Nissan paint code K23
Brilliant Silver Metallic
ブリリアントシルバーメタリック
- Paint code
- K23
- Name
- Brilliant Silver Metallic
- Colour
- metallic silver
- Finish
- Metallic: fine aluminium flake, so repaired panels can look lighter or darker at an angle
- V5C should say
- SILVER or GREY
- Status
- Confirmed by two independent sources
Models that came in Brilliant Silver Metallic
Listed for these models in Japanese catalogue colour listings. Not every colour was offered for every year or trim.
- Nissan Elgrand E51built 2002–2010E51
- Nissan Elgrand E52built 2010–2026TE52
- Nissan Serena C26built 2010–2016C26
- Nissan Serena C27built 2016–2022GC27
- Nissan Leafbuilt 2010–2013ZE0
Other Nissan models outside our model library used K23 too.
Has a K23 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 K23, the car left the factory in Brilliant Silver Metallic.
- Check the V5C. For Brilliant Silver Metallic it should say SILVER or GREY. 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. Brilliant Silver Metallic 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 K23?
K23 is Brilliant Silver Metallic (ブリリアントシルバーメタリック), a metallic silver paint.
What colour should the V5C say for a car in K23?
The DVLA records a basic colour, not the paint name, so a car still in its factory Brilliant Silver Metallic should be registered as SILVER or GREY. Anything else suggests it has been painted a new colour, and the keeper should have told the DVLA.
Which models came in Brilliant Silver Metallic?
Japanese catalogue colour listings include it for the Nissan Elgrand E51 (E51), Nissan Elgrand E52 (TE52), Nissan Serena C26 (C26), Nissan Serena C27 (GC27) and Nissan Leaf (ZE0). 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