Mazda paint code 16S
Medium Blue
ミディアムブルー
- Paint code
- 16S
- Name
- Medium Blue
- Colour
- blue
- Finish
- Not given in the name: look at it in daylight
- V5C should say
- BLUE
- Status
- Not yet confirmed: check the plate on the car
Models that came in Medium Blue
Listed for these models in Japanese catalogue colour listings. Not every colour was offered for every year or trim.
Other Mazda models outside our model library used 16S too.
Has a 16S car been resprayed?
- Find the model plate and read the code. On the caution plate, in the engine bay on older models and on the driver’s side centre pillar on later ones, next to COLOR. Mazda codes are two or three characters. If it says 16S, the car left the factory in Medium Blue.
- Check the V5C. For Medium Blue it should say BLUE. Add the paint code to our free check and we’ll compare it with the DVLA record for you.
- Check the auction sheet. It should describe the car as blue and usually prints the code. A sheet that says one colour with a code for another means the car was painted before it was sold in Japan. Our auction sheet translator flags that.
- Look for the old colour where a respray rarely reaches: the engine bay, door shuts, inside the boot lid and fuel flap, and under rubber seals.
Other Mazda blue paints
Questions
What colour is Mazda paint code 16S?
16S is Medium Blue (ミディアムブルー), a blue paint.
What colour should the V5C say for a car in 16S?
The DVLA records a basic colour, not the paint name, so a car still in its factory Medium Blue should be registered as BLUE. Anything else suggests it has been painted a new colour, and the keeper should have told the DVLA.
Which models came in Medium Blue?
Japanese catalogue colour listings include it for the Mazda Bongo Friendee SG (SGLR). Other Mazda models outside our model library used it too.
From our own colour table. The dot shows the colour family, not the paint itself. Spotted a mistake? Email [email protected]. All Mazda colour codes