Blue 68 Camaro -- what colour?

[Snake45]

Bumping this old thread because I was searching for some info on Lemans/Mulsanne Blue.   I noticed that the MM Olds Engine Blue and Blue Pearl paints are nearly identical in the bottle in both color and flake size.  There is another MM color that I think is even closer to Lemans/Mulsanne and that's #2768 (bottle) #2968 (Spray) Metallic Blue.  I think it's a fairly recent addition to the line.  Less intense of a blue.  I'll have to do a spoon test but I think it's the winner if anyone's looking for a hobby enamel Lemans Blue.  

Just got back from HL. They didn't have 2768 Metallic Blue, but they did have the True Blue Pearl, which might turn out to be a reasonable approximation of '60s Marina Blue, LeMans Blue, and so forth. Will get some on a spoon and tell you what I think.

[Brett Barrow]

Just got back from HL. They didn't have 2768 Metallic Blue, but they did have the True Blue Pearl, which might turn out to be a reasonable approximation of '60s Marina Blue, LeMans Blue, and so forth. Will get some on a spoon and tell you what I think.

this is (L-R) Blue Metallic, Blue Pearl and Artic Blue. The Blue Metallic is more of a silvery-blue. It's hard to tell looking at pics, sometimes Lemans Blue looks more intense blue sometimes it looks more silvery.  I have a set of 69 GM paint chips to compare them to I just haven't gotten around to it. (The artic blue is  to try to find a match for 70 Bridgehampton Blue)

 

Edited April 8, 2017 by Brett Barrow

[Snake45]

That Metallic Blue looks a lot like Chev Nassau Blue but it's almost impossible to get a good read from the bottom of the bottle.

I love Arctic Blue! I use it generically for any automotive dark blue metallic.

As for the True Blue Pearl--I put some on a spoon and it seems to be a little bluer and a little deeper than any color I can think of from the '60s. Pretty though. I might have to find some kind of custom project to use it on.

[Brett Barrow]

Under a different light I was sure the Blue Metallic was a dead match for Lemans but it does also look pretty close to Nassau. I think a 50/50 mix with the blue Pearl might be the ticket. Normally I'd just order some Scalefinishes or MCW or whatever but for some reason I've got an itch to do an old-school Testors enamel paint job. I haven't done a Testors paint job in nearly 30 years.