CHEVROLET car paint 

Chevrolet is an American brand and its presence in the French motor vehicle fleet is quite well developed, so American car color codes, and in particular Chevrolet car color codes. Are very well referenced and known in most European independent paint manufacturers computer color systems.
Obtaining a paint with the Chevrolet color code is relatively easy and quick, since one can order their products on the Internet and receive them in 24 or 48 hours. It is simply necessary to have the color code when you are an individual. Finding this Chevrolet color code is quite easy when you know the places where this information on the vehicle is written.
Apart from industrial installations, that is to say manufacturing plants from which cars come out, these paint references are mainly used for repairs, by professional painters in garages and bodywork.

Body painters know where to find the references and have a whole system for making the colors. Each system looks like a big cabinet, filled with different concentrated colors and connected to a computer which gives the different measurements and grammages to make up the color.

These colorimetry solutions are provided by independent paint brands, which have previously carried out the immense work of collecting the hues, copying them and producing recipes.

Chevrolet car color codes

Nowadays, almost all paints that can be found on cars of this brand are pearl colors or based on metallic pigments. Gone are the days when there were simple, opaque colors on the surface of bodywork. Modern colors are more complex and naturally much more beautiful.
They consist of reflective pigments based on synthetic mica or aluminum, to which are added concentrated transparent or opaque tints.

Consequently, the modern paints found on a car are always applied in 2 stages : the base and the clearcoat. This means that if you want to order a paint with a Chevrolet color code, it will be impossible to find a direct gloss paint, that is to say a kind of shiny and resistant lacquer.
A Chevrolet paint is made from the recipe obtained with the Chevrolet color code and is, in 90% of cases, supplied in the form of a “Matt base to varnish” version.

The paint may be water-based or solvent-based, but it will always be one-component and must be varnished. The color codes of the Chevrolet brand are often common with those of the parent brand of General Motors and DAEWOO, the brand with which Chevrolet has allied itself for decades for the manufacture of these cars in Korea.

The history of the Chevrolet manufacturer

In everyday language, the brand is often called by the nickname "CHEVY". Chevrolet is one of the iconic brands in American automotive history. It's a real legend. Louis Chevrolet created this company with the founder of the General Motors brand, William Durant. It was in 1911 in the United States in Detroit. Competing with Ford to produce vehicles for the mass market at the lowest price, Chevrolet met with great success and became the leader in sales volume in the United States during the period of the 1930s.

Partnership relations in Europe or Asia with major car manufacturers in order to develop. This is the case for example with Daewoo or Opel. Over the years, the brand has produced a number of famous models such as the TAHOE or TRAILBLAZER 4x4s, the "Impala", the "Captiva" or the "Firenza CanAm.

Where to find the color code of your Chevrolet car ?

There is no significant difference between Asian, European or American vehicles, concerning the location of the famous plates on which you can find the color references :
For CHEVROLET brand vehicles, the plate mentioning the color code (vinplate) can be found in two different places.
- On the front cross member in the engine compartment
- In the glove compartment
You can use the images provided below which illustrate the location.
The Chevrolet paint color code is often three to six characters (letters or numbers).

The iconic colors of Chevrolet cars

The brand's colors are particularly numerous since for 70 years, nearly 300 color codes have been created for the models and depending on the year.

As for other manufacturers, the references are always composed of both a code and a color name which serve to avoid errors and facilitate classification. Here are some examples of Chevrolet colors. We can see that the color codes are often composed freely and are not always consistent :

Ford car color code
General Motors car color code
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Jeep car color code
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Dodge car color code