need help with paint! What is seafoam green?

[flatheadfever]

I decided I like sea foam green.
I need some paint codes or year and make of OEM colors so I can do some test panels.
I found 61 ford mint green but it a little dark for what I want.

Can I get some suggestions on different versions of sea foam green.
http://www.tcpglobal.com/autocolorlibrary/

I have a light gold flake roof and I trying to fiure a color to go on the lower half, so far gold, dark green, med green, bronze and now sea foam green. Any suggestions???

[mopar210]

MOPAR used sea foam quite a bit in the early thru mid 60's . kinda neat color . google( sea foam mopar ) and you can get a good idea of mopars sea foam .

[studemisfit]

I know mercury and lincoln used it in the late 60's. get one of the masters to photo shop some of your colors so you and us of course can check it out.

[flatheadfever]

I used a ditzler gold flake and it goes very light colored in the sunlight and darker at night. driving me nuts figuring out the right match. The gold base underneath looks good in bright sunlight but way too dark on a sharp angle.
I do know lots of people have way better tastes than I do when it comes to color matching!!

[53sled]

pms 3255 is pretty close. They had it on 92-94 s10 trucks iirc
all i can find is hot rod flatz for urethane seafoam green
http%3a//www.tcpglobal.com/kustomshop/kusf27.aspx

[rainh8r]

There is a mid-60's Corvette color that is like that too.

[patrick66]

The green on US Forest Service trucks has been described as "seafoam" green by some. That's the factory color my '67 GMC Suburban was, and I was rather fond of the color, and the truck!

[Rocky]

I had a 54 Buick special with a minty green like sea-foam green.

[cozee]

There is no one Sea Foam green per say. It runs in shades from a light mint green to a darker shade close to a Teal Green. I have even seen some that look more like an olive and some that appear to be a green-blue yet still called Sea Foam green.

[alteredpilot]

hirohata.

[hotrod40coupe]

'56 Ford had a Sea Foam Green option.

[flatheadfever]

I am looking for a light version to go with the gold roof
thanks for all the quick replies!!

[need louvers ?]

Try early sixties VW bug color charts. They had a great looking Sea Foam.

[Onemansjunk]

1952 Pontiac Chiefton had a two tone -----Belfast Green & Sea-Foam Mist----Acme Brand Paint

[rebarsfords]

My 1971 Ford PU is Sea Foam green. I think the color code is 0.

[rebarsfords]

Here's a link to pictures...
http://www.myrideisme.com/Garage/DsFords/640

[Onemansjunk]

1952 Pontiac Chieftain Sea-mist Green----Ditzler code 41144---Might help

[Tman]

Originally Posted by Rocky

I had a 54 Buick special with a minty green like sea-foam green.

Our 57 Chevy was sea foam. A tad lighter than yours Rocky

[Tman]

Originally Posted by need louvers ?

Try early sixties VW bug color charts. They had a great looking Sea Foam.

Forgot that, I owned a 62 that color!

[pdq67]

My 2003 Accent has what I call a "Seafoam Green" on it and I really like it.I will say one different, but very pretty color to me is the '57 Chevy dark "Teal"!

You don't see it on very many cars so it really stands out.

The full custom '57 Chevy called "CheZoom" was painted with it.

pdq67

[47Plym]

Here's one variety..................don't know the name.
Looks like an original 51 color.

[47Plym]

Or 1950 Chevy Mist Green.....

[tommy v]

i like the 62 impala see foam green

[studearch]

Studebaker had a few Seafoam Greens. You might also try Guitar Reranch - Fender had a Seafoam Green for their Stratocasters. The Lark here is shown in differnt light - sometimes it looks almost blue.

[raybhotrod]

My 96 caddy is factory seafoam green.

[junk yard kid]

91 ford full size truck

[scrubba]

Heres Sea- Foam Green along with Black on a model of a 1954 PlymouthBelvedere wagon ....... scrubba

[F&J]

Originally Posted by need louvers ?

Try early sixties VW bug color charts. They had a great looking Sea Foam.

I have seen some VW "New Beetle" convertibles in the last 5 years with special old retro VW colors. I am thinking one of the convertible colors was like that green.

[mastadon]

I recall seeing a 69 Charger in a sea foam green that looked right.Check out auto color library.Just my 2 cents

[Saxman]

I saw a great seafoam color on what looked like a new Ford F-150 the other day. I'm planning to go with a nice seafoam/minty green on my '58. That's probably why I noticed it.

[pimpin paint]

Originally Posted by cozee

There is no one Sea Foam green per say. It runs in shades from a light mint green to a darker shade close to a Teal Green. I have even seen some that look more like an olive and some that appear to be a green-blue yet still called Sea Foam green.

Que,

Take a look at '53-'57 Ford pick ups, the build tag on my '54 spells out "Sea Foam Green" as original.

The above points up just why it's important to select a colour by its' code & not its' name. I can't begin to count jus how many "Ferrari Reds' there are!

'' All great truth begin as blasphemies "

[TexasHardcore]

[47Plym]

Do you have any friends who can photoshop it with various colors?

Personally, I think a nice dark jade green would go better with that
gold top.

[twochops]

My 53 Merc is seafoam green(Ford approx 53)
TwoChops

[zman]

57 Buick original color. I think it's a seafoam even if they call it Belmont Green.

[flatheadfever]

Originally Posted by 47Plym

Do you have any friends who can photoshop it with various colors?

Personally, I think a nice dark jade green would go better with that
gold top.

I think you might be right. Any suggestions on the green?

[Blue One]

Seafoam green is one of those girlie colors the women get all giddy over on the womens television channels.

[Blue Moon Garage]

My '68 Mustang came with paint officially called "Sea Foam Green". That was the factory name for the paint.

[flamed34]

Originally Posted by flatheadfever

I think you might be right. Any suggestions on the green?

I painted our '51 gold - it's a little more on the yellow shade than yours (yours appears to be a little more on the brown side) with emerald green flames. Take a look in my photo album - it might help you decide if you'd want to go with the darker green.

[steel rebel]

Don't and I repeat don't pick a color off of a color chip or a photo. I guarantee it won't be what you want when you spray it on the car. Find a similar car to yours with the stock color you like then paint a panel and live with it for a while.

[Winged Avenger II]

that seafoam green color that Rocky put up is about as close as you can get.

[dorf]

im with the 62 chevy color it has some mettalic in it ,90s honda and ford taures about the same year had a nice seafoam honda called it opal mettalic. i dont think the straight colors would look good with the metallic gold,just my 2 cents

[randy w]

This is a color a bodyshop was painting a 56 chevy pick up, I had them paint the guitar body at the same time. I think it is a seafoam green.

[skoh73]

My ride is seafoam green- '53 Ford. I really don't think it will look good with that roof color. A darker green, maybe a forest-type green, would look great.

[derelict]

The lighter color is Seafoam Green...

[ChevyGasser Madness]

Gold roof with "Sea Foam Green "? I 'm not too sure on that one. I would rethink that and consider black or a dark dramatic color to compliment the Gold flake. Just my op.

[eugene vik]

68 chev impala had it but it was closer to a silver

[Gasser 57]

This is an old Fender guitar paint chart I liberated from another site. As you may or may not know, Fender used popular automobile colors of the day for their guitars.

Fender's Original Custom Colors

Color	Paint Type	Paint Number	Fender Years	Car Years	Car Make
Lake Placid Blue metallic	Lucite	2876-L	60-73	58	Cadillac
Daphne Blue	Duco	2804	60-65	58	Cadillac
Shoreline Gold metallic	Lucite	2935-L	60-65	59-60	Pontiac
Olympic White	Lucite	2818-L	60-80	58-62	Cadillac
Burgundy Mist metallic	Lucite	2936-L	60-65	59	Oldsmobile
Inca Silver metallic	Lucite	2436-L	60-65	57-59	Chevy Corvette
Fiesta Red	Duco	2219-H	60-69	56	Ford Tbird
Dakota Red	Duco	2590-H	60-69	58	Cadillac
Blue Ice metallic	Lucite	4692L	65-69	65-66	Ford
Firemist Silver metallic	Lucite	4576L	65-71	64	Cadillac
Firemist Gold metallic	Lucite	4579L	65-71	64-65	Cadillac
Charcoal Frost metallic	Lucite	4618L	65-69	65-66	Lincoln
Ocean Turquoise metallic	Lucite	4607L	65-71	65	Mercury
Teal Green metallic	Lucite	4297L	65-69	65-68	Lincoln
Black	Duco	1711	60-84	all yrs	all makes
Sonic Blue	Duco	2295	60-72	56	Cadillac
Shell Pink	Duco	2371	60-63	56	Desoto
Foam Green	Duco	2253	60-69	56	Buick
Surf Green	Duco	2461	60-65	57	Chevy
Sherwood Green metallic	Duco	2526-H	60-65	57	Mercury
Candy Apple Red	n/a	none	63-73	n/a	n/a
Color	Paint Type	Paint Number	Fender Years	Car Years	Car Make

[39 Ford]

My first car was a 54 Ford 2 door Customline in Seafoam Green. A tutchup can so labeled lived on the railing by our attic steps for at least 20 years after the car was junked.

[Edsel_Presley]

The Seafoam Green that Fender used (the ONLY seafoam green, IMO) was Dupont # Duco 2253 and was for 56 Buicks.

[Edsel_Presley]

Originally Posted by Gasser 57

This is an old Fender guitar paint chart I liberated from another site. As you may or may not know, Fender used popular automobile colors of the day for their guitars.

Haha, I guess I should actually read the second page before I post.

[Ratroddude]

My father bought a brand-new '91 S10 with sea foam green on it , try looking in those years too.

[flatheadfever]

Originally Posted by ChevyGasser Madness

Gold roof with "Sea Foam Green "? I 'm not too sure on that one. I would rethink that and consider black or a dark dramatic color to compliment the Gold flake. Just my op.

I started with the idea of gold but to match the flake with gold is going to be hard.
Then I thought of a white sander sealer. 50s cutoms where driven in white primer in the old days. From there I started thinking a real light shade of seafoam might look okay.

I know a green would look good. I don't really want a modern lime type green. It would have to be medium to dark green.
Should it be metallic?

[koolkemp]

When you get home you have to go out and see Chad I was out there today..he started to paint that Mustang conv , door jambs inside trunk etc nice darker green metallic real pretty color, dark but not really dark, I really liked it and think it would look good with the gold flake.


I know a green would look good. I don't really want a modern lime type green. It would have to be medium to dark green.
Should it be metallic?[/QUOTE]

[xhotrodder]

Try a 58 Chevy color.

[BLRussell]

1968 Ford color. See

http://www.svs.com/zim/mustang/images/1968-ford-ppg.jpg

[tubman]

Like so many others, I believe the "original" Sea Foam green was a '50's Ford color. It was original in my '51.

[model A hooligan]

you want seafoam and gold???

seafoam is the coolest color in my book, but with gold?

[aussie oldie]

This was seafoam green genuine '53 ford colour.

[flatheadfever]

I think Indian had a seafoam green in 47-48.

[exwestracer]

Originally Posted by steel rebel

Don't and I repeat don't pick a color off of a color chip or a photo. I guarantee it won't be what you want when you spray it on the car. Find a similar car to yours with the stock color you like then paint a panel and live with it for a while.

Totally agree with that. In the 90s, I got some paint for my dad to help with his Falcon restoration. It was an 80s Mercedes Benz "Sea Foam green". Looked NOTHING like any of the colors pictured here, but it was the closest we ever found to the original Falcon color (which was some other Ford shade...)

[5w32]

53 studebakers had a seafoam green, i made up my own version for the highboy(added more black)

[TrannyMan]

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...eafoam%3Dgreen

[Tim morrison]

I have a 2001 Sea-Doo that is Sea Foam Green you might check thier color out it would look pretty good on a car.