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Posted by: pete-stevers Nov 21 2006, 07:42 PM

anybody have specific paint name and codes??? as a reference

Posted by: pete-stevers Nov 21 2006, 07:44 PM

like these two


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Posted by: Dan (Almaden Valley) Nov 21 2006, 07:50 PM

L21E? Looks to be factory Tangerine of that year....1970 1971

Real close to my Phoenix Red...L32K

Posted by: hmeeder Nov 21 2006, 08:41 PM

Tangerine L21E


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Posted by: dekman Nov 21 2006, 11:01 PM

The Brumos cars were "Tangerine!"
.....my favorite color


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Posted by: Andyrew Nov 22 2006, 12:09 AM

Dekman.. I thought your car was phoenix red!

Looks like it in said picture.. then again, the lighting is different than the rest.

Posted by: thesey914 Nov 22 2006, 06:20 AM

Pheonix red is much a much 'yellower' orange -like a PMS 021

Posted by: Dan (Almaden Valley) Nov 22 2006, 10:31 AM

Phoenix Red has more red in it than Tangerine...




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Posted by: thesey914 Nov 22 2006, 01:26 PM

I had my car painted in L32K but it came out less red that I imagined it would.

Posted by: pete-stevers Nov 30 2006, 05:32 PM

is L21E a porsche paint code?
any idea what the crossover is for a PPG code....

Posted by: URY914 Nov 30 2006, 06:06 PM

Steve,

Try this site to match the color:

http://www.autocolorlibrary.com/

Posted by: amallagh Nov 30 2006, 07:34 PM

I'm confused. Some of the colours being claimed here don't look like what I thought.
I thoght -
Signal Orange L20E was the ligthest orange
Then Nepal Orange L20C is a bright pure orange
Phoenic Red L32K is then like the Nepal Orange with a bit of red added
Tangerine is then even more red/pinky orange again. Almost like 'grapefruit'

I wouldn't have said either of the 2 cars at the start of this thread were Tangerine.
Does anyone have a picture of a car that they know is an exact Tangerine colour ?
Maybe an original picture. (Not many of these cars havn't been resprayed these days!)

Posted by: dekman Nov 30 2006, 10:07 PM

My car is L21E Tangerine or "Blood orange". Single stage....5 coats. Honest.


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Posted by: Racer Chris Nov 30 2006, 11:34 PM

Definitely L21E!


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Posted by: Racer Chris Nov 30 2006, 11:40 PM

Not pinky, but very deep red-orange.
Dekman's top pic is as close to a perfect color rendition of Tangerine as I've seen on the internet.

Posted by: amallagh Dec 1 2006, 03:21 AM

Thanks for this.
I feel well and truely Tango'd !!
I'm deciding what shade of orange to respray my car. Bit keen on Orange having some Dutch bloood in me !
Tangerine might be the one for me then. It is less red than I thought.
The other car I had seen in this colour must have been 'off shade'

Is the '59' race car at the top of this thread Tangerine as well ? Looks a bit lighter but may just be the lighting

Posted by: Lightweight_911 Dec 1 2006, 05:45 AM

Tangerine is one of those colours that can look totally different depending on lighting conditions.

Here are 2 pictures of my original paint Tangerine 912 taken on 2 different days:

Posted by: Racer Chris Dec 1 2006, 06:32 AM

Lighting definitely has a big effect, as well as photo processing. My race photos are professionally taken and they are intentionally oversaturated for enlargement purposes.
Another factor is if the paint is aged or if it has been resprayed. I had my paint custom matched to a hidden piece of the bodywork that wasn't faded instead of following a book formula for the color.
I had a close look at 5 Brumos 914s at the first Rennsport Reunion. They were all definitely Tangerine.