I'm not sure that we will be able to get a closer match. This is two coats of top coat and 2 passes of clear. I painted a hard line on purpose so I could take pictures of it in daylight to bring to the shop for reference. The shop tells me it's impossible to match my sun faded paint. What say you?

So hard to tell over the internet but the shop said it's sun faded you could try a few drops of sliver and do a spray out but will still have to be a base blend repair.

I agree that it is impossible to tell over the net.
What's important is what YOU think. Looks very close so if you were to blend it properly will it be good enough for YOU?

Thank you for your input guys. Since I dont fully understand the world of paint and color I was under the Illusion that It would not be too hard to match it. The old paint looks lighter and more yellow to me, probably because it's sun faded. What I cant wrap my head around is, why is it so hard to make the new paint lighter and more yellow? Anyway, If it is impossible then I will do the best I can to work with this one. I'm gonna need to practise blending a lot. I was looking for information on that on this very form. Do you guys have any links that I could read up on before I begin?

Happy new year!

Sometimes I have to buff out adjacent panels to get a good match,
usually the clear has yellowed on older cars and it takes a good sanding
of the clear first, then buffing to get it to look like the original color.
Buffing alone won't do it.
Sometimes I find it easier to just paint the entire side of a car to
get a good looking match.

JCCLARK wrote:Sometimes I have to buff out adjacent panels to get a good match,
usually the clear has yellowed on older cars and it takes a good sanding
of the clear first, then buffing to get it to look like the original color.
Buffing alone won't do it.
Sometimes I find it easier to just paint the entire side of a car to
get a good looking match.

Thanks. Would you do the wet sanding and buff on the old paint before painting then? And blend it out in towards the buffed area? I assume I would have to lightly matt the area of the blend too?

When I'm doing a colour like this i always do a load of spray outs.

do different sprayouts at different pressures or applying mor heavy or lighter. it all helps in getting the colour right.

Check this video out of applying a three stage pearl.

https://youtu.be/OO5wNTDNJc8