i have a 2002 honda accord coupe 4 cylinder manual....and the color is SUPPOSED to be black on black. when i look at the exterior color, it looks like it has more of a blue base coat, then black on top. in the sun light, the car doesn't look completely black... is this the stock paint?

 

Used? Has it been repainted?
It's not uncommon for paint manufacturers to add tints to solid colors. Blue is commonly added to black to make it "more" black. It's not uncommon for a "true black" to look it's got some brown in it.
A color chip comparison from a catalog won't do it. You'll have to compare against another Accord with the same paint code, in the sunlight.

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that cars def got a tint of blue to it. i got mine repainted to black and its got that brown in it like p_adams said. factory honda black has a navy pearl tint to it in the sunlight

 

When cars are painted on the assembly line the colors switch every 10 or so cars. If black is the color painted then the first couple cars are going to have a little color of what was before it and the last couple cars are going to have a little of what is next. If your car was painted in the middle it will be all black.
At least this is what everything I have found out about car paints since I am starting to paint on my own.

Then again this might not be the truth. This is what I heard so take it at that.
Either way black cars are tough all the way around. Hard to keep clean and not scratched looking and hard to match paint like red is.

Good luck.

 

What?
Boy, imagine that. A factory fade paint job. Perhaps I could find an Accord which starts San Marino Red and ends Black.

I would go back and read again where you found that.....
If this were indeed true, trying to match the paint on one of these "mixmasters" would be impossible if you had to make repairs, and by your estimates this would effect almost 10% of production!

Sounds like subject materials for "Myth Busters"

 

i have yet to see a factory "black" w/o some sort of tint to it. At least for hondas.

 

Very true, If not you could buy Nissan (choke) black and it would be the same as Honda, or GM or Saab.
Even the primer color can have an effect.
Then you start adding things like Pearlecents, Candies and Metalics and it can get pretty wild (and a real 'Bit..h') for the guy in the spray booth.

Want an eye opener? Eyeball a Ditzler or Dupont Paint catalog some time and check out all the different (and unique) color codes.

 

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That goes for every manufacturer. When you mix up paint to the spec of the paint manufacturer, you would be surprised at what goes into them. The car in question probably has blue pearl mixed it. Its not below the black.

 

in the dark, it looks black. but when the sun hits the paint, you can see like blue sparkles in the paint.