Mitsubishi paint code W23
Warm White Pearl
ウォームホワイトパール
- Paint code
- W23
- Name
- Warm White Pearl
- Colour
- pearl white
- Finish
- Pearl: layered and the hardest to match, so look closely at panel edges
- V5C should say
- WHITE or CREAM
- Status
- Not yet confirmed: check the plate on the car
Models that came in Warm White Pearl
Listed for these models in Japanese catalogue colour listings. Not every colour was offered for every year or trim.
Other Mitsubishi models outside our model library used W23 too.
Has a W23 car been resprayed?
- Find the model plate and read the code. On the caution plate in the engine bay, next to EXT (the exterior paint). Codes are a letter and two digits, such as W37. If it says W23, the car left the factory in Warm White Pearl.
- Check the V5C. For Warm White Pearl it should say WHITE or CREAM. 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 white 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. Warm White Pearl has a pearl finish, so look along each panel at an angle for a change in shade.
Other Mitsubishi white paints
Questions
What colour is Mitsubishi paint code W23?
W23 is Warm White Pearl (ウォームホワイトパール), a pearl white paint.
What colour should the V5C say for a car in W23?
The DVLA records a basic colour, not the paint name, so a car still in its factory Warm White Pearl should be registered as WHITE or CREAM. Anything else suggests it has been painted a new colour, and the keeper should have told the DVLA.
Which models came in Warm White Pearl?
Japanese catalogue colour listings include it for the Mitsubishi Delica D:5 (CV5W). Other Mitsubishi 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 Mitsubishi colour codes