Iris Blue

[glemon]

Nice Looking Sprite https://kansascity.craigslist.org/cto/d/1978-datsun-280z-22-52k/6716969692.html said to be original Iris Blue color repaint, I haven't seen too many Iris Blue cars, does this look right?
Maybe just the difference between a modern urethane enamel two stage and original paints?

 

[JPSmit]

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)

 

[Boink]

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).

 

[glemon]

Sorry guys, I spend too much time on CL, that 280z has an amazing interior, here is a link to the Sprite, which looks like a nice car https://topeka.craigslist.org/cto/d/1964-austin-healey-sprite/6705479155.html

 

[lewmac]

Here are a few pics of a Bugeye I did a few years back in Iris Blue 2 pack paint. Lighting is everything !

 

[Bayless]

 

[Rut]

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.
Rut

 

[Boink]

I agree... tricky (and I have what looks more like "Speedwell Blue" in my prop-shaft tunnel, which is a tiny bit lighter).

 

[lewmac]

I thought Speedwell Blue was more like this ...... a little more blue.

 

[Boink]

I never thought it was dark at all... but very close to Iris.
Here's an old thread on it (and a post by Gerard with the two side-by-side):
https://www.britishcarforum.com/bcf/showthread.php?107624-Iris-Blue-vs-Speedwell-Blue

 

[lewmac]

No, I am wrong. Just googled it and Speedwell is lighter.

 

[lewmac]

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.
Cheers
Lew