Toyota paint code 218
Attitude Black Mica
アティチュードブラックマイカ
- Paint code
- 218
- Name
- Attitude Black Mica
- Colour
- mica black
- Finish
- Mica: a shimmering flake, so repaired panels can look different at an angle
- V5C should say
- BLACK
- Status
- Confirmed by two independent sources
Models that came in Attitude Black Mica
Listed for these models in Japanese catalogue colour listings. Not every colour was offered for every year or trim.
Other Toyota models outside our model library used 218 too.
Has a 218 car been resprayed?
- Find the model plate and read the code. On the manufacturer’s plate in the engine bay, usually on the bulkhead or a front strut top. It’s printed with the trim code as COLOR/TRIM (C/TR): in 040/FB20 the paint code is 040. If it says 218, the car left the factory in Attitude Black Mica.
- Check the V5C. For Attitude Black Mica 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. Attitude Black Mica has a mica finish, so look along each panel at an angle for a change in shade.
Other Toyota black paints
Questions
What colour is Toyota paint code 218?
218 is Attitude Black Mica (アティチュードブラックマイカ), a mica black paint.
What colour should the V5C say for a car in 218?
The DVLA records a basic colour, not the paint name, so a car still in its factory Attitude Black Mica 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 Attitude Black Mica?
Japanese catalogue colour listings include it for the Toyota Prius (ZVW50). Other Toyota 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 Toyota colour codes