Source for Factory Gray paint...not blue gray

[crazy charlie]

Recently bought some paint for my 2000 200hp sx200 Saltwater series.I bought it by model and serial # and though the paint looks similar ,it is not correct.Everything I see available is eithe blue gray or bluish gray.My motor is gray.My description is granite gray.Def no blue in it.Anyone run into the same?? I want the correct color paint Thanks Charlie

 

[alldodge]

Sure its not just faded

 

[boscoe99]

ColorRite Motorcycle Paint

 

[boscoe99]

The name really means nothing. I don't see any blusishness in the colour chip. Do you want the colour to be like it was when new or do you want the colour to be like it is now? If the latter, go to a paint supplier and have them colour match your old and faded paint.

Now painting a 15 year old outboard/anything that has been out in the sun is going to be fun.
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[gm280]

I agree, if you honestly want a "perfect match", take an engine part with the color you like to an auto-paint store and have them computer match you some paint. Otherwise, different batches of paint can easily vary from one batch to another. Not a perfect world... But you also need to understand that even the paint itself can be the exact same color and dry differently depending on air pressure it is shot with and how well the pigments are mixed and settled out and even the catalyst you use with the paint. Heck even the thinner added can change the color if you are not careful. That is why paint shops like to paint a small area and blend the color across the panel rather then a seam to seam body part. Blending is easier to match with feathering the paint from the patched area to the non-patched area. When you paint an entire panel, the adjacent panel(s) are can show a different hue finish.