VolvoOld Grey MetallicTouch Up Paint — Paint Code 449
Old Grey Metallic is Volvo paint code 449. Volvo used 449 on the S60, V70, V50, S40 from 1999 to 2006. 449 is a metallic, high gloss finish. Old Grey Metallic is sold as Mistralgruen Metallic and Vert Mistral Metallic in other markets.
The kit is mixed to the 449 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.