Paint Colors

[jef]

What paint colors Tamiya or other brands) match most closely the silver of Will Powers' 2018 Indy Winner, the blue on Sato's 2017 Indy winner, and the blue and yellow on Rossi's 2016 Indy winner?  Thank you very much.

[GrandPrecision]

On my build of the 2018 Power, I'm planning to use Zero Paints "Extra Fine Metallic SILVER Groundcoat" ZP-4013.

Regarding the Sato, the blue had a pearl tint to it, so a solid color would not work best.

For the Rossi, I believe Michael (Indycals) has recommended some colors in a previous thread on here.

[indy]

Sept 7, 2017 12:07:42 GMT -5 indycals said:

I found a Rustoleum blue that is about as close as you will find. It's Satin Ink Blue. The yellow is a bit tricky - TS16 is a bit too saturated to be correct. I was looking at Testors Daytona Yellow, but I ended up going with Rustoleum Sun Yellow which is a little too unsaturated, but not as much as TS16 is too saturated.

Blues are tricky - their hue can either lean toward the cyan end, or the purple end. Rossi's car leans toward the purple end (not to say that it looks purple - it doesn't - but if you put it's color next to say TS44, it is noticeably shifted toward the purple side of the spectrum.) Most blue paints are in the middle or shifted toward the cyan. Satin Ink Blue is shifted more toward the purple side than other paints.

[indycals]

I should state that there is no 'match' for Rossi's blue. To get it accurate, you'd have to mix it.

Power's car is just silver. TS30. It's the red that's tricky because it's not red.

[jef]

Thank you.  What is the match for Powers ”red”?

[jef]

The Power red looks almost like a burnt orange.

[indy]

I think it is more of a rose color but Michael Portaro can probably speak best to the color. He has studied it more than most.

Jordan