Yes, Manila Beige is VERY close, but after looking at it on 4 different
monitors here are at work, I can see just a few percentage points of tint
that "darkens" the color chip when side by side with Ivory.  Too bad I don't
have a color printer at the ready to view it as a "hard copy"

My recently acquired 84 GL (Gloria) two-toned colors are the same as Mike's,
with the requisite dings and chips for the 23 year old paint job ;-)
--
Jim Thompson
84 GL 1.9 "Gloria"
84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
73 K Ghia Coupe "Denise"
72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
oldvolkshome@gmail.com
http://www.oldvolkshome.com
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On 2/19/07, Mike Collum <collum@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> I have a 2 tone '84 GL and have been told that it is Merian brown and
> Tuscan beige.  However, that Manila beige sure does look close (hard to
> tell on a computer monitor).
>
> Mike
> '84 GL 7 pass brown/beige
> '84 GL Westy ivory
> '85 GL Westy metalic gold
>
>
>
> Jack R. wrote:
> > Is that the color for the two tone 84 Wolfy?  The links only show the
> dark
> > brown bottom, and the "tan or mellow" color two tone top is not listed
> > anywhere I have seen.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of
> > Richard A Jones
> > Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 7:15 PM
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: Re: Color codes?
> >
> >> Believe it or not, the "Mellow Yellow" so prevalent on 80-84 Vanagons
> > (such
> >> as my 84 Westy) is L567 Ivory, Sales Term B9, at least according to my
> >> sticker.  There are two places I've been able to find a color chip that
> >> exactly matches my factory paint job (accurate color tone is dependent
> on
> >> the quality of your screen and it's display).
> >>
> >> One is Wolfsburg West's site
> >> http://www.wolfsburgwest.com/colors/65l567.htm
> >> (note:  I have no idea what the L62 color code that is mentioned)
> >
> > That's the color, and the wolfsburgwest site is the only one
> > I've seen that is at all close to the real color.  Here's
> > a couple of pix of my '81 (in Death Valley):
> > http://jones.colorado.edu/jones/DV/one.html
> >
> > Richard
> > Boulder