Blue Pearl is Volvo paint code 328. Volvo used 328 on the Car from 1994 to 2001. 328 is a metallic, high gloss finish. Blue Pearl also appears as code AC11146.
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Is 328 the same as AC11146?
Manufacturer code328Usually the one on your car’s label
Standard numberAC11146
A single factory colour is often recorded under more than one code: the manufacturer’s own code, an industry standard number, and a supplier code. They all mix to the same paint. The code printed on your vehicle’s paint label is the one to match.
This is what the paint label looks like on a Volvo. The code on it is the one to match.
The kit is mixed to the 328 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.