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Ok so here is my 72. Paint code 56. Sunfire yellow apparently. I'm looking for something more yellow to repaint this once the body work is done. Question is I see sebring yellow paint code 51, which I believe is the paint on the rallye 350. But when I google it some look creamy colored and some look real yellow.
This is mine, the second pic looks way yellower and they say it's sebring but it looks yellower than the rallye pics I see. Can anyone clarify any of this?
I as well have a 72 with code 56 Sunfire Yellow. You are correct that Sebring Yellow is the Rallye 350 color. Paint code 51 PPG also shows this as WA3893. You can use this code for multiple paint manufacturers and they should be able to pull it up. Hope this helps!
In the 1969 and 1970 model years, 51 was Sebring Yellow at Olds, Saturn Yellow at Buick, Daytona Yellow at Chevy, and Goldenrod Yellow at Pontiac. All used the same paint formula and the same GM color code: WA3893. That will get you Sebring Yellow at a paint vendor.
In the 1973 model year, code 51 was used for Chevy Light Yellow and Olds Omega Yellow, which is a different paint formula and a different GM color code: WA4329.
In the 1974 model year, code 51 was Sunstorm yellow, with GM color code WA4642.
Ironically, for 1976, code 51 was called Bright Yellow and used the same WA3893 GM color code as Sebring Yellow.
In 1978, code 51 was still called Bright Yellow but used GM color code WA7031 and is different from Sebring Yellow.
In 1985, code 51 was Yellow Gold with GM color code WA8522.
By the 1990s, code 51 was Sedona Tan with GM color code WA8528.
IMO the car in the second pic isn't Sebring Yellow....or at least NOT an accurate or close rendition of it. I believe the Sebring Yellow isn't as yellow as the "W30" in the second pic. Sebring Yellow is a slightly "washed out" yellow.....like the Rallye 350 in the third pic.
IMO the car in the second pic isn't Sebring Yellow....or at least NOT an accurate or close rendition of it.
Considering that it's a 1971, that's not original paint anyway. Plus, you have no idea how the color of the lights being used when the photo was taken altered the color, nor how the color was reproduced by that camera or your monitor. It's impossible to judge colors on a computer screen. The only way to do it is with a "sun gun" that replicates daylight wavelengths.
