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Nissan paint code GAT

Midnight Black

ミッドナイトブラック

Paint code
GAT
Name
Midnight 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 Midnight Black

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 GAT too.

Has a GAT car been resprayed?

  1. 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 GAT, the car left the factory in Midnight Black.
  2. Check the V5C. For Midnight Black it should say BLACK. Add the paint code to our free check and we’ll compare it with the DVLA record for you.
  3. 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.
  4. 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 Nissan black paints

Questions

What colour is Nissan paint code GAT?

GAT is Midnight Black (ミッドナイトブラック), a black paint.

What colour should the V5C say for a car in GAT?

The DVLA records a basic colour, not the paint name, so a car still in its factory Midnight 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 Midnight Black?

Japanese catalogue colour listings include it for the Nissan Elgrand E52 (TE52). 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