I had to write an article for someone on where to find the color code for a car's paint job. I'd never ever given this thought before - although my poor 1998 Toyota Camry is getting a bit of rush on the rear panel and I do need to excise that rust and touch it up.
Every car manufacturer has a small "data plate" on which they put information about the car - tire pressure, ya da ya da... and at the bottom - usually, but not always! - is a 3 number or letter code which is the code for the paint color. Some of the data plates identify this code with another code, C/T. (That means color of the trim). Others come straight out and id by the word Color:
When you open the front door of your car, look at the door jamb and there is the data plate. On my Dad's Toyota Echo, the code is right there, id'd by the C/T:
On my Toyota Camry - the data plate is there but there's no color code.
However, all is not lost. All anyone really has to do is a websearch. Put in the make and model of their car, and there will be some website that will tell you what the colors were for that year.
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