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Old 03-02-2023, 07:51 AM   #3
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Re: 1971 GMC paint code

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Originally Posted by Steeveedee View Post
522 is Copper Poly on a Chevy, so maybe GMC called it something else? Ignore the other characters.
GMC and Chevy used the same codes. The only differences in paint between the two was some colors offered for one and not the other. Yet... I have seen exception to that standard. You could order a Chevy-only color on a GMC.

522/Medium Bronze Poly was a Chevy-only color. PPG called it Copper Poly, but you go by the code not the name.

I use www.autocolorlibrary.com for paint reference

EDIT: RM calls it "Iridescent"? That is strange, because it isn't iridescent, it's metallic. GM used the term "poly" to denote metallic colors. Iridescent means color changes at different angles, like mother of pearl, soap bubbles, oil slicks, etc. The only paint I know with that characteristic is mica paints. Pearls change "shade" at different angles. You would think a paint company would know the proper terms
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