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    Any paint sprayers to help match a ral colour to larch green

    Hi all exactly as the title really.

    Got to slap some paint on some repairs on my van but going just to get something off the shelf from eBay that's a close match rather than getting some mixed to my exact colour code.

    Its Ford Larch Green which I think is quite rare.

    I will get the code later tonight as I'm not near the van right now.

    Cheers

    Poe.

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    Re: Any paint sprayers to help match a ral colour to larch green

    Auto colours don't correspond to RAL colours so that's probably a dead end. Ford will have given it a code and a paint factor should be able to supply based on code but obviously paint fades with age so although the supplied paint could be correct it'll maybe too dark in comparison?

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    Re: Any paint sprayers to help match a ral colour to larch green

    Thanks for that but I'm aware of the points you make, however I don't want an exact match, it's a beat up old van, I just want a colour that is reasonable close.
    There are several ready mixed green paints on eBay and I can clearly see Kawasaki green is a little out (boys long way) but something like Brunswick green might be ok.
    Brunswick green itself though comes in three shades light, mid and dark.
    I don't have swatches to compare to larch green but guessing someone working in a bodyshop would and might be good enough to see if one of the ral colours look reasonably similar.
    I'm not after an exact match our anything like that.
    Cheers
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    Re: Any paint sprayers to help match a ral colour to larch green

    Nearest i can get is RAL 6035 Pearl green (its a name not pearl effect)

    Here it is as best a computer can represent.

    Click image for larger version Name:	2021-09-09 16_38_19-RAL 6035 Pearl green (RAL Classic) _ RALcolorchart.com - Opera.png Views:	26 Size:	5.5 KB ID:	87472

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