The colour Gold

[Ace]

Now, I am coloured blind, which doesn't bother me except when it comes to choosing a colour for decoration etc.
I have a slight scratch on my gold coloured car and went to Halfords to get the subsequent aerosol to touch it up, HOWEVER, the colour gold is a fucking minefield........there were at least 6 shades of the fucker, and the manuals that are supposed to give the correct colour simply say 'Gold'
I have tried contacting Rover who are as much use as a chocolate fire guard, so does anyone know what Gold is the correct one for a 2001 Rover 25 which according to my documents, is Gold??

[BeestonBoy]

Hey Ace

Ah this takes me back....may i recant a tale of my youth? Ok here goes. When I was 19 a bought my self a 2 year old Vauxhall Cavaliar SRI. Full sports pack,lowered to fuck and chipped upto 160 bhp (I think) It is the only newish and sportyish motor I have ever owned. It was newer and quicker than almost every "grown ups" car that i knew. Needless to say I thought I was the bollocks (which was far from the case)

Any way the day I bought the car I noticed a stone chip on the bottom of the drivers door that was starting to rust. So i thought to me self I will get a tin of spray paint first thing in the morning and touch that up. So first thing in the morning arrived and off I toddle.

Pulled up at the shop strolled in like a right cocky little cunt and the conversation went just like this

"Tin of White Vauxhall paint,please"

"What shade?"

"White"

"Yeah but what shade?"

"Eh?"

"I have got 9 shades out back,and thats not all of 'em"

"Erm" cough splutter

Leave shop looking like a right fucking spaz!!

Five years later when i sold that car I remember as the chap backed it off me Mums drive,looking at the rusty stone chip still on the bottom of the drivers door and having a little chuckle to me self and wondering if that bloke was thinking "Right first thing I will pop too Halfords......"

So any way if I was you,I would just nip it too a body shop. Let them fuck it up and sort it out. Halfords should be able to match the colour through your VIN/Reg number.....I think.

Cheers

BB

[crofter]

Surely if you are colourblind you won't notice if you put the wrong shade of Gold on the fucker ... or is that too obvious.

[b217bravo]

The VIN plate will show the manufacturers code (part number), Halford's will have a flip chart cross referencing the colours & they may even have the appropriate aerosol in stock.
b217bravo

[baggieb]

I once owned a 1979 Vauxhall chevette, had a prang in it a ford granada in front of me stopped quicker than i did. Took it to the local bodyshop and was told that my pride and joy had 4 different shades of the same colour on it (Jamaica Yellow).

[fudgeflaps]

Sorry to hear of your dilemma, Ace, my good man.

Shades of gold?? WTF????

Here's to help with the colourblindness. If you can't SEE the colour, VISUALISE it, with the help of Fudge's dulux chart:

-Pure gold; as it says, pure gold.

-(Terry's All) Gold; 'off-gold'.

-9ct; shiny, shiny.

-18ct; shiny, shiny, shiny.

-Goldie Hawn; looks good on most gold cars.

-Bobby Gould; shitey ex-coventry boss gold.

-Bobby George: darts bling tacky gold.

-Atkinson; Racist Ron bling gold.

-Golden Retriever: smelly gold.

-Goldfinger: jobby-brown gold, derived from prison slang sex manoeuvre of the digit.

Watch out for these misnomers in the chart:

-Golden delicious (is actually green)

-Golden Wonder: is actually silver, that's where the 'Wonder' comes from';

-Fool's Gold: feckin magnolia white.



FUDGEY'S EXPERT COLOUR DIAGNOSIS FOR ACE'S ROVER:

You need 'metallic gold', or a dose of Goldie Hawn.

You can aerosol it, buy a tiny wee pot of it, or melt down some of Dibble's 24-ct sovereign ring bling and fill the gap with that.



Joking aside, all the best with your wee quandry! !wink! !thumbsup!

[Alex L]

Don't know, but isn't You Tube great just think of any subject and there it is!

[fudgeflaps]

Watch out for this 'Evil Gold', it doesn't go well with fans of The Clash:

[Steve R]

It is, perhaps, a little strange that a person who is colour blind would refer to the condition as being "coloured blind" - unless, of course, that person were also dyslexic !happy!

[fudgeflaps]

"...............as being "coloured blind" - unless, of course, that person were also dyslexic "........

..........and/ or racist?