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Does anyone know if PPG has an equivilent British Racing Green? Is there an part number assoicated with it?
 
In past years I used nothing but PPG, recently found Valspar polyurethane and I'm a "convert". They'll ALL mix BRG. You just have to determine ~which~ BRG is correct. Scroll down to greens and Ditzler code is listed:

https://www.teglerizer.com/mgcolors/index.html
 
So did I, but that was years ago /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

There are two on that site, and a few more than that, actually. I'd guess you'd be after the "Dark British Racing Green" though: DITZ 46446, BMC # GN-29.
 
I was not interested in having an original color on my car, so I went to my local auto paint store and asked him to pull chips of everything labeled as British Racing Green. He came up with 32 chips! I then selected the color I liked. BTW, it was from a 2002 Aston Martin. It looks almost black in low light, and in the sunshine it is clearly green.
https://www.cardomain.com/ride/2309090
 
sweet color!
 
I usually don't like BRG, but that "almost black" version is nice.
 
It is interesting, because I get more compliments on the color on a cloudy day. I've also had people insist (on sunny days) that I used to have a black midget. The base/clear combination adds to this effect. When the guy mixed up the paint he said it was an unusual formula compared to other dark greens ... but I did not ask him to elaborate I just wanted to get back and get it sprayed.

BTW, I did some tests with color codes I found on the internet, and none of them turned out like I thought they would. It is very hard to tell the color of a car in a picture on the internet. IMO
 
Monitors MUST be calibrated for it to even come close to what it should be. Even then it's "iffy".
 
The Midget looks great and seems like the color that was on my midget.

My GT looks lighter. You still think my GT is Dark British racing Green?

If you put both my #7 picture side by side with David Councils picture then it looks like straight BRG.
 
Only way to KNOW is with a color chip lyin' on the GT for comparison. NO way can you tell with a photo, especially onna innernet.

I think your car was originally Dark BRG. If it hasn't been resprayed, you have a shot at knowing.

EDIT: IIRC It was called BRG #2 at the time.
 
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Same deal, but Glasurit for me. My B was painted with "21 Line" Glasurit (no clear) then color sanded. The stuff is tough as nails.
 
My 72 was originally Blaze Red, then it was Yellow, then it was Medium Green, then it was Dark Green and then it was Rust! I think it was Rust longer than any of the other colors. Of course, After looking at the rust color for 15 years and was starting to get used to it, as did the cats, mice and birds that used to live in and on it when it was in this stage, I decided it was time for a change. So I took action and poured a little Red paint on it. Now I like it a little better and the cats, mice and birds dont like it at all. Solved two problems in one move. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/jester.gif PJ
 
PPG states that their color #47221 is the equvilent of GN 29 or Dark British Racing Green. I just had my Healey painted 47221 base/clear. I personally think it is a shade or two lighter than the original GN29, but it is a very nice color. It is NOT GN 25 which is much lighter with a fair amount of yellow in it. Jaguar has a current British Racing Green that is very dark. It might even seem black from a distance.
PPG 47221 is actually called Forest Green by PPG.
 
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