MG Iris Blue is a very pale blue, almost what you would call baby blue or
powder blue. I can't see it as matching something called Steel Blue, but
I'm not familiar with that color. If the other one looks more like the
paint on the car, it probably is closer -- old paint usually fades and
gets lighter, it doesn't get "dirty" and darker.
My 2¢...
Warren Kring had this to say:
>Does anyone have any suggestions for a color code I could use for Steel
>Blue on a 58 Magnette ZB.
>
>The paint shop had a book from 71 with two possible matches. BU40
>Bermuda Blue and BU12 Iris Blue. The Iris blue is brighter, and looks
>close a photo of the car in the book MG saloon cars. Bermuda blue is
>muddier and looks closer to the paint that's left on the car, but I'm
>not sure if I'm just seeing old dirty paint.
>
>The paint didn't polish up well enough to get a good reading on a color
>analyzer.
>
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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the red one with the silver bootlid.
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