Nissan paint code RAW
Shining Blue
シャイニングブルー
- Paint code
- RAW
- Name
- Shining Blue
- Colour
- blue
- Finish
- Not given in the name: look at it in daylight
- V5C should say
- BLUE
- Status
- Not yet confirmed: check the plate on the car
Models that came in Shining Blue
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 RAW too.
Has a RAW 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 RAW, the car left the factory in Shining Blue.
- Check the V5C. For Shining Blue it should say 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 blue 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 blue paints
Questions
What colour is Nissan paint code RAW?
RAW is Shining Blue (シャイニングブルー), a blue paint.
What colour should the V5C say for a car in RAW?
The DVLA records a basic colour, not the paint name, so a car still in its factory Shining Blue should be registered as BLUE. Anything else suggests it has been painted a new colour, and the keeper should have told the DVLA.
Which models came in Shining Blue?
Japanese catalogue colour listings include it for the Nissan Serena C26 (C26) and Nissan Serena C27 (GC27). 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