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**rs74** · 03-31-2021, 09:56 AM

I am trying to see if there is a factory shade of blue close to these pics. The short bed I am told is a custom mix. Not sure about the blazer. They look similar and I do not have any SPID info on them. I believe the blazer is an 86. My 87 short bed is color code90 and am wanting to do a two tone with a shade of blue like in these pics. Any ideas? The only blue I know of is the Midnight/Sapphire blue code 29 but I think it is quite a bit darker than this particular shade. I have looked at other GM colors from this era and only found one other color that I am thinking of but it is from an 87 Olds 442 which is called a teal blue.

**rs74** · 03-31-2021, 10:04 AM

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**dagnabbitt** · 03-31-2021, 11:03 AM

Perhaps this is not helpful, but that Silverado sure looks exactly like the shade of blue that my 1979 Malibu came out of the factory with. In fact it really takes me back 30 years to see it, same metallic fleck and everything.

Code 29, as you say.

http://paintref.com/cgi-bin/colorcod...Chevy%20Malibu

Keith Seymore · 03-31-2021, 01:35 PM

Looks like 1963/4 Pontiac "Nocturne Blue" to me.

K

JJH Jimmy · 03-31-2021, 07:04 PM

Looks like 1990 GM Truck medium blue metallic to me?

**jocko** · 03-31-2021, 08:23 PM

01 Silverado indigo blue metallic(?)

**rs74** · 04-01-2021, 09:25 AM

It's a hard color to guess.

**old Rusty C10** · 04-01-2021, 02:33 PM

my old truck was midnight blue

**rs74** · 04-01-2021, 08:07 PM

I dont know if it is just the lighting but feel like the blazer has a hue of something else in it.

LT7A · 04-02-2021, 04:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by old Rusty C10

my old truck was midnight blue

Good looking truck.

03-31-2021, 09:56 AM	#1
rs74 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Illinois Posts: 2,957	Shade of blue? I am trying to see if there is a factory shade of blue close to these pics. The short bed I am told is a custom mix. Not sure about the blazer. They look similar and I do not have any SPID info on them. I believe the blazer is an 86. My 87 short bed is color code90 and am wanting to do a two tone with a shade of blue like in these pics. Any ideas? The only blue I know of is the Midnight/Sapphire blue code 29 but I think it is quite a bit darker than this particular shade. I have looked at other GM colors from this era and only found one other color that I am thinking of but it is from an 87 Olds 442 which is called a teal blue. Attached Images __________________ Roy 85 Short Bed Silverado- Work in progress. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=564818 1987 R10 shortie Last edited by rs74; 03-31-2021 at 10:11 AM.

03-31-2021, 10:04 AM	#2
rs74 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Illinois Posts: 2,957	Re: Shade of blue? more Attached Images __________________ Roy 85 Short Bed Silverado- Work in progress. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=564818 1987 R10 shortie

03-31-2021, 11:03 AM	#3
dagnabbitt Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Edmonton Alberta Posts: 1,458	Re: Shade of blue? Perhaps this is not helpful, but that Silverado sure looks exactly like the shade of blue that my 1979 Malibu came out of the factory with. In fact it really takes me back 30 years to see it, same metallic fleck and everything. Code 29, as you say. http://paintref.com/cgi-bin/colorcod...Chevy%20Malibu __________________ DAVE Edmonton, Alberta 1959 Apache 1967 K20 1968 C20 1970 C10 1972 GMC 2500 1981 C10

03-31-2021, 01:35 PM	#4
Keith Seymore Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Location: Motor City Posts: 9,237	Re: Shade of blue? Looks like 1963/4 Pontiac "Nocturne Blue" to me. K __________________ Chevrolet Flint Assembly 1979-1986 GM Full Size Truck Engineering 1986 - 2019 Intro from an Old Assembly Guy: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=342926 My Pontiac story: http://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/...d.php?t=560524 Chevelle intro: http://www.superchevy.com/features/s...hevy-chevelle/

03-31-2021, 07:04 PM	#5
JJH Jimmy Registered User Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Schoolcraft, Michigan Posts: 929	Re: Shade of blue? Looks like 1990 GM Truck medium blue metallic to me? __________________ 1972 GMC Jimmy 4x4 LS Swap 1985 Chevy K20 1994 GMC Yukon 2021 GMC 2500HD Duramax AT4 My "It's a Jimmy Thing" Build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=583528 Budget Build 1985 K20 http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=801565

03-31-2021, 08:23 PM	#6
jocko Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Godley, TX Posts: 17,976	Re: Shade of blue? 01 Silverado indigo blue metallic(?)

04-01-2021, 09:25 AM	#7
rs74 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Illinois Posts: 2,957	Re: Shade of blue? It's a hard color to guess. __________________ Roy 85 Short Bed Silverado- Work in progress. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=564818 1987 R10 shortie

04-01-2021, 02:33 PM	#8
old Rusty C10 Robert Olson Transport Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: recent transplant to NC USA Posts: 20,316	Re: Shade of blue? my old truck was midnight blue Attached Images __________________ Bob 1951 International running on a squarebody chassis "If a man's worth is judged by the people he associates himself with, then i am the richest man in the world knowing some of the fine people of this board" http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...t.php?f=25&a=9 (you can review the site rules here!) PM Me for your vehicle/parts hauling needs in the North East US or see my Facebook page Robert Olson Transport Live each day to the fullest.. you never know when fate is going to pull the rug out from under you... I hate cancer!!

04-01-2021, 08:07 PM	#9
rs74 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Illinois Posts: 2,957	Re: Shade of blue? I dont know if it is just the lighting but feel like the blazer has a hue of something else in it. __________________ Roy 85 Short Bed Silverado- Work in progress. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=564818 1987 R10 shortie



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