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So, I have been told by some of my family members to not paint my 31 Sedan Special the original green (paint code 79). They think it is not as good looking as the blue ( paint code 76). I like the green, but I would like your opinions. Which do you like better? The attached shows the choices.

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I'm not a Green person but the car looks better Green.


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I'm not a Green person but the car looks better Green.
For me too.


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It is always best to paint the original color. That preserves a bit of history. Changing colors like wives seems to be searching for a fleeting fancy to me.


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I like both but on my 31, I went back with the original green.

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I like the green but would be curious if there was an option on the wheel color as I think it would look better with the wheels the same as the top.


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Green or Yellow wheels.


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FYI for those that dont have the info
Here is color combo 79

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Also for those who don't have the info...

Ember gray is actually a strange shade of green to my eye.

This excellent website:

https://paintref.com/cgi-bin/colorc...1&gncl=Green&con=yck&rows=50

also classifies the color as a shade of green.

To view the colors on the above website, turn your screen brightness all the way up.

I can at least attest to the accuracy of their representation of one of the colors (Brewster Green) and would think the others might be pretty accurate as well.


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It's all "eye candy" to me when it comes to these works of auto-art :)

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'28 had a color called dunsmuir gray, sure looked green to me. Probably other years had similarly confusing colors. I think they were just trying to keep the models interesting by switching color names frequently.


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