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MG ZR ZS ZT Technical - Colour Matches

Does anyone know the Pantone®/RGB/CYMK values for Trophy Blue and the green from the XPower logo?

I've found a company who will produce custom-designed sunstrips and I want things to look right on my Trophy Blue ZR.

Cheers.

F

P.S. I did try customer services but gave up after 20 minutes wait!
F

Yeah, like the guy who picks up the phone is ever going to know "the Pantone®/RGB/CYMK values for Trophy Blue and the green from the XPower logo". They can't even pick up the phone usually!

You have tremendous faith in MG-R staff! ;-)
David Bainbridge

David...I wasn't expecting them to know what the codes were. But I would have expected them to at least know a department who might. As it was, when I did finally get through, I couldn't even get the ignorant woman to understand what I was doing. She was convinced I was designing a rival car with the same colour on my PC!

Is it asking too much to be able to speak to someone even with just half a brain?

F
F

Findlay --

By hook or by crook, color codes may be found... I did a screen cap from the X-Power site (www.mg-xpower.com), pulled it up in Photoshop, and eyedropped the colors. Granted, these will be approximate.

Green:

Pantone 375CVU

C 43%
M 0%
Y 79%
K 0%

R 0
G 229
B 0

Can't help you on the Trophy Blue, but at least this is a start.

G
Gryfon Ketcherside

My fame goes before me! Even without divulging my full forename, Gryfon knows it! Do you work for the FBI!

Anyway, cheers mate for that info. I had thought of doing something similar to get Trophy Blue. I was gonna use a pic of my car but then I realised the sun shining on it, the shadows from buildings, trees, etc, reflections from the road would make a mess of things.

I had thought it wouldn't be a prob trying to get a match. WRONG.

Anyhow, one down and one to go.

Thanks again mate. Very helpful.

Findlay (as you know already!)
F

Findley, here's a mad Idea. Why dont you take a small sample piece of trim (or similar) to B&Q paint department, and ask them to colour match it.
They use an electronic 'colourisor'(their terminology)to mix paint.
They might just be able to tell you the values.
It's a long shot but worth a try.
Or failing that how about original paint manufacturers:

PPG
Dupont
BASF

Best of look.

ProMGR
M P Nash

Thanks for all the help people.

I've got the Pantone number for the green XPower. What I'm gonna do is take my car down to a local printers/designers/etc. They'll have a swatch of Pantone colours for when they're doing their artwork. Simply take it out to car and match up. Failing that, the B&Q idea is a good one.

Cheers.
F

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