Nissan paint code KAY
Shell Blonde
シェルブロンド
- Paint code
- KAY
- Name
- Shell Blonde
- Colour
- beige
- Finish
- Not given in the name: look at it in daylight
- V5C should say
- BEIGE, CREAM, GOLD, BROWN or SILVER
- Status
- Not yet confirmed: check the plate on the car
Models that came in Shell Blonde
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 KAY too.
Has a KAY 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 KAY, the car left the factory in Shell Blonde.
- Check the V5C. For Shell Blonde it should say BEIGE, CREAM, GOLD, BROWN or SILVER. 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 beige 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 Nissan beige paints
Questions
What colour is Nissan paint code KAY?
KAY is Shell Blonde (シェルブロンド), a beige paint.
What colour should the V5C say for a car in KAY?
The DVLA records a basic colour, not the paint name, so a car still in its factory Shell Blonde should be registered as BEIGE, CREAM, GOLD, BROWN or SILVER. Anything else suggests it has been painted a new colour, and the keeper should have told the DVLA.
Which models came in Shell Blonde?
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