VolvoOyster Grey MetallicTouch Up Paint — Paint Code 472
Oyster Grey Metallic is Volvo paint code 472. Volvo used 472 on the XC90, V70, S80, XC70 from 2006 to 2013. 472 is a metallic, high gloss finish. Oyster Grey Metallic is sold as Oyster Grau Pearl and Gris Oyster Perle in other markets. Of the 23 Volvo grey colours ordered from us, 9 have been ordered more often than Oyster Grey Metallic.
The kit is mixed to the 472 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.