2007 Dark Metallic Purplish Blue

[diaric]

Hello all.

 

I have a question on the name of this paint. I have done a lot of research on this and the more I do, the more confused I get.

I know from looking up Yamaha brochures, it should be called Dark Metallic Purplish Blue 0865 or DPBML.

If I look up on European sites, I keep getting Galaxy Blue instead, is this the same color?

I'm trying to come up with a quality paint code for it that isn't color-rite.

In my deep searching, if I enter DPBML into DuPont Europe I get Galaxy Blue, 559 and a recipe.

 

Thank you for what ever info you can add.

[M61A1MECH]

As far as I know the official name for the blue used on the 07 was Galaxy Blue, that is what I always saw when Yamaha refered to it.

[rickardracing]

It is also Ford Blueberry Metallic.

[djh3]

From the info I have read from fellows painting all makes of bikes. For whatever the reason colorrite is about the only place that has codes for bikes. PPG, Dupont, house of color etc just dont fool with it. I guess because its such a small (when compared to cars) market.

Now depending on what you are painting a good body shop should be able to get close if your say painting a trailer to match or something like that. If your trying to paint say a trunk or saddlebag that has been replaced event the exact factory color code will be disappointing. Because the bike has faded over the 7 odd years new paint wont match. If your completely repainting, well go for whatever color suits your fancy.

[diaric]

Thanks for the replies.

 

I am totally repainting a truck to match the bike color. I do not want color-rite, I want a paint manufacturer.

If you notice my first attachment, you will see Dupont does have bike formulas if you know where to look. It appears they come up with manufacturer stock codes for different recipes that don't really exist. That seems to be where the confusion is. They don't have a formula for Yamaha 865, but a number of attempts under different numbers.

 

I've read the Toyota Stella Blue 8L7 and Ford Blueberry Metallic look the same, and some of those recipes look close too.

 

I guess it ends up with the usual impossibility of deciding if a paint chip gives the same color effect as the OEM color does on a vehicle. I want the effect of how the paint is a gorgeous blue in sunlight, but appears black/purple in the shade.

 

Here are chips of Yamaha Blues on Dupont.

[Flyinfool]

Your best bet is to take a part from your bike into the local paint store that supplies auto body shops and just have them match it. That way any fading that has occurred will be matched with the new paint.

[diaric]

Your best bet is to take a part from your bike into the local paint store that supplies auto body shops and just have them match it. That way any fading that has occurred will be matched with the new paint.

 

That's not an easy option. Friends bike, lives hrs away, getting to a paint shop on a weekday is very difficult.

I don't want to match faded colors anyway, I want new color. This is why I am just trying to pin down which color name/formula was correct.