Tokyo Fusion - V5C Colour - Red or Orange?

[RobN-RG]

Hi All,

When the dealer sent me a copy of the registration doc for my Launch Edition, I queried why it was classed as "orange" and not red.  Everyone I know has said it's Red, apart from one who said it's "orangey red".   Does it matter if the V5C (arrived today) has it described as orange when 9 out of 10 people would say it's red.

[john p williams]

14 minutes ago, RobN-RG said:

Hi All,

When the dealer sent me a copy of the registration doc for my Launch Edition, I queried why it was classed as "orange" and not red.  Everyone I know has said it's Red, apart from one who said it's "orangey red".   Does it matter if the V5C (arrived today) has it described as orange when 9 out of 10 people would say it's red.

As long as the vin no`s are identical, ( car and V5) does it matter ?

[FROSTYBALLS]

Extract from Toyota Media:

"It maximises the specification and emphasises the car’s styling with a Tokyo Fusion Red and Eclipse Black Pearlescent bi-tone paint finish."

As long as the VIN details match, cannot see it matters.

On our bi tone i20 (grey/black) the V5C just refers to the colour as 'grey'.

[flash22]

The manufactures name is meaningless its original name is Vivid Coral, it looks like a dark orange maybe with a pink tone to me (think Blood Orange)

Tokyo Fusion Red (Vivid coral) is paint code 3U7 i have not looked up the colour formula to see how it made up yet

[flash22]

3U7

M4			554.5	554.5	g
E330			65.6	620.1	g
M010			41.7	661.8	g
E435			11.6	673.4	g
A323			183.6	857.0	g
A201			74.9	931.9	g
A148			26.9	958.9	g
A032			11.7	970.6	g
M1			46.4	1017.0	g
E3

M4 Clear Base

E330 Flash red effect, red base, Bluish Red Face on - flops to green red

M010 Pearl white

E435 Crystal shimmer Green effect, Green Sparkle face on - flops to red

A323 Light red (primary tint)

A201 Hell Orange (secondary Tint)

A148 Lemon Yellow

A032 White tint

M1 Flop control (makes a courser flake/effect and a lighter flop)

[RobN-RG]

Wow... that's a complex make up.   Rather sadly I remember when Pearlescent paint was being developed (worked for ICI at the time).  I must admit I thought I would see more colours in the Tokyo Fusion, so it would look a slightly different colour if you looked at a different angles.  

I just wanted to be sure that if it flashed up on a Police camera/PNC check I wouldn't get stopped because the colour didn't match.