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Anyone know what color this 40 Chev is? Is it a factory color? I don't see a match on the 40 paint chip sheet.. ![[Linked Image from dl.dropboxusercontent.com]](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/14325332/40chevysd.jpg) Mike
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IF it is a US color it could be Kingston Gray with a yellow reflection from something.
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It looks like this 1940 Chevy was photographed in a museum or someone's car collection ? FYI. There are many Chevys out there that are painted in shades / hues / colors that were not original colors. Lighting and other factors often change / alter what we are really seeing.
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The light gray on my '50, which is original, comes out in different colors in pictures also. The most accurate way it reproduces is in natural sun light.
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Anyone know what color this 40 Chev is? Is it a factory color? I don't see a match on the 40 paint chip sheet.. Mike It might be a special CALIFORNIA BEIGE optional colour available in ***California only***, according to my friend MR 59 who collects paint chips and books covering 1937---1967 The aluminum firewall fisher body build tag should say under its stamped in PAINT NO. what colour is. I also see the writer of the post is in B C Canada. The firewall tag and where the car was built originally will determine whats possibly correct. mike lynch 
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That was my toughts also but when I checked the Dupont sheets there are no California colors listed for 1940.
There are for some other years.
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Hi, in the back of the factory parts books there is a section that is called the paint combination chart. If you have seen this car and it is in fact tan or beige, there is listed under 1940 com.#270-arden beige duco no.21353042, & #280-California beige duco no. 25337053, these numbers are out of my 41 parts book feb 1 41 pg#410 and my 48 parts book april 1948 pg#631 hope this helps.
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I will have to look further, but I believe that the California colors for 1940 included:
California Beige #280
Alameda Green # 281
Beach Ivory # 282
These 3 colors are listed in the 1929-1940 Master Parts Price List.
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OK, I see them named on one sheet but no color chips.
The California Beige looks like it could be the color.
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My friend Perry MR59 sent me a photo of the paint chips of the these 3 stacked on the sheet.
traverse green #277 5737
ruby maroon #278 5738-A
California beige #280 " west coast " 5873
which #280 matches the picture first posted of the colour .
unfortunately the cropped picture does not show the formulas printed to the left of the sheet. Too bad.
This kind of info is what should be stored on a site, even if here and access available to all.
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Seeing as how the poster of the original question is living in B C Canada, now the question becomes is the car a USA built car with paint code #280 "California beige ", or is it a Canadian built car with some kind of,.... " CANADA 'west coast' BEIGE " ?? mike
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Hi, in Canada the 40 came in color 'Prairie Tan'. I came across the photo trying to find 40 Chev Specials in a beige or tan color. I don't no where the car in the photo is from but I'm wondering if that is the color I'm looking for.
Mike
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