The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area Paint and Body Shop PPG 27467 Graphite Brown Metallic

I can get Graphite Brown Metallic mixed at the paint supply store I use here but they have no samples of it and can't seem to access it on their monitor. Also, I have not been able to find anyone here who has posted an image of it, so I'm not certain what it will look like. Does anyone have a good image of it...something they've shot or the interior of their truck? I'm in the process of repainting the truck, and I've settled on a Chevy color named Bright Red (PPG 3794) which is close to the 1952 Swift Red but a darker red by a shade or two. If you're curious, Swift is to the left and Bright Red is to the right:

https://beta.photobucket.com/u/JonGoodman/p/ad7295b9-d96a-4117-87f2-8da8a0000189

Popular Corvette and Blazer color in the early to mid 90s.

If you have an example of the Graphite Brown Metallic, please let me know.

If you are certain that "Graphite Brown Metallic" is what you want going by the information you've gathered, and you're confident that the paint supply store can mix it, then you have succeeded. Seeing a picture taken from a digital camera/cell phone, then having it displayed on your computer screen can and will change the hue considerably and may lead you to believe the color is wrong.

The only way you are going to be 100% certain that the color they mix for you is what you want is to have some made up and "spray it out". This is a must for any and all colors you pick. have a little mixed up and even spray it on a crash panel or other useless panel (exactly like you did indicated in your picture link for the reds) to eyeball it in different light conditions and angles. When I was selecting color for my truck, I carried a spray out with me for 2 months in the car and looked at it often to be sure it was the color I wanted.

There is no substitute for being sure that you have the color you want by having it sprayed out. Ask the paint supply store to make one for you....some offer this service.

At this point all I have is the name of the color and the number...and there is conflicting info out there, Darcy. I've read about colors ranging from champagne to pearl beige to medium tan metalli-chrome to dark tan metalli-chrome and a few more. Folks on this forum have discussed this color and say it is correct, but I haven't been able to find an image of it to know if this is a good starting point or not. I'm old enough to remember what these trucks looked like when they were built, but is that the Graphite Brown Metallic? I don't know. Hopefully somebody can point me toward a visual...

For what it's worth, here's a picture of the original interior color from the seat frame skirt of my '51. Not sure if this is what you'd call Graphite Brown Metallic or not, but it's definitely original, as noted by the bits of Omaha Orange overspray (no those aren't rust spots) near the corner of the orange chip (which is a piece of the front bed panel facing the cab. I believe both colors haven't been exposed to sunlight that much to fade them. The pic was taken under a shop light with 4100K LED tubes installed. Maybe that will help.

Thanks very much Kevin,
That is helpful.

Lighting is everything. The original color goes from hues of brown to gray/silver to what looks to be exactly "right" depending on light source and the angle at which one is viewing the panel. That is what makes this debate so "colorful". This is why one can easily find this topic in the Search function by simply typing, "No, you're stupid, Fatso."
Carl

Only 8 search results, Carl.
But I couldn't agree more on your comment about lighting. I put in the 4100K thing to take one of the 8,521 things that affect colors out of the picture.
The best a picture can do is "close" .... maybe.

I am using Rustoleum's Metallic Dark Bronze #7272830. Not trying to match any current interior color for it's all pretty well worn. Comes in aerosol cans.

Here's a pic on one of my doors I painted while I was rebuilding my door hinges


Rustoleum 7272830