Hey Y'all - What was the name of this C5's color?

[6 Shooter]

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[jrose7004]

It looks like a C5 painted Cyber Gray.

 

[XLR8]

It looks like the Medium Purple Pearl Metallic.

Corvette Action Center | Model Center | C5 | 1998 | 1998 Corvette Production Figures and Performance Reviews

Jane Ann

 

[jrose7004]

My moniter just isn't showing me any purple but more gray. Who knows?

 

[hotshotzny]

i agree with jane ann.. looks to me like the purple pearl metallic.... i had a friend who had a ram air firebird in that color and thats a lot what it looked like... looked awesome with a fresh polish in the direct sun

 

[Patrick]

I agree with Jane Ann- if you scroll across and look at the front end (slightly better quality light), there's a slight purple hue.

 

[leftyvette]

I vote C5 Spiral Gray.

 

[C6 CRZN]

I agree with Jane Ann.

 

[JJS]

I believe it's Amethyst.

 

[6 Shooter]

YEP - 1998 Medium Purple Pearl Metallic

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[killain]

My vote is with Jane Ann's, Medium Purple Pearl Matallic !

 

[edram454]

purple pearl metallic. recently judged one at a show. edram454

 

[98am]

It looks like the Medium Purple Pearl Metallic.

Corvette Action Center | Model Center | C5 | 1998 | 1998 Corvette Production Figures and Performance Reviews

Jane Ann

Agree

 

[Pac-man]

That looks like a custom color, not a factory C5 color. The car has a high rise after market hood, so that confirms at minumum, that it was painted.

 

[Remo]

I Remember It Well

It was not a popular color and some Corvette people jokingly called it "eggplant".:L

 

[BruceBed]

Hands down Medium purple pearl metallic. There wasn't that many sprayed that color.

 

[KANE]

I was not a popular color and some Corvette people jokingly called it "eggplant".:L

Still beautiful though!!!

 

[Pac-man]

Its probably a respray of medium purple pearl metalic, thats why its a little darker than the factory spray.

 

[XLR8]

I was not a popular color and some Corvette people jokingly called it "eggplant".:L

It is an unusual color, but I like it. The convertibles I've seen in photos look good with the tan top. Now, if it were the same color as eggplant, that would look good!

Jane Ann

 

[Patman]

Its probably a respray of medium purple pearl metalic, thats why its a little darker than the factory spray.

It probably just looks darker because of the way the picture was taken. You could take a picture of the exact same car at the exact same time with two different cameras and get two totally different looking results. Same goes with monitors, everyone's monitor is going to be calibrated slightly different so the color of the exact same picture will look vastly different from one to the next. As someone who has worked in the publishing business for 17 years doing color correction in Photoshop, I can tell you that monitor calibration can change the color of something quite drastically.