It was not uncommon to see ‘Original’ bikes of varying shades of the same colour leaving the Triumph factory.
The Triumph factory had ‘At least’ two different paint suppliers at any one time which would supply their variant of a particular colour, also there would sometimes be ‘Batch to batch’ variations of shade from the same supplier. Motorcycles to achieve the correct accurate colours for their ‘Show winning’ Triumph restoration and refinishing work. The colours were matched to original Triumph factory samples to enable Hughie Hancox Restorations & M.S.
‘TRICOLOUR’ Classic motorcycle paint was originally formulated for use on classic Triumph machines.