Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Mystery Solved

This is my Toyota Camry LE that I purchased in 2009.  I never really knew what the color of the car was called. When I purchased it, the key tag was labeled "silver."  Well, it didn't look like any silver that I knew of so I just kind of blew that off.  When I looked at my registration card it said "green."  Again, it didn't look very green to me and one of my friends said, "That car is the color of mud!"  I had to say I agreed with her...sadly, I just put that into my mind and thought of it as a muddy "brown."

Well, lo and behold, I have discovered its real color.  I had noticed a few scratches along the door and some of them are down to the metal and I knew I needed to do something quick or rust would be my enemy for sure.
So yesterday I went to my friendly NAPA Auto Parts store and asked if I could order some touch-up paint to, well, touch up those pre-rust scratches.
I did not know that the paint color code was on the inside of the driver's side door on a sticker with a lot of printing (very small printing, may I
add) on it.  Well, the nice young man who assisted me (his name is CJ) found the color code and said, it's called "Antique Sage Pearl."  Which translates to "pale green." Who knew?  First that I could have solved the puzzle long ago and, second, that the name of the color was riding right alongside me all that time!

 I am happy that I now have a name for the color of my car and can say with pride, it is Antique Sage Pearl.  What color do you see?

5 comments:

Debbie said...

Why, I immediately saw antique sage pearl, of course. I'm kind of psychic like that.

Grin.

I actually thought green when I saw it, but it a silvery green.

Whatever color, it is pretty, isn't it? Much prettier than either silver or pea green by themselves.

Jillian's Bella Rosa Antiques said...

I saw in my mind, a gold color! Isn't that funny! I do like the name..... Makes it sound so refined!

Dayle @ A Collection of This and That said...

It looks tan-ish from here. Lov the name of the color. Sounds very sophisticated. :)

Jillian's Bella Rosa Antiques said...

Hello Ms. Daisy Mau! I'll send you some pics of our time "at the shore"!
Thanks for stopping by my blog yesterday!

Jillian

Jillian's Bella Rosa Antiques said...

Thank you, Ms Daisy, for stopping by to take part in my interactive story post! Loved what poor Myrtle May really thought of that hat! LOL.

The Cloche! (You could title your next book about the adventures of Myrtle in her ugly hat. )