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Looks about right - pretty colour. I suspect you are correct - different paints. I will also say that when I was choosing the Old English White for Ms Triss, there were a variety of paint codes that were all OEW - with history we tend to come down on one "authoritative" hue of the colour - originally I am not sure they were that uniform. (Certainly BRG wasn't)
 

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Looks too "deep" (or rich) for Iris Blue. My Iris Blue Bugeye isn't that dark. But you may be right about the finish causing the change.

EDIT: Sorry, too hasty, as I made the comment on the LINK (which is to a Datsun 280). The Sprite looks close to Iris Blue to me (though just a tad darker).
 

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Iris Blue is as tricky as OEW to get right and who knows what your different monitors show. I was lucky since I had a hidden area behind a panel of original paint, but I have no idea what time did to it.
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I agree... tricky (and I have what looks more like "Speedwell Blue" in my prop-shaft tunnel, which is a tiny bit lighter).
 

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In that post, Speedwell does look darker on my Samsung screen. LOL. When I painted the Bugeye above, it was definitely lighter than the Sebring just painted a month ago. I think it is a case of finding the color you want and the paint code, and then whatever you get from the paint mix is what you get.
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