I've always thought our Mk2.5 was Avalon Blue (that's what's on the sales docket) but I've just been doing a search for the colour code and it now looks like it's Avalon Grey. To me it looks blue rather than grey. Various sites give different codes for this colour, 8CKE, 8CKEWWA or M8. This latter code appears on the sticker in the driver's door shut.

I want to order a spray can online so it's important I get the right colour. Can anyone confirm which, if any, of these codes is the correct one?

Edit: When we bought the car I used Etis to get the spec and that shows the colour as just Avalon.

1 hour ago, mjt said:

I've always thought our Mk2.5 was Avalon Blue (that's what's on the sales docket) but I've just been doing a search for the colour code and it now looks like it's Avalon Grey. To me it looks blue rather than grey. Various sites give different codes for this colour, 8CKE, 8CKEWWA or M8. This latter code appears on the sticker in the driver's door shut.

I want to order a spray can online so it's important I get the right colour. Can anyone confirm which, if any, of these codes is the correct one?

Edit: When we bought the car I used Etis to get the spec and that shows the colour as just Avalon.

mines avalon always thought it was blue i hope you get an answer id like to get some paint for mine

Sometimes the names root can help identify a colour...  But having just Googled it, Avalon is apparently a fictional island, so I'm not sure that's much help!

I'll was my mouth out after but utilize your local Halfrauds branch LOL

I've just tried to contact my local Halfords on their local number but after getting the usual menu the system diverted the call to somewhere else entirely. Eventually I asked if I was speaking to Halfords and the woman said no. I then tried Live Chat who advised I call customer service, which I did, to be told that Halfords don't provide a paint mixing service. So what's the chance of finding my colour on the stand? I'm not inclined to make a special journey just to discover they haven't got it.

Am I alone in getting really angry and frustrated at the way companies make it so difficult to contact them these days?

6 minutes ago, mjt said:

Am I alone in getting really angry and frustrated at the way companies make it so difficult to contact them these days?

Definitely not!!  I won't get started on that subject though.

There's probably at least one car paint mixing place on an industrial estate near you.  No idea how much they'd charge but it's probably worth Googling.  They'll match the colour to your own paintwork so it should be perfect.

I've taken a punt and ordered a can online now. As it's just for a door mirror cap I'm not bothered if it isn't a perfect match.

I'd still like to know for sure if the code I found on the sticker is the right one, though. I'm fairly confident as one of the sites described where it is on the sticker and the code in that position matches what I found on another site.

M8 is Avalon (it is just classified as being in the Grey group)

Out of interest what colour does the V5c document say ?

 

car paint mixing cambridgeshire ------ slam that into google it yeilds loads of options, not familiar with the area so thats as far as i can help

 

30 minutes ago, unofix said:

Out of interest what colour does the V5c document say ?

Blue.

17 minutes ago, Jimpster said:

car paint mixing cambridgeshire ------ slam that into google it yeilds loads of options, not familiar with the area so thats as far as i can help

Thanks James, but I've ordered online now. If that turns out to be wrong I'll try locally.

I don't use Google. DuckDuckGo (where do they find these names ) is just about as good and guarantees not to track you.

duck duck depends on what im looking for, theres also the grey web for anything else haha