What the hell is up with Millenium Yellow?...
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Racer
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From: Orange County California
What the hell is up with Millenium Yellow?...
So I'm looking for a 2001-2004 Corvette Convertable [black top]. My first color choice is yellow.
Are there 2 shades of yellow??
Like "regular yellow" and premium color "Millenium Yellow" or are all 01-04 Vettes millenium yellow?
Are there 2 shades of yellow??
Like "regular yellow" and premium color "Millenium Yellow" or are all 01-04 Vettes millenium yellow?
Last edited by DoctorBrinkley; Jul 6, 2005 at 04:26 AM.
Racer
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From: Ogden Utah
I have seen some pictures of the C5 Yellow Vettes and some looked like they were painted different colors. The ones that don't look like MY look really yellow and bright. I don't know if it was the camera, lighting, image processing or what but I can see where the confusion is from.
Ut-Driven
Ut-Driven
Le Mans Master
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From: Dallas/Grand Prairie Texas
Originally Posted by UT-Driven
I have seen some pictures of the C5 Yellow Vettes and some looked like they were painted different colors. The ones that don't look like MY look really yellow and bright. I don't know if it was the camera, lighting, image processing or what but I can see where the confusion is from.
Ut-Driven
Ut-Driven
Red is that way too. I have a friend who claybar'd his and zaino'd it straight from the factory and I'd swear it's waaaaay brighter red then any of the red vettes I've seen out there. I have a pic of his red one with my black one in "my corvette photos" under my sig.
Le Mans Master
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From: Murphy TX
Originally Posted by Tim2K4Vert
From 2000 to 2005, all yellow Corvettes are Millennium Yellow. The color can look different in pictures depending on the light.
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Racer
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one of the guys i work with , we were talking about the meseum and the plant. and he said they were running the yellow cars and notice that some were differant. he said some one ask about them and that they were going to some indy driver i cant remeber who got them, but ill do some checking and see and ill get back.
Melting Slicks
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From: Wood Dale Il.
I have a Mil yellow and from what I have been told the color is a tint not a paint. So in theory all of the cars could be a different "color" as the more paint that is put on or the less paint the color will be different.
It is very hard to match if you have to paint it from what I am told.
It is very hard to match if you have to paint it from what I am told.
Racer
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From: Colorado Springs CO.
Mil-Yellow is discontinued
Just a side note, Mil-Yellow, like Torch Red, has been discontinued for '05. Torch Red is now Victory Red, and I think the new yellow is Victory Yellow but my memory fails me. There have also been rumors that some late '04 cars were painted with the new yellow but can't verify that.
Le Mans Master
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From: Murphy TX
Originally Posted by Tim2K4Vert
No. Where do you think the name "Millennium" Yellow came from? 
First year was 2000.
First year was 2000.or in other terms 2001
Drifting
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From: NE PA
Originally Posted by srsjuju
I have a Mil yellow and from what I have been told the color is a tint not a paint. So in theory all of the cars could be a different "color" as the more paint that is put on or the less paint the color will be different.
It is very hard to match if you have to paint it from what I am told.
It is very hard to match if you have to paint it from what I am told.
The differences people are seeing have everything to do with the lighting and nothing to do with different paint colors or shades. I have photos of my own car where the paint looks 50 shades different due to the lighting at the time they were taken.