Tan or Yellow or Ochre? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

**Papa Smurf** · 03-03-2024, 05:54 PM

I recently purchased a 1968 GMC Super Custom 2500. No SPID in glove box but have the build sheet. It says the color is Tan 75-5531 but I cannot find this color on any of the charts. I would call the actual color a Butterscotch pudding color. Any suggextions?

**jocko** · 03-03-2024, 09:17 PM

The build sheet code isn't clicking for me Papa. But it if looks like butterscotch, the only color I could think of is Dark Yellow. Is it original paint? Ochre didn't exist yet. The only tan was Palomino tan and it looks like a dark pink, rather than butterscotch.

Got a picture?? Faded Palomino Tan can be an odd color to diagnose sometimes and isn't very common.

**Rust_never_sleeps** · 03-04-2024, 12:58 AM

https://paintref.com/cgi-bin/colorco...=GMC&year=1968
You can click around the other makes

Jocko's right. Chevy Dark Yellow looks like butterscotch Jello pudding ;-)

**special-K** · 03-05-2024, 08:23 AM

If we could see the color it would help. To me Dark Yellow is like school bus yellow, pure yellow like heavy equipment. I believe it is actually the commercial fleet color that they offered in the production selections, same as 505 Woodland Green. There is a tan offered in that fleet selection

03-03-2024, 05:54 PM	#1
Papa Smurf Active Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Ben Wheeler, TX Posts: 124	Tan or Yellow or Ochre? I recently purchased a 1968 GMC Super Custom 2500. No SPID in glove box but have the build sheet. It says the color is Tan 75-5531 but I cannot find this color on any of the charts. I would call the actual color a Butterscotch pudding color. Any suggextions? __________________ 72 Sierra Grande 2500 BB 72 Sierra 2500, 42K miles, factory buckets 72 Cheyenne 20 72 Chevy SWB, Factory BB, Leaf Spring

03-03-2024, 09:17 PM	#2
jocko Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Godley, TX Posts: 17,976	Re: Tan or Yellow or Ochre? The build sheet code isn't clicking for me Papa. But it if looks like butterscotch, the only color I could think of is Dark Yellow. Is it original paint? Ochre didn't exist yet. The only tan was Palomino tan and it looks like a dark pink, rather than butterscotch. Got a picture?? Faded Palomino Tan can be an odd color to diagnose sometimes and isn't very common.

03-04-2024, 12:58 AM	#3
Rust_never_sleeps Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2022 Location: San Ramon,CA Posts: 625	Re: Tan or Yellow or Ochre? https://paintref.com/cgi-bin/colorco...=GMC&year=1968 You can click around the other makes Jocko's right. Chevy Dark Yellow looks like butterscotch Jello pudding ;-) __________________ 1970 C10 Custom longbed 350/350 Code: __ ______\|__]\____ ....\|___(o)_____(o)_]

03-05-2024, 08:23 AM	#4
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,851	Re: Tan or Yellow or Ochre? If we could see the color it would help. To me Dark Yellow is like school bus yellow, pure yellow like heavy equipment. I believe it is actually the commercial fleet color that they offered in the production selections, same as 505 Woodland Green. There is a tan offered in that fleet selection __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~



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