John:
FWIW, the TR3A light yellow colour is very close to the Primrose Yellow
of the late '60s-early '70s MGs, perhaps a touch lighter. But definitely
without a greenish tint - at least in my eyes.
Dave Q.
> From John Middlesworth:
> My painter offered me up a sample of pale yellow (for a 3A) that he derived
>from a 1959 Triumph paint chip. Both the chip and the resulting sample seem
>very slightly green to me. The pale yellow cars in the Piggott TR2-3 book all
>have more of a "buff" appearance. Are there listers who have experience with
>original pale yellow who can confirm the greenish tint I'm talking about? Is
>is possible that the paint chip changed color over the span of 40 years? <
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