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Well, finally found the answer. Following advice from rotorwrench, I picked up a copy of the 56 Mercury Body Parts catalogue Final Edition. 205 is indeed Delta Blue Met./ Tyrolean Blue/ Delta Blue Met. Incidentally, 204 is Tyrolean Blue/ Delta Blue Met./ Tyrolean Blue. Thanks everyone for your...

Might be getting a touch nearer? I assumed the base color to be Niagra Blue 05, as that is the nearest to the original color I could find on my paint chart. However just looking at Mercman from Oz's post of his 56 Merc chart, there is Tyrolean Blue as 05A, which Michael Allen mentioned. My Duco...

Thanks Michael Allen. Does that mean that 205A is an all over single color of Tyrolean Blue, as a special order? The car is light blue. I cut back some paint on the firewall, which is original, and assumed it was Niagra Blue. Any one got the '56 Body parts catalogue?

Well, thank you all for your posts. Lots of input here. The original color as found in the engine bay and inside the trunk is definitely Niagra Blue. The car has been overpainted in a more turquoisy colour (you can see the paler blue underneath where the top coat is flaking off. Again, the dark...

Hi Mercman from oz. That's the Ford colours I think. I have the Mercury one. My car was definitely Niagra Blue, which has the 05 code. Just wonder what 205 means! I will look for the 56 Mercury body parts manual as suggested by rotorwrench. Cheers!

Thanks dmsfrr. Seems that Ford use letters, and Mercury numbers for color codes. Learn something every day!

Thanks. I always have the car with something that doesn't match!

Hello all. I have a '56 Mercury Monterey. Currently it is a kind of Seafoam/ dark blue color. The original color seems to be Niagra Blue. The body tag says 205 as the color code. According to the manual Niagra blue is 05. There seems to be no code for 205, either as a single colour, 2 tone or...