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[And again]

Found under the red respray,it's 1979 I can't remember ever seeing such a bright orange on any minis,any help much appreciated

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[RedRuby]

IT looks a bit like vermillion paint codes CEA or CML used between 76 and 82

[And again]

Thanks for that I can't find colour code the one Behind radiator begins fe,see pic

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[slidehammer]

I agree with RedRuby, I had a Vermillion 1275GT in the '80s and that was bright orange

[Rocket.]

The FE number is just an assembley number used when the front end was attached to the rest of the shell in the factory

[sledgehammer]

was there a colour called blaze ?

[FlyingScot]

I agree with RedRuby, I had a Vermillion 1275GT in the '80s and that was bright orange

There were mini city's in that colour too.

FS

[surfblue63]

The paint code for Vemillion is BLVC 118

 

 

 

Blaze was a darker orange used in the early 1970s

[And again]

Hi i think vermillion is the red colour someone painted over the origional orange.its the orange colour in second pic im after

[megamini_jb]

I had a Vermilion red mini and it does look just like the orange in your photos :)

[Rocket.]

Could be the same colour just faded it's amazing what years out side in all weathers does to a paint colour

[MrBounce]

Vermillion does tend to look a lot more orange than the paint books would suggest. It's one of my favourite 70s colour along with Pageant Blue.

[And again]

Ok ill go with the vermillion.thanks to all for replies much appreciated

[surfblue63]

Just to confirm here's a Vermillion car in the sun

 

 

and here's one in the rain.

 

 

 

As has been said it looks a lot brighter in the metal than on an old scanned colour chart. The chart I posted is from 1980, but there were no other orange colours available on the Mini from about 1978 to 1981.