I'm getting ready to repaint a pickup that is currently painted a dark green and looking at the 34' truck paint charts the dark green seems to be called cypress green and the yellowish wheels this truck currently has shows on the paint info sheet shows citronelle yellow. The owner wants the same colors. Am I correct on these colors and can someone tell me any modern paint colors used for this combination? We've tried scanning the current paint on the truck now and the scanner keeps telling us colors that have metal flake in them. The green appears like the "forest green" of the early 70's chevy trucks. Any help is appreciated.
You'll have a hard time trying to match the colors with modern colors. Try the Auto Color Library, they have the correct colors. Even if you only get a quart of the Cypress Green mixed your local auto paint store can then match it.
You'll have a hard time trying to match the colors with modern colors. Try the Auto Color Library, they have the correct colors. Even if you only get a quart of the Cypress Green mixed your local auto paint store can then match it.
Thanks. I'm hoping someone can confirm those are the correct colors and possibly someone has painted a truck with those colors and can lead me to a modern paint. ACL can be hard sometimes getting product from them. Currently with Covid they are basically saying they can't deliver.
After checking with the Library on the colors, look at the color charts for replacement paint for your year model on the charts provided by TCP Global (tcpglobal.com) These charts are from the Ditzer Color Company, Detroit, Michigan. "These original replacement colors have the Polychromatic Finish the 1934 models require. They have the higher IM numbers required for these models." IM is the added (but not seen directly) flakes of metallic aluminum in the paint. TCP Global is a custom paint superstore. The color charts are from the 1930's. You will find your colors listed there. They will match your colors. Good luck.
In 1934 Chevrolet cars had a lacquer finish and trucks had enamel.....none had metalic flakes. 1936 cars had some metalic colors and trucks did not have metallic until in the 1970's. There was also Brewster green in 1934. The truck colors offered were universal colors that were used on many comercial vehicles at that time. Trucks had black fenders and head lights. Brewster Green was a standard comercial truck color up ito the 1940's.
Gene Was Brewster Green the "standard default" color for trucks in 1934 as it was from about 1940-46 then? With Cypress Green being an optional color for 1934? A lot of color charts seem to start with 1934 and run up from there. Was Blue Bell Blue the standard truck color before that?
My 1934 paint info.comes from 1934 Dupont paint information. A "standard" color is not mentioned.
I do have the 1936 Chevrolet supplied Info. and it lists Swift Red, Export blue and Brewster Green as standard colors and goes on to list a number of optional colors. I am sure it was the same in 1934 and Brewsrer Green was a very common color. The standard colors were what I would call universal truck colors and found on most makes.
I suggest you work with TCP to get an EXACT match on the color of your paint. They WILL match your EXACT color and type of paint. Also, If you have a local paint company; they also will be able to match your exact color and paint type. Especially if you find an area that has not been exposed to sunlight. Follow their instructions to get a sample (computer matching these days has come a long way.) I was able to mach my exact colors on both my vehicles. Wishing you the best.
I just got through going down that rabbit hole and it isn’t pretty. I spent a good deal of time tracking down people who had painted their vehicles Brewster Green and came back with nothing. Even referencing cars/trucks from the GD magazine produced no results. I took the published recommended PPG modern codes with the modern offsets to the PPG auto paint store and found that they could make it in basecoat/clear coat but not in enamel. Unfortunately I had nothing to compare it to to see if it was correct. I contacted the various venders for a sample of their colors with no luck with that. They don’t have samples. The solution came from a VCCA member who kindly sent me a sample that was unused. I had that sample scanned by the PPG store so I could use the formula for enamel paint.
That is the color I used. I had PPG formulate the paint code using ALK-200 enamel. Came out great. That stuff is easy to work with and is only about $20 a quart. It’s single stage so relatively safe from isocyanates (which is in the hardener). You can add a hardener if you want.
from the 1934 paint specifications Truck Brewater green medium
it was more like an olive green rather than the more brillant Forester Green used on AD trucks Was paint combination #141 hood moulding black hood moulding stripe medium cream all wheels black body moulding black with cream stripe instrument panel black fenders,running boards and headlights
The painter found Jaguar green was a match to what this truck was painted with. The owner wants the same color so we’re going with that green. I guess it’s a close match to what many called British racing green for years.
