[Mgs] Time to choose a paint color

[Richard Lindsay]

Just do a Google search for pale premirose. Beautiful color AND it hides a
world of finish/prep woes.

On Dec 18, 2017 9:00 PM, "S. Carr via Mgs" <mgs at autox.team.net> wrote:

> Our 1969 MGC is Pale Primrose, and it is most definitely much more yellow
> than ivory – but not a garish yellow.
>
> Sarah Carr
>
>
> *From:* Max Heim via Mgs <mgs at autox.team.net>
> *Sent:* Monday, December 18, 2017 1:18 PM
> *To:* Mgs at autox.team.net
> *Subject:* Re: [Mgs] Time to choose a paint color
>
> Just as a basis for discussion, the difference between Old English White
> and Pale Primrose is fairly subtle. My current project was OEW with the
> left front subframe welded on from a Pale Primrose car, and except where
> they met up, it wasn’t glaringly obvious. PP is a very very pale yellow,
> verging on ivory.
>
> But really, there are only two colors you can paint a car: the original
> color, and everything else constitutes a color change, whether it’s a
> period factory option or metalflake purple with pearl.
>
> FWIW, my project got painted British Racing Green. I had no desire to
> drive a white or yellow car.
>
> --
> Max Heim
> '66 MGB
>
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