Toyota paint code 742
Dark Turquoise Mica
ダークターコイズマイカ
- Paint code
- 742
- Name
- Dark Turquoise Mica
- Colour
- mica turquoise
- Finish
- Mica: a shimmering flake, so repaired panels can look different at an angle
- V5C should say
- TURQUOISE, BLUE or GREEN
- Status
- Confirmed: Toyota’s own catalogue lists Dark Turquoise Mica for the SW20, and a separate colour listing gives its code as 742
Models that came in Dark Turquoise 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 742 too.
In Toyota’s own catalogue
Toyota’s own listings name the colour (ダークターコイズマイカ) but not the code, so they confirm the model offered it. These are the grades we checked:
- Toyota MR2 SW20 SW20Toyota’s used-car catalogue: MR2 GT (E-SW20), October 1989 to December 1991
Has a 742 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 742, the car left the factory in Dark Turquoise Mica.
- Check the V5C. For Dark Turquoise Mica it should say TURQUOISE, BLUE or GREEN. 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 turquoise 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. Dark Turquoise Mica has a mica finish, so look along each panel at an angle for a change in shade.
Other Toyota turquoise paints
Questions
What colour is Toyota paint code 742?
742 is Dark Turquoise Mica (ダークターコイズマイカ), a mica turquoise paint.
What colour should the V5C say for a car in 742?
The DVLA records a basic colour, not the paint name, so a car still in its factory Dark Turquoise Mica should be registered as TURQUOISE, BLUE or GREEN. Anything else suggests it has been painted a new colour, and the keeper should have told the DVLA.
Which models came in Dark Turquoise Mica?
Japanese catalogue colour listings include it for the Toyota MR2 SW20 (SW20). 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