Trying to pick a color for my 69 truck

[firemedic6063]

Would like to see pictures of truck colors to get a idea for mine. Send pictures.
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[buckskins4ever]

Colors are suited for the owner. I look at your name and could only see the burnt orange color.
check out the new camaro orange/copper coloring.

[jocko]

do you want stock colors? (just say yes!) here you go:
How about some info on your truck, or even some pics? I personally love the saddle metallic trucks, however, for a 69, maroon metallic is a one-year-only color and, therefore, very different while still being a stock color. I'm a medium olive freak, so I always think nobody can go wrong with 504 med olive metallic....

[SS Tim]

You would do a lot better looking about and narrowing it down some instead of a free for all picture thread.
Do you have colors you like?
Are there colors that you won't do?
Thinking just factory colors or 69 specifc colors and schemes only?

[firemedic6063]

it's a tourquoise metallic color now, but i'm doing o off frame restore because the paint is in bad shape. Being a fireman I like red, but i am open to change the top of the cab is white.

[96blazr]

Here's a Red/White Combo. Standard two-tone type, but timeless.



Good luck on your build.

[69GWC]

How about Indigo Blue, different from most others for sure.
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[jocko]

Oh my - turq met trucks are Soooooo nice - if you're going to the trouble of a resto, why not stay original? I like red too, but sometimes I even value booger juice green (i.e. med olive ) over anything, if it was original.

[JOJABOY]

He's from Rockmart. Gotta go with "Redneck Red". LOL

All serious....color is definitely a personal preference. I have red and black (UGA colors) but for personal reasons. My favorite colors are dark blue and white two-tone.

[Chance72]

Could always go with the Ice Coral Pink like Already Gone has . Really nice truck!
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[eldogg]

Saddle metallic would be my choice.

[alsriv2]

Originally Posted by jocko

Oh my - turq met trucks are Soooooo nice - if you're going to the trouble of a resto, why not stay original? I like red too, but sometimes I even value booger juice green (i.e. med olive ) over anything, if it was original.

My '69 GMC is (was) Turq metallic with a white roof before the PO repainted it white. However he left the interior original. When this truck gets restored, its going back original.

[dhaymaker]

Colors, and color combinations, are a funny thing! Everyone seems to have their own concrete idea(s) as to what constitutes a "good color" for these trucks. Personally, I like just about all colors...but, I won't paint a truck red. 96blazr, however, has a beautiful standard two-tone red and white truck and I love the looks of it.

First thing, as jocko said, do you want a "stock" color or are you open to other choices? There are a lot of considerations when choosing a color and the stock-versus-other decision would be a place to start. I'm not hung up on stock colors (for some projects) so the '72 (with '67 front clip) C-30 I'm currently putting together is probably going to end up being gold/black, copper/black, or charcoal/black.

Decisions, decisions, decisions!!

[sduckworth13]

Originally Posted by 69GWC

How about Indigo Blue, different from most others for sure.
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Nice color, there is a color Chip Foose made and used for a 1969 ? Camaro on Overhaulin, it's called Huntington Blue. It really pops in the sunlight. It looks like it is similar to the indigo blue paint on 69GWC truck.
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[RenoKeene]

I like 55 Seamist Green myself

[sir_talk_alot]

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Burnt orange and white
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[Sicklajoie]

I like low-key colors.

[jocko]

Ha!! We can tell!

[rcrahn]

The way I see it. If you aren't going to match the original color of the vehicle then select a color from that era of vehicles, which opens the door pretty wide. Then it's a matter of personal preference. For example, I've been looking at the vast number of colors from Chevrolet cars and trucks from say 1960-1970. There's several I like but one in particular is called Corona Cream. Trying to imagine this color on a truck. In a hot climate like AZ,TX, NM or CA this will work and is gentle on the eyes.

[rcrahn]

Follow-up picture of Corona Cream....just so you know what I'm talking about

[69GWC]

Oh yeah thats nice..
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[Sicklajoie]

Originally Posted by rcrahn

Follow-up picture of Corona Cream....just so you know what I'm talking about

What paint??

[jocko]

Originally Posted by rcrahn

Follow-up picture of Corona Cream....just so you know what I'm talking about

nice headlights.

[SS Tim]

Originally Posted by Sicklajoie

I like low-key colors.

Funny those are my first two choices for my dog truck. Deep Yellow C30 Orange Highlander... wonder if they built any???

[Sicklajoie]

Originally Posted by SS Tim

Funny those are my first two choices for my dog truck. Deep Yellow C30 Orange Highlander... wonder if they built any???

I looooove this Wheatland yellow on mine, but it's only available as a fleet color on newer trucks. Luckily I was able to get a lightly used town truck from Colorado (although the seller SWORE that it was a regular truck that someone ordered special with that paint, the fact that I could see where the vinyl lettering on door used to be said otherwise.)