John K Posted May 8, 2018 Report Share Posted May 8, 2018 I was at a detailers getting booked in and he had just finished a 1999 986 that in the sun looked a deep metallic plain chocolate brown. After a brief argument with the detailer as to the colour, I wandered over and cast my shadow onto the front wing. It went black... It was lovely... What voodoo colour is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menoporsche Posted May 8, 2018 Report Share Posted May 8, 2018 Look for the paint colour code. Atlas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red rocket Posted May 8, 2018 Report Share Posted May 8, 2018 No, Atlas is a Blue Grey with flecks of Purple in sunlight. No Brown about it. There's a nice metallic Brown, Macadamia, but haven't seen that on a 986. It'll probably turn out that John had his sunglasses on ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon61 Posted May 8, 2018 Report Share Posted May 8, 2018 The only standard 986 colour anywhere like that in the 1996 or 2000 brochures was just "Black Metallic" (Z8), but I wonder if possibly bright sunshine and/or coloured surroundings may have given the effect you described. But of course it could have been a special colour or even paint to sample. As Meno says, if you get the chance again, look for the sticker - I think a car of that age would still have had one under the bonnet. (The exterior colour codes are the last line of large type, just above the rows of individual option codes.) Just out of interest, during your argument, what colour did the detailer say it was? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John K Posted May 8, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2018 21 minutes ago, Jon61 said: Just out of interest, during your argument, what colour did the detailer say it was? He was adamant it was black with a metallic fleck that in the sun does look brown. And frankly if he didn't know I wasn't going to let him near my car 25 minutes ago, red rocket said: It'll probably turn out that John had his sunglasses on ! And I did have brown lenses on but took them off when we did the shadow test. Out of the sunlight it was black as the Ace of... It will spend a few days on the driveway opposite (I know the brother of the detailer who actually bought it, its an incestuous village thing) so I will look for the sticker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tex24v Posted May 8, 2018 Report Share Posted May 8, 2018 Interestingly many blacks are just very, very, dark blues or browns etc. Bright sunshine may reveal this. About 1000 washes in a washing machine normally reveals it in clothes too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon61 Posted May 8, 2018 Report Share Posted May 8, 2018 So in summary: - in the sunshine when you had your brown sunglasses on, it looked metallic brown; - in the shade, when you took your brown sunglasses off, it looked black; - the detailer who looks after car paintwork and who'd presumably been looking at the car for quite a while said it was metallic black ... My money would be on Black Metallic And it sounds like your village has that Norfolk-thing going on - what's that saying "If a man divorces his wife, is she still his sister?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John K Posted May 8, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2018 1 hour ago, Jon61 said: So in summary: - in the sunshine when you had your brown sunglasses on, it looked metallic brown; - in the shade, when you took your brown sunglasses off, it looked black; - the detailer who looks after car paintwork and who'd presumably been looking at the car for quite a while said it was metallic black ... My money would be on Black Metallic Bloody hell... Who invited Columbo to the party ..! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kas750 Posted May 8, 2018 Report Share Posted May 8, 2018 Its Schwarz metallic.My 98 C2 is in that colour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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rowbos Posted May 8, 2018 Report Share Posted May 8, 2018 Schwarz = Black http://howtoporsche.com/all-models-information/1956-2003-porsche-color-codes-by-year/amp/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon61 Posted May 8, 2018 Report Share Posted May 8, 2018 8 minutes ago, rowbos said: Schwarz = Black Oh no, Poirot has turned up as well ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowbos Posted May 8, 2018 Report Share Posted May 8, 2018 7 minutes ago, Jon61 said: Oh no, Poirot has turned up as well ... Well I do like symmetry and fine food so I’ll take that ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agentgorringe Posted May 10, 2018 Report Share Posted May 10, 2018 There was an awesome special paint for an SLR I worked on a while back. Black base with a gold/rainbow flake and a brown clear coat, named sienna brown, looked mostly black in shade, nice brown in good daylight and came alive in direct sunlight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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