Is Performance Blue still available as a touch-up kit from Ford? Need some for my 2010 Focus ST

Ordered a new one last year but was supplied Spirit Blue and some confusion on the web if this is the correct match or not. Spirit a blue seems less metallic. They do have finis numbers as below:

Performance Blue: 1777559

Spirit Blue: 1771683

To add to confusion I found Performance Blue listed by Fordonline with finis 2584240, then the details on another sellers listing say it’s not compatible with Ford Performance Blue??

My car is listed as "Performance Blue, Metallic" on ETIS, and in 2012, my touch up pencil was 1320168 - and cost me £6.00 - how much now I wonder !

When I recently wanted a Magenta touch up, for another car, a local accessory shop did it, and that was good.

Paint can be fun, as when I went there for a Range Rover colour (not for me I hasten to add !), we had a choice of three masquerading under the same name!

This is interesting. Not one I remember seeing before.

Colorado Red was renamed Race Red.

Absolute Black was renamed Shadow Black.

So Ford do rename colours. There are also slightly different shades within each colour name, so even two with the same name aren't necessarily a perfect match.

The fact that Spirit Blue is still called Performance Blue in the German translation would suggest they are the same colour. But if you want a perfect match then may better to get some custom mixed by a paintshop?

16 hours ago, troy45 said:

Is Performance Blue still available as a touch-up kit from Ford? Need some for my 2010 Focus ST

Ordered a new one last year but was supplied Spirit Blue and some confusion on the web if this is the correct match or not. Spirit a blue seems less metallic. They do have finis numbers as below:

Performance Blue: 1777559

Spirit Blue: 1771683

To add to confusion I found Performance Blue listed by Fordonline with finis 2584240, then the details on another sellers listing say it’s not compatible with Ford Performance Blue??

I've got some performance blue touch up and lacquer left over from my ex Mondeo ST if you are interested ?

I'll have a look for it.

7 hours ago, MONDEO TXS 2.2 said:

I've got some performance blue touch up and lacquer left over from my ex Mondeo ST if you are interested ?

I'll have a look for it.

That’d be a great help thanks ☺️

If plan B is needed I can get some mixed up or go for one of the online paint sellers 👍

This is what I have :

But I still have this - after over 14 years !

This one’s holding up pretty well, 16 years it’s been mine - from new 🙃

14 hours ago, troy45 said:

That’d be a great help thanks ☺️

If plan B is needed I can get some mixed up or go for one of the online paint sellers 👍

I'm sorry to say that I did eventually find the paint, but it has completely dehydrated, probably due to being about 20 years old.....

I bought it in 2006 !

Sorry to let you down.

1 hour ago, MONDEO TXS 2.2 said:

I'm sorry to say that I did eventually find the paint, but it has completely dehydrated, probably due to being about 20 years old.....

I bought it in 2006 !

Sorry to let you down.

No problem, at that age it’s to be expected. Appreciate the offer all the same 👍

I’ll see about activating plan B

This is quite intriguing. At one point it seemed every other Mk 8 Fiesta ST was "Performance Blue". Is this it?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ford-1777559-Touch-Paint-Performance/dp/B008JB6VWI/ref=asc_df_B008JB6VWI?

I ended up going for a Ford OEM kit advertised as Performance Blue on Amazon (to my shame) and it worked out ok, marked Performance Blue Indianapolis Blau same as Id had previously

Oem part number SU7J 19K512 EJC3AE

Finis 2858092 and got a use by date of October 2035 😅

Small downside the paint sticks have dropped from 18ml to 9ml 🙄

It's called "Shrinkflation"........

But at least you have some.