Fillmore MKII 'california blue' colour

[SeanTheFunky]

http://s-forceweb.com/guitarshop/guitar ... i_cb_a.jpg

Anyone have an idea of what this 'california blue' colour is close to in terms of say, Fender colour charts? I was thinking Daphne or sonic blue. For a while I thought it was a little similar to the Rickenbacker 'blue boy' finish, but I think the blue boy is a little lighter. Anyone got any ideas?

[Veenture]

I'm not knowledgeable about colour charts but the blue on this one seems to me to reflect an overexposed shot. The headstock is very bright. Actually, I suspect that the blue on this one should be a darker shade in the flesh; compare the parts where a shadow is cast on the paint. Fender's Lake Placid Blue is considerably darker and both Dapne- and Sonic Blue, considerably lighter...(than the colour depicted).

[jfine]

It's closer to Daphne Blue than to anything else, but it's a little brighter than Daphne. Sonic Blue is light, almost a robin's-egg blue, and Lake Placid Blue is metallic. The closest Fender ever came to that particular shade was in the late-'70's-early-'80's with their "International" colors--I believe they called it Maui Blue.