VolvoCaper Green MetallicTouch Up Paint — Paint Code 493
Caper Green Metallic is Volvo paint code 493. Volvo used 493 on the XC90, V70, S80, XC70 from 2008 to 2014. 493 is a metallic, high gloss finish. Caper Green Metallic is sold as Caper Gruen Metallic and Vert Capre Perle in other markets. Of the 16 Volvo green colours ordered from us, 6 have been ordered more often than Caper Green Metallic.
The kit is mixed to the 493 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.