US Kizashi colors

Onikarge · Fri Oct 20, 2017 5:37 pm

Info extracted from US brochures:

Azure gray metallic: from 2010 to 2013
Black pearl metallic: from 2010 to 2013
Platinum silver metallic: 2010 to 2012
> Premium silver metallic: 2013
White water pearl: 2010 to 2012
> Pearl white: 2013
Deep sea blue metallic: 2010 to 2012
> Prussian blue metallic: 2013
Ice blue metallic: 2010 to 2012
Vivid red: 2010 to 2012
> Solid red: 2013
Crimson red metallic: 2012
> Ablaze red metallic: 2013

It seems that some colors (silver, blue, white...) were renamed in 2013, apparently this colors are the same.

Fri Oct 20, 2017 8:35 pm

Good info.
It's also known that some other colors were offered in certain markets while others only had limited colors. In Japan, the Kizashi was only sold in 3 colors: white, black, and silver.

Evanzo7 · Sat Oct 21, 2017 9:34 pm

Be interesting to see what it looks like in a few of those colours.

Can't quite tell if this is the Azure Grey like mine or not, I think it's the alloys that are doing something to my eyes, but I think it looks fantastic in whatever colour this actually is.
I would have actually bought this over mine if it wasn't so far away I think.

Onikarge · Mon Oct 23, 2017 5:28 pm

Evanzo7 wrote:Be interesting to see what it looks like in a few of those colours.

Can't quite tell if this is the Azure Grey like mine or not, I think it's the alloys that are doing something to my eyes, but I think it looks fantastic in whatever colour this actually is.
I would have actually bought this over mine if it wasn't so far away I think.

Well, your Kizashi, technically, is NOT Azure gray

but don´t get dissapointed I´ll go straight to the point.

British Kizashis were sold in one of these 4 colors:

1) Premium silver metallic.
2) Super black pearl.
3) Snow white pearl.
$) Mineral gray metallic.

So, good news, your kizashi is a Mineral gray metallic

like mine (cause spanish brochures basically don´t exist). I guess Azure and Mineral are just the same color except for the name.

As far as I know ice blue kizashis can´t be found in Europe and the deep blue and red ones are rare (germans mainly). It´s a pity: the ice blue metallic (so misunderstood in US) and the red metallic are very nice and brave colors.

Evanzo7 · Tue Oct 24, 2017 8:27 pm

Onikarge wrote:
Well, your Kizashi, technically, is NOT Azure gray but don´t get dissapointed I´ll go straight to the point.

British Kizashis were sold in one of these 4 colors:

1) Premium silver metallic.
2) Super black pearl.
3) Snow white pearl.
$) Mineral gray metallic.

So, good news, your kizashi is a Mineral gray metallic like mine (cause spanish brochures basically don´t exist). I guess Azure and Mineral are just the same color except for the name.

Ah fair enough, someone said in another post it as Azure, but either way doesn't matter, I like the colour!

So the one I pictured above, what colour is that? It seems a bit lighter than my one, but I can't see it being anything other than the Mineral Grey as well seeing as it's in the UK.

Wed Oct 25, 2017 12:55 pm

I guess unless you could manage to get an Azure Gray and a Mineral Gray side-by-side, how could you tell visually? Each could look at the paint code on their respective door jambs and report back. Maybe they're the same...maybe they're not.

Onikarge · Wed Oct 25, 2017 3:51 pm

Ronzuki wrote:I guess unless you could manage to get an Azure Gray and a Mineral Gray side-by-side, how could you tell visually? Each could look at the paint code on their respective door jambs and report back. Maybe they're the same...maybe they're not.

Good point, my Kizashi´s Mineral grey paint code is ZMW C04