Dark Red Mica is Lexus paint code 3N6. Lexus used 3N6 on the ES300 from 1998 to 2005. 3N6 is a metallic, high gloss finish. Dark Red Mica is sold as Vintage Red Pearl in other markets. Of the 73 Lexus red colours ordered from us, 30 have been ordered more often than Dark Red Mica.
The kit is mixed to the 3N6 formula — the same code printed on your vehicle’s paint label — not colour-matched by eye. On panels that still carry their factory paint, that reproduces the original tone.
Where it will not match
Panels bleached by years of sun sit lighter than the factory formula. The kit reproduces the original colour, not the faded one.
A panel that has already been resprayed is no longer the factory colour, so the code will not describe it.
Metallic and pearl finishes are harder to blend across a large area than solid colours — they are at their best on chips and thin scratches.
Damage larger than a few centimetres, or down to bare metal over a wide area, is body-shop work.