I have a mini deluxe which has been respayed in a dark blue which I thought was "Indigo Blue" but when I had some paint mixed it is the wrong colour.




Are there any other dark blue colours which were used by BMC in 1967/68 period?
I have found a mini guide which has the following blues, but I can not remember what they all look like?
Marine Blue
"Indigo Blue" I thought this was the colour of my car but not quite right. My blue is darker and blacker.
Baltic Blue
Jay Blue -- I know this is very light blue.
Viareggio Blue

Any help is greatly appreciated..

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1969 Cooper "S"
1967 Mini Deluxe
1973 Clubman Van (the fleet spare)
1978 ex 1275 LS ("Wizard" Eaton Supercharged)
2015 HSV GenF GTS(occasional drive & tow car)
2019 MINI F55 Cooper S

baltic blue is lighter, not sure about viareggio, but Indigo blue was always the darkest. Have a look on yours up under the dash etc. and see if you can find original paint - maybe someone just decided they wanted the colour that's on it, rather than the actual original...

it does have an indigo blue look about it, but...

you might be able to find a buyer for the paint you've bought, and get the colour that's on it matched. I'd offer to buy the indigo blue paint and respray dad's car the proper colour, but he likes it red

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Marine Blue looks a bit like it.

looks pretty close to marine blue to me. our cooper had been sprayed marine bue when we got it. its a 66 colour i think.

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1974 Clubman 1100
1964 Cooper 998 - Resto

Thanks for the info, Great response form the ausmini community as usual...
I will now get some Marine Blue mixed and try that.

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1969 Cooper "S"
1967 Mini Deluxe
1973 Clubman Van (the fleet spare)
1978 ex 1275 LS ("Wizard" Eaton Supercharged)
2015 HSV GenF GTS(occasional drive & tow car)
2019 MINI F55 Cooper S

i hope its the right colour...nothing worse than trying to match colours.

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1974 Clubman 1100
1964 Cooper 998 - Resto

mine is marine blue

Nice!
What colour is the roof?
Toga White?

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1969 Cooper "S"
1967 Mini Deluxe
1973 Clubman Van (the fleet spare)
1978 ex 1275 LS ("Wizard" Eaton Supercharged)
2015 HSV GenF GTS(occasional drive & tow car)
2019 MINI F55 Cooper S

I agree it looks like marine blue, I've got a door of my car that's still in the original paint and it's quite similar to your cars colour.

Slight hijack - does anyone have any of the colour chip charts with either Island or Oxford blue in them??

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Hi Michael,

It looks to be the same colour as Big Dogs car. And believe his is Marine blue.

Steve

thanks and correct

I am heading off to the local Auto One in the morning to try and get some Marine Blue mixed. They usually have trouble finding the correct code as the computers now only seem to have "Leyland" colours? BMC is only in the history books.

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1969 Cooper "S"
1967 Mini Deluxe
1973 Clubman Van (the fleet spare)
1978 ex 1275 LS ("Wizard" Eaton Supercharged)
2015 HSV GenF GTS(occasional drive & tow car)
2019 MINI F55 Cooper S

Dulux code for Marine Blue is 8449 or 08449
Berger code for Marine blue is 5931.

The Dulux code should be the one that works.

Thanks,

I will let you know how I go in the morning.

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1969 Cooper "S"
1967 Mini Deluxe
1973 Clubman Van (the fleet spare)
1978 ex 1275 LS ("Wizard" Eaton Supercharged)
2015 HSV GenF GTS(occasional drive & tow car)
2019 MINI F55 Cooper S

Just thought I might add, I had a 68 MGB that was also very close in colour to this, it was Sapphire Blue.

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