Glasurit Paint Chips
by Richard Atwell
(c) Copyright 2007-2011
Glasurit Paint Chipsby Richard Atwell |
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Are you repainting your VW? Are you tired of looking at scans of tiny paint chips on your monitor or those HTML web color approximations? Here are some large photos from a Glasuit Paint Chip book from the mid 80's. If the factory painted your VW, chances are the paint came from Glasurit. PPG and other companies have created formulas to mimic the original colors and they are generally pretty close.
As with any color you view on your computer, without color workflow calibration (from my camera to your monitor) there is no way you can be sure that a color that appeals to you will match the final sprayed product especially if you use an non-Glasurit paint (can't be helped). Also, keep in mind that even Glasurit samples are still samples and while very close to the actual paint, they are not 100% accurate.
The nice thing about these samples is that you get to see the colors relative to other colors you may have seen up close. This gives you a better idea of what the color will look like before it's sprayed. It also helps to compare colors within the same hue.
If you don't see the color you are interested in, I'm sorry but I don't have any more photos so please don't ask. There were about 40 pages of colors in that book mostly from the 70's and 80's but I only had time to snap photos of the 60's and 70's solid colors used by aircooled VWs.
How do you find out what color your bus was painted?
M-code paint and interior colors (Type2.com)
The color code is stamped on the m-plate. R1R1 for example is VW's code for pastel white. Why do the matching paint codes begin with L? L is short for Lacke which is German for lacquer (paint). L90D would be the Glasurit code for R1R1. Sometimes there is a silver sticker behind the front seat that gives the L-code and name of the paint used by the factory.
Note: several other sites have converted these German names into the English equivalents. See the References below until I have time to convert the names myself.
Click on the images to see 960x1280 versions of these pages.
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golfblau L390 rubin L456 anthrazit L469 javagrün L518 bahamablau L519 terrabrun L571 panamabeige L572 |
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L320 delphingrau hell L345 lichtgrau L452 paprika L87 perlweiß L289 blauweiß L360 seeblau L380 türkis |
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fontanagrau L595 deltagrün L610 savannenbeigr L620 ultramarin (VW-blau) L633 zenitblau L639 granadarot L639 königsrot L30A |
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L62 elfenbein L478 beryllgrün L512 samtgrün L568 seesand L50K neptuneblau L282 lotusweiß L567 elfenbein |
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signalorange L20E bahiarot L30E albertblau L51E irischgrün L60E ulmengrün L60D hellelfenbein L80E pastellweiß L90D |
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L50H brilliantblau L51K chromblau L62K zypressgrün L90C togaweß L630 colbatblau L10E pampasgelb L20D clementine |
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marinablau L54D weidengrün L63K kansasbeige L91D texasgelb L10B saturngelb L13M leuchtorange L20B kasanrot L30B |
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L63M hippigrün L11H sierragelb L12D shantunggelb L31F iberischrot L31H chiantirot L50D saphirblau L53D niagrablau |
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olympiablau L51P biscayablau L52B orientblau L53H sambesigrün L64K apfelgrün L64M ravennagrün L65K pastellweiß hell L90/02D |
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L51B enzianblau L61B sumatragrün L13H ceylonbeige L13K sonnengelb L15M zitronengelb L30M tomatenrot L32K phönixrot |
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tropengrün L60A cliffgrün L61A lofotengrün L61H berbergelb L11D banagelb L11Y nepalorange L20C cadizorange L21C |
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L10A ralleygelb L11C brilliantgelb L16M tunisgelb L20A marinogelb L27N mandarin L31A senegalrot L31M ibizrot |
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atlasweiß L91Z orange L28N daphnegrün L45N grün L46Q grün L46M riffblau L52K schwarzblau L52M |
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L21Z tibetorange L30C malage L32Z koralle L50C lagunblau L51C miamiblau L54Y aquablau L62Y signalgrün |
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viperngrün L98B viperngrün L96N atlantic metallic L98Y tombac metallic L99K noisette metallic braun met. L89P topas metallic L99D silbergrün L99N |
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L97B ancona metallic L97C rot metallic L98C hellas metallic L99B hellas 75 metallic L99M ischia metallic L96Y malachit metallic L97Y tizian metallic |
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polizeigrün L67Z oregonbeige L81D achatbraun L86Z titanweiß L93Z riadgelb L11A panamabraun L12A dakotabeige L13A |
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L57H oceanicblau L62D carolinagrün L62F silvrettagrün L62H baligelb L63H taiga L63Z spanischgrün L66Z minzgrün |
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baligrün L62A manilagrün L63Y krötzgrün L70Q smokgrau L71R schweizerbraun L85H ockerbraun L89H polarweiß |
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L21H marinogelb L21M orange L31B marsrot L32A brokatrot L46Q australiengrün L47Q signalgrün L50A bahiablau |
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