawwian blue

[ymerej71]

Here's a link to the factory color codes for '79 models trucks, and you can also search every other make & model as well... it lists the paint codes for PPG and Dupont paints

http://paintref.com/cgi-bin/colorcod...0Truck&rows=50

[79gmcclassic]

do you have the codes for 77? cause the truck blue monster is talking about is a 77.

[mopar346]

B2
B3
B5
B7

Oh wait, wrong board. I am consider B7 Jamacan Blue for mine, it is a 69 Dodge color, although Dusk blue from a 69 Camaro is pretty sweet.

[88Jimmy4x4]

Originally Posted by 76stepside

My 76 was hawaiian blue (almost a sky blue)

yup...thats my color

[79 blue monster]

this is the truck that i was looking at this weekend. owner said it was just repainted cause of a deer. factory bucket seats and woodgrain interior. these are the colors im talking about. are the stripes on the hood a package?

[Keith Seymore]

ok - trying again -

So here's the info packet for a '77 Chevy pickup....this will tell you the color codes (page 11, Hawaiian, Mariner and "Lite" blue) and also about the stripe package (page 14, RPO ZY5 exterior decor package) -

K

http://www.gmheritagecenter.com/gm-h...olet-Truck.pdf

[RandyP]

That's the nice things about color names, everyone calls them something different, especially year to year despite them being the same. GM might call it one thing, PPG another, DuPont yet something else. It all boils down to the paint code however, that will always result in the same thing. Manufacturers used all different paint lines throughout the years, so it is impossible to really know what brand is on what truck. Keith might have a little better insight on that.

http://www.tcpglobal.com/aclchip.asp...truck-pg01.jpg

[Keith Seymore]

You are absolutely correct.

Each color gets a "working name" at the Design Studio (think "working title", like in the movies). Then as it's rolled out to each Marketing Division they create their own noun names for the exact same color.

That's why it's always best to work with the RPO code or the WA number when known.

K