Nissan paint code BN5
Light Bluish Silver
ライトブルーイッシュシルバー
- Paint code
- BN5
- Name
- Light Bluish Silver
- Colour
- metallic silver
- Finish
- Metallic: fine aluminium flake, so repaired panels can look lighter or darker at an angle
- V5C should say
- SILVER, GREY or BLUE
- Status
- Not yet confirmed: check the plate on the car
Models that came in Light Bluish Silver
Listed for these models in Japanese catalogue colour listings. Not every colour was offered for every year or trim.
Other Nissan models outside our model library used BN5 too.
Has a BN5 car been resprayed?
- Find the model plate and read the code. On the model plate (the “caution plate”) in the engine bay, usually on the bulkhead, next to COLOR. Some later models put a sticker on the driver’s door pillar instead. If it says BN5, the car left the factory in Light Bluish Silver.
- Check the V5C. For Light Bluish Silver it should say SILVER, GREY or 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 silver 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. Light Bluish Silver has a metallic finish, so look along each panel at an angle for a change in shade.
Other Nissan silver paints
Questions
What colour is Nissan paint code BN5?
BN5 is Light Bluish Silver (ライトブルーイッシュシルバー), a metallic silver paint.
What colour should the V5C say for a car in BN5?
The DVLA records a basic colour, not the paint name, so a car still in its factory Light Bluish Silver should be registered as SILVER, GREY or BLUE. Anything else suggests it has been painted a new colour, and the keeper should have told the DVLA.
Which models came in Light Bluish Silver?
Japanese catalogue colour listings include it for the Nissan Silvia S15 (S15). Other Nissan 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 Nissan colour codes