Trying to figure out what color this is...

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Trying to figure out what color this is...

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Hello all!
I'm really digging this color, and might use it on my unibody. Trying to figure out what it is. Seems a little light for Academy Blue to me but I've certainly been wrong before. Here are a few different trucks with it. Such a cool color....whatever it is ;)

Thanks in advance!

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Harbor Blue ?...
Not sure if it came out until later 60s though
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Re: Trying to figure out what color this is...

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Never 100% sure, as some of the colors changed year to year, or were renamed, but that '62 looks like Marlin Blue to me?
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Thanks for the replies! I'm confused because the only darker hue blue option for '61-'64 was Academy Blue, and again, that just doesn't look like Academy Blue to me. The only other blue was a very light powder blue that changed names through those years starting with skylight blue. Wondering if this was maybe some sort of custom fleet color option?
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Post by FarmMotorSports »

This site can be a pain to navigate and colors differ depending on your screen but try this...

https://paintref.com/cgi-bin/chipdispla ... fo=&page=6

You can change years and swap between car and truck etc...
And swap between PPG, Sherwin Williams, Ditzler, and other brands and get the paint code for each...

I would have said sea blue, but it's a metallic and his examples are not...
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Post by oldsmiley »

Hey River City:

I've got a 64 short bed that's Skylight Blue, but just got off a site that said the only light blue for 64 was Glacier Blue. Gotta watch some charts I guess.

Anyway, I don't have it here in front of me but I've always heard the Blue you're looking at called Marlin Blue. Harbor Blue and a few others are very close but it depends on how exact you want to be.
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My vote for Marlin blue, 1966 paint code W. https://imgur.com/a/MsEU0vd <------ Image here.
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