Intensity traffic is growing every day. This leads to traffic jams, lack of parking spaces and other troubles. As a result, accidents and micro-damage to cars have become a common and everyday thing. Buying a vehicle future owner little interested in the cost of painting it, but this question is very important. The cost of painting an entire car can be up to half the price of the car itself. vehicle. Therefore, in case of microdamages, such as scratches, chips from rubble, abrasions, etc., it would be a rational solution to paint over the damage itself or full painting damaged part. In addition to the aesthetic role, car painting also plays a protective function, namely, it protects the car body from corrosion. Therefore, it is worth painting the car immediately, otherwise the owner risks incurring much higher costs for restoring his vehicle. But in order to paint damage or individual part vehicle, you need to know the color number of the vehicle. Since car paints are currently represented by a huge number of colors and shades, manufacturers have created a standard palette with numbers. Each car brand has its own palette. In most cases, the paint number imported car will be different from the paint number domestic auto.
Therefore, if you decide to paint over a car scratch yourself, you just need to learn how to determine the color number of its paint.
Attention: when long-term operation and frequent exposure to sunlight, the car can change the shade, so experts often recommend painting not only the scratch itself, but the entire damaged part!
Methods for determining the number of paint
The body paint number of your car can be found in several ways:
Video how to determine the color of a VAZ car:
What is a VIN code, and how can I find out the paint number of a car with it?
VIN code is individual number of your vehicle, which contains data about its specific parameters (manufacturing country, engine type, bodywork, assembly, model number, etc.). The main purpose of assigning a VIN code is to protect against theft. Therefore, in accordance with the rules of the ISO 3779 standard, the VIN code printed on the metal plate must be installed in such a way that it cannot be removed without causing irreparable damage to the vehicle. Thus, the VIN code is present on all vehicles until they are scrapped. Finding the VIN is easy. In most cases, manufacturers mount it in the following places:
Video where to look for the VIN code or car body number:
You can also find out the VIN code from the documents for the car. It is displayed in the vehicle registration certificate, in its warranty card, in the technical inspection coupon, in car insurance.
The VIN code consists of seventeen characters (numbers and Latin letters) and is divided into three main sections.
Having found out the VIN code of your car, you can act in several ways in order to determine the color of the car from it:
- Refer to official dealer with a request to determine the tone of the paint. To do this, you will need to provide him with a VIN code and indicate the make of the car. After that, in a fairly short time, you will receive full information about your car and its color number.
Tip: you can contact the dealer directly by coming to the salon, but to save time and effort, it is better to contact him by phone or e-mail.
Thus, it becomes clear that in order to repair a car with subsequent painting, you need to know the exact color of your vehicle and the VIN code will most realistically help. You should not determine the color of the car, as they say "by eye", as this may lead to the fact that you have to re-paint.
Of course, even knowledge exact color, which your car originally had, does not give a 100% guarantee that the color of the painted part will not differ from the entire body. To make this difference as less noticeable as possible, remember that:
Video: how to determine the color of car paint
It is very difficult to choose the color of paint for the VAZ 2114 on your own, because only in the group of green colors there are about 50 shades of color. In addition to the problem described above, even if there is a color in the technical documentation of the car FAQ subjected to names like: "Robin Hood", "Meridian", "Inca Gold Color Machine 2114" and others.
Very much VAZ loves not to give a hint of the real color in the names of paint colors. Therefore, only their numbers, which will be given in the table at the end of the article, will help to find out the true color.
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How to know the color
The standard way to determine the color of a car is its label. It can be located in the glove box, trunk, on the spare wheel or under it, sometimes it happens under the brake light. Document from the "easy to lose" series. The card itself is called "Form 3347". The name of the colors of the vase 2114, as mentioned, is full of names that are not related to color, therefore, in this document color number indicated.
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If the warranty card of the car is preserved, there is also information about the color of the car. In the upper left corner below the VIN there is a number and the actual color according to the form: *347 Inca Gold*.
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Additional Methods
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The colors of the VAZ 2114 have changed many times by year of manufacture, so it is very difficult to determine the correct color, but there are several additional methods:
- Painting plan- you can track the changes since 2005, when the plant began to publish painting plans. Knowing exactly the date of manufacture of the car, you can use the painting plan as a guide and find in it original color your iron horse.
- Official dealer- professionals from the official service station, thanks to their experience, will deal with color without any problems. An additional bonus is that they will most likely have a color, and in case of its absence, they will be able to order it.
- Colorist- there are special devices for computer selection of paint, combined with lines for mixing and manufacturing it. A good paint company with a gas cap will be able to recreate the paintwork of the entire car.
Color palette
The tables below contain all the factory colors of the VAZ 2114 in alphabetical order, with numbers and color examples given:
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For local repairs paintwork car after an accident or due to other mechanical influences which can lead to rust in the future, it is often required to accurately guess the color of the factory paint that is applied to your car. This is done in order to avoid visual difference between the treated area and the rest of the body surface. At the factory, when applying a paintwork for enamel, a number is assigned, which is the car paint code. This number indicates the weight ratio of pigments that are added to obtain the desired tone.
For marketing sales, intricate names for the color of the car body are often used, and when you need to determine the really right tone for local repair, then you need to rely on the paint code of the car. Indeed, for the same model of car, depending on the year of manufacture, this number may differ and you need to clearly recognize it specifically for your car.
Technology for selecting the color of car paint by VIN code
VIN code is a value of 17 characters. These symbols contain information about the configuration and technical warehouse of the car. It is worth noting that you will not be able to directly find out the car paint code by the VIN code, since it does not give you such information. Here the approach is slightly different. You can accurately find out the model, year of manufacture and equipment of the vehicle. With this data on hand, you can use the manufacturer's catalog or specialized websites to determine a list of all paint codes that were used for this model in those years of manufacture. But even here there is a problem, if, for example, you have a yellow car, then the probability of finding exact code large, but if the car is gray, then there are often a lot of variations and you won’t be able to find out exactly what color of paint it is. In this case, you need to go to the colorist at the service station and use computer selection to determine the desired tone.
How to find out the paint code of a car?
The search in foreign cars should be started from the door pillars, they often place a plate with these data. In addition, depending on the model and brand of car, it can be under the hood. Also another place where you can look is the trunk. Place information about the color of the enamel is usually on the same plate with the VIN code. Sometimes the keywords "COLOR" or "PAINT" are indicated near the number, so that it is clear what kind of designation it is.
Where can I find this number domestic cars? In most cases, under the hood or in the area luggage compartment or in service book, but this is provided that the car is not older than 5 - 7 years. If the car is older, then it is better to contact a specialist for the selection of paint.
After rewriting this number, you can turn to a colorist who can mix the tones in the right proportion and get what you need. Please note that if the car is stored on the street for 5-10 years, then the body color is likely to burn out and the paint code will no longer match, it will be brighter, in which case you need to make a computer selection.
Here is a table of commonly used codes for various colors.
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Name |
metallic |
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| 602 | Aventurine | Silver black | |
| 425 | Adriatic | Blue | |
| 204 | Iceberg | White double layer | |
| 460 | Aquamarine | Silver blue-green | |
| 503 | Chord | Dark gray beige | |
| 145 | Amethyst | Silver purple | |
| 371 | Amulet | dark green | |
| 277 | Antelope | Silver beige | |
| 440 | Atlantic | Blue | |
| 421 | bottlenose dolphin | Silver green-blue | |
| 107 | Eggplant | Violet | |
| 420 | Baltic | blue green | |
| 353 | Balm | Green | |
| 235 | Beige | Beige | |
| 236 | Grey-beige | Grey-beige | |
| 201 | White | White | |
| 202 | White | bright white | |
| 233 | White | gray white | |
| 480 | Breeze | green-blue | |
| 464 | Valentine | gray purple | |
| 310 | Currency | Grey-green metallic | |
| 129 | Victoria | Silver bright red | |
| 132 | The Cherry Orchard | Cherry | |
| 127 | Cherry | Dark red | |
| 423 | Geyser | Light green-blue | |
| 481 | Blue | Blue | |
| 180 | Pomegranate | Maroon | |
| 150 | Defile | Golden red-brown | |
| 203 | Jasmine | white-yellow | |
| 200 | Yellow (Taxi) | Bright yellow | |
| 230 | Pearl | Milky white silver | |
| 963 | Green | Green | |
| 307 | Green Garden | Green | |
| 245 | Golden field | Gold | |
| 331 | golden leaf | Golden dark green | |
| 311 | Iguana | Silver bright green | |
| 385 | Emerald | Silver green | |
| 406 | Iris | Violet | |
| 128 | Spark | red metallic | |
| 453 | Capri | blue green | |
| 101 | Cardinal | bright red | |
| 118 | Carmen | Red | |
| 630 | Quartz | Medium grey-green met. | |
| 352 | Cedar | dark green | |
| 116 | Coral | Silver dark red | |
| 370 | Corsica | Silver dark green | |
| 798 | Cinnamon | Brown | |
| 281 | Crystal | Silver yellow | |
| 435 | English Channel | Silver bright blue | |
| 675 | Lavender | Grey-beige | |
| 487 | Lagoon | Silver blue | |
| 445 | Lapis lazuli | Violet blue metallic | |
| 498 | azure blue | Silver dark blue | |
| 133 | Magic | Silver dark | |
| 120 | Mayan | Silver maroon | |
| 428 | Medeo | Blue | |
| 217 | Almond | Beige pink | |
| 280 | Mirage | Silver yellow-green | |
| 606 | Milky Way | graphite metallic | |
| 626 | Wet asphalt | Grey-beige metallic | |
| 403 | Monte Carlo | Bright blue | |
| 302 | Mozart | ||
| 458 | Moulin rouge | bright purple | |
| 377 | moray eel | blue green | |
| 223 | Narcissus | Yellow | |
| 628 | Neptune | Dark gray blue metallic | |
| 270 | Nefertiti | Silver beige | |
| 383 | Niagara | golden gray | |
| 449 | Ocean | dark blue | |
| 340 | Olive | yellow green | |
| 345 | Olivine | golden green | |
| 419 | Opal | Silver blue | |
| 286 | Opatija | Silver orange | |
| 308 | Sedge | Silver grey-green | |
| 387 | Papyrus | Silver grey-green | |
| 152 | Paprika | red-orange | |
| 404 | Peterhof | Grey-blue | |
| 795 | Pirano | Red-brown | |
| 417 | Pitsunda | green blue | |
| 605 | Prestige | Violet black | |
| 276 | Prize | Silver beige | |
| 210 | Primrose | Light yellow | |
| 448 | Rhapsody | Silver bright blue | |
| 499 | Riviera | Silver navy blue | |
| 182 | Romance | Cherry | |
| 110 | Ruby | Red | |
| 670 | sandalwood | Beige red metallic | |
| 446 | Sapphire | Silver blue-violet | |
| 215 | Safari | Light beige | |
| 671 | light gray | light gray | |
| 640 | Silver | Silver | |
| 301 | silver willow | light green | |
| 427 | Grey-blue | Grey-blue | |
| 373 | Grey-green | Grey-green | |
| 447 | blue midnight | Blue | |
| 295 | Creamy white | Creamy white | |
| 690 | The Snow Queen | Light silver metal | |
| 202 | snow white | bright white | |
| 360 | Sochi | Grey-blue-green | |
| 399 | Tobacco | Silver brown green | |
| 509 | Dark beige | Dark beige | |
| 793 | Dark brown | Dark brown | |
| 456 | Dark blue | Dark blue | |
| 170 | Tornado | Red | |
| 100 | Triumph | Silver red | |
| 416 | Fairy (Forest Fairy) | Silver blue | |
| 430 | Frigate | blue metallic | |
| 363 | Tsunami | dark green | |
| 228 | Tea rose | Light yellow | |
| 408 | Charoite | Silver dark purple | |
| 601 | Black | Black | |
| 415 | Electron | Dark gray metallic | |
| 473 | Jupiter | Grey-blue |
As you can see, the VIN is not the most effective way paint selection, and often you will not be able to accurately find out the information you need. Better search special code, which is located on the same plate as the VIN.
It is impossible to determine the correspondence of colors on the monitor screen, since tinting color and digital are two huge differences, but if you have the necessary enamel code, you can purchase the paint of the desired shade without the assistance of a colorist. Many large companies, selling their goods in Russia, have catalogs of car enamels that correspond to domestic numbering and, perhaps, will help to understand the analogy of your car enamel palette with factory numbering. AvtoVAZ does not have an original collection of shades, since painting at the factory is carried out using a different technology, but it is successfully replaced by ordinary brochures, as well as the official website of the manufacturer (in the "Configurator" section).
Metallic enamel table
There are also catalogs for multicomponent automotive paints. The composition of such enamels includes a pigment that creates an extravagant effect of shimmer, overflow. For example, in the RAL range there is a section “RAL Effect”, which contains enamels such as “metallic”, “chameleons”, glossy glosses, etc. You can order a RAL fan on the official website. It is difficult to find differences in a fake from the original, and the price of such an error is repainting the car. It is recommended to use only proven colors. 
It has its own fan of automotive metallic enamels and the Pantone system. The color numbers in this scheme are 4-digit. The price of such a tool is high. For example, a Mobihell fan (standard) will cost the buyer from 1 to 1.5 thousand rubles. It is better to contact the manufacturer with the code than to deal with self-selection colors of car enamels.
original and standard colors
As mentioned earlier, the colors shown on the monitor rarely match the actual color of the vehicle. But there are cases when only a general correspondence satisfies: local spray painting, scratch repair, etc. Aerosols have a narrower range of colors, but they are better suited for local repairs, due to the possibility of painting without purchasing additional tools, while maintaining the ability to apply layers transition.
Color correction for most automotive paints can be done by tone, by simply mixing materials that are different in color but identical in composition. Eg, pink color it is possible to obtain by mixing red and white, and from pink, by adding black to it, it is possible to obtain the original copper - grey colour car. It will be more difficult with paint in cans, you can edit the tone of the applied coating by changing the nature of the spray.
The way to stand out from the crowd while driving a car is to tune it up. You can buy spoilers, chrome-plated rims, or go the easy and inexpensive way - buy cans of car paint. If silver or black car paint is a typical factory solution, then a metallic red or blue-green (turquoise) tint will help make the car easy to identify.
You won't surprise anyone with a vehicle that is painted only black. But the golden spoiler and air intakes with the main color metallic red will attract more attention.
To stand out from the crowd, you must not only choose high-quality car paints, but also observe.
Pearl car paint
Selection rules
The car enamel color catalog is a place where you can choose among thousands of color schemes with different properties (for example, metallic or mother-of-pearl) the required paintwork compositions in cans or cans.
There are several sites on the Internet where you can find car colors enamels and their names, helping to remember the desired shade.
If you need to change the color of the car or a service such as, you can pick up black, silver or red paints in the following ways:
- Approximately. This method is simple, but also inaccurate. Among the thousands of paints for cars, the probability of choosing the wrong light silver shade without knowing the range is high.
- By code or name. On dozens of sites you will find paint codes for VAZ and foreign cars, and by comparing them with the inscription on your composition, you will choose an identical color. It is convenient to select according to the existing car enamel number when you want to choose a car color identical to the previous one. And by name (for example, "Rhapsody") - when you strive to pick up interesting and unusual colors cars.
- Using a computer. Modern applications make it possible to determine the name of a car paint, having a photo of how it looks on a car. It is possible to absolutely accurately determine the colors of cars, even with a coating that has faded from time and the sun.
Computer selection car paint Where can I find the shade of the composition
You can find out what car enamel is called using the following sites:
- http://www.vika-color.ru (acrylic). With the help of a color fan, the entire range of the company is presented on the site. There is an option to choose a jar, a brush jar or an aerosol jar, as well as a choice of color - for example, metallic silver. Enter a name or number to search paintwork material. In addition to paint for cars, the company produces varnishes, putties, primers;
- "Color" - here is a table of color solutions that are suitable for vehicles of the VAZ brand. There is a description of each shade, the mark "Metallic" and the name. In total, the catalog contains up to 200 types of compositions;
- Website for motorists "AmasterKar". Here you will find a catalog of paintwork colors for cars of domestic and foreign production. The colors are shown on examples of VAZ cars. Each color comes with a number and explanation;
RAL color chart - "Your Machine" Offers a list of colors similar to those presented on AmasterCare. Available in multi-layered, metallic and iridescent colors;
- "Tuning Pro". Unlike its predecessors, here is presented not only a catalog of color solutions for the VAZ and for a number of foreign cars, as well as the sale of parts and accessories for domestic cars and foreign cars;
- Shop "Sibcolor". In stock - not only the popular black car paint and metallic silver color scheme, but also multi-layer options. There are also products specifically for transport of the Lada brand, car enamels COLOMIX, MOBIHEL HELIOS and coloring compounds from more than two dozen Russian and foreign manufacturers.
Despite the fact that the sites present color solutions mainly for VAZ cars, they are also used for foreign cars, but their code is different.
Kinds
When choosing online, pay attention to the color reproduction of a computer or phone monitor - the composition you have chosen may shimmer and differ from the picture shown.
From the point of view of accuracy, the following methods will help you choose the LCP:
- a catalog that you can take in any store of paints and varnishes;
- photo of a vehicle painted with a certain substance;
- review of a real vehicle with paintwork.
Each car enamel is divided into:
- "non-metallic". It is characterized by a matte or glossy one-color overflow;
- "metallic". Characterized by a pearly sheen.
The stores offer a range of paintwork of the following types:
- glyphthalic. Their base is synthetic resin. After application, they form a thick film, do not need polishing, and are quite durable. Main disadvantage- the need to dry for a long time (it takes about a day to harden, even up to 2 weeks - to acquire resistance to mechanical damage);
- acrylic. Such substances have a synthetic base as by-product oil refining, are thermoplastic and thermohardening;
- alkyd. Inexpensive, durable enough, do not require a large number applied layers. How glyphthalic coatings take a long time to dry.
