Help Me Match My Car's Paint (color code confusion)
 

Well now, while getting price quotes for paint for 2 fenders and front nose, I'm confused as to what color it is. I thought that it looked pretty close to the original paint's condition, but according to the code in my glove box it is called Medium Teal Blue Poly (code 37), which is much darker than my car and doesn't seem to match. It's full code is WA-U146A, found in my glove box.

According to this site:, there was no such color for my model year, but they do have that paint code (37). :
http://www.chevy-camaro.com/chevy-ca....asp?year=1994


Here's the PPG database, I have the actual book at my school, it has the paint code 37, but the name and color does not match. Although other paint codes match with their names for other colors, mine is the only one that does not.
http://autocolorlibrary.com/cgi-bin/...94-gm-pg01.jpg

Now I'm confused. Yes, it could be that my car's paint has slowly faded, but the shade on the page (which you probably cannot tell by the link) is very different and doesnt seem like the car was ever that color. Is it possible that that is a Firebird color? The only paints that seem close are the 2 different shades of Bright Aqua (both code 43, but different shades).

Also, if I do have faded paint, is there some other way that my paint can be matched?

Here's the car for reference if necessary
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/844026

You can take it to a good shop and they can shoot it with a camera and get real close from that. Paint does fade over time, and is exaggerated if the car is a darker color or has a lot of pigment- (red) and is stored outside its whole life.

Lucky for me straight Dupont black is almost a perfect match..

Well I remembered that I requested an information packet on the 1994 Camaro from Chevrolet and it says paint code 37 - Bright Teal Metallic, which also matches with other internet sources that have a general color with the codes. That page is just wrong, and I'll have to figure out why there is a discrepency in both name and color. If necessary, I'll have it matched at a shop as you suggested so I can shoot it at school. At first I thought I'd have to do each entier panel, but it turns out I can blend it out in the area that I need painted depending on how the new paint turns out against the old paint.

Thanks force fed.

http://www.camarosource.ca/php/camar...trim&year=1994

Problem solved, Bright Teal Metallic.

GM has a 10 step gradience in color match (meanng it can vary by 10 shades in either direction from "perfect")