Question about 1968 paint

[442w30]

Hi . . . I'm researching some Ford colors and need some help.

I saw a website that showed 6 special-edition Shelby GT colors for 1968, with the bulk being yellow, three being orange, one red, and one green.

One of the colors matches "Flower Power Red" on this page:

http://paintref.com/cgi-bin/chipdisplay.cgi?year=1968&manuf=Ford&smodel=Comet&info=&page=34

http://mustangattitude.com/cgi-bin/colorcodedisplay.cgi?manuf=Ford&model=Mustang&con=moy&year=1968&page=1&rows=50

It has paint code 5185. The guy who runs the website, who was very nice (and may be a member here), says it's the same as Calypso Coral.

However, that very same paint site shows Calypso Coral as being 1730:

http://paintref.com/cgi-bin/colorcodedisplay.cgi?make=Mercury&year=1968&con=ky&rows=50

From the codes themselves, it would seem it was a different color, albeit very similar to the eyes. I simply need a second opinion to confirm the gentleman's assertion (if not my confusion), so I'm hoping someone here would be better versed than I am.....thank you!

Diego

[Bill]

If the person you are alluding to is named "Pete", and the web site "coralsnake" you can take his information to the bank and forget about anything else you read elsewhere 

[Coralsnake]

By all means get a second opinion.....


I believe these are all the same color:

Poppy Red, WT 5185, Calypso Coral, Compettion Orange, Flower Power Red, Vermillion.

[442w30]

Thanks, gentlemen.....I was writing a thing on day-glow colors for this:

https://www.hotrod.com/contributors/diego-rosenberg/

I've credited the Coral Snake website.