Nissan paint code KH3
Super Black
スーパーブラック
- Paint code
- KH3
- Name
- Super Black
- Colour
- solid black
- Finish
- Solid: no flake, the easiest to match
- V5C should say
- BLACK
- Status
- Confirmed by two independent sources
Models that came in Super Black
Listed for these models in Japanese catalogue colour listings. Not every colour was offered for every year or trim.
- Nissan Skyline GT-R R33built 1995–1998BCNR33
- Nissan Silvia S15built 1999–2002S15
- Nissan 180SX S13built 1991–1998RPS13
- Nissan Skyline V35built 2003–2007CPV35
- Nissan Elgrand E51built 2002–2010E51
- Nissan Serena C26built 2010–2016C26
- Nissan Leafbuilt 2010–2013ZE0
We believe these offered it too, but haven’t confirmed it yet:
Other Nissan models outside our model library used KH3 too.
Has a KH3 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 KH3, the car left the factory in Super Black.
- Check the V5C. For Super 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 Nissan black paints
Questions
What colour is Nissan paint code KH3?
KH3 is Super Black (スーパーブラック), a solid black paint.
What colour should the V5C say for a car in KH3?
The DVLA records a basic colour, not the paint name, so a car still in its factory Super 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 Super Black?
Japanese catalogue colour listings include it for the Nissan Skyline GT-R R33 (BCNR33), Nissan Silvia S15 (S15), Nissan 180SX S13 (RPS13), Nissan Skyline V35 (CPV35), Nissan Elgrand E51 (E51), Nissan Serena C26 (C26) and Nissan Leaf (ZE0). We believe the Nissan Skyline R33 (ECR33) also offered it, but haven’t confirmed that yet. 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