Mitsubishi paint code X42
Amethyst Black
アメジストブラック
- Paint code
- X42
- Name
- Amethyst Black
- Colour
- black
- Finish
- Not given in the name: look at it in daylight
- V5C should say
- BLACK
- Status
- Not yet confirmed: check the plate on the car
Models that came in Amethyst Black
We believe these offered it too, but haven’t confirmed it yet:
Other Mitsubishi models outside our model library used X42 too.
Has a X42 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 X42, the car left the factory in Amethyst Black.
- Check the V5C. For Amethyst Black it should say BLACK. 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 black 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 Mitsubishi black paints
Questions
What colour is Mitsubishi paint code X42?
X42 is Amethyst Black (アメジストブラック), a black paint.
What colour should the V5C say for a car in X42?
The DVLA records a basic colour, not the paint name, so a car still in its factory Amethyst Black should be registered as BLACK. Anything else suggests it has been painted a new colour, and the keeper should have told the DVLA.
Which models came in Amethyst Black?
We believe the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VII to IX (CT9A) also offered it, but haven’t confirmed that yet. 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