Toyota paint code 3R3
Red Mica Metallic
レッドマイカメタリック
- Paint code
- 3R3
- Name
- Red Mica Metallic
- Colour
- mica red
- Finish
- Mica: a shimmering flake, so repaired panels can look different at an angle
- V5C should say
- RED or MAROON
- Status
- Confirmed by two independent sources
Models that came in Red Mica Metallic
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 3R3 too.
Has a 3R3 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 3R3, the car left the factory in Red Mica Metallic.
- Check the V5C. For Red Mica Metallic it should say RED or MAROON. 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 red 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. Red Mica Metallic has a mica finish, so look along each panel at an angle for a change in shade.
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Questions
What colour is Toyota paint code 3R3?
3R3 is Red Mica Metallic (レッドマイカメタリック), a mica red paint.
What colour should the V5C say for a car in 3R3?
The DVLA records a basic colour, not the paint name, so a car still in its factory Red Mica Metallic should be registered as RED or MAROON. Anything else suggests it has been painted a new colour, and the keeper should have told the DVLA.
Which models came in Red Mica Metallic?
Japanese catalogue colour listings include it for the Toyota Prius (ZVW30) and Toyota Estima 50 series (ACR50). 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