Candy v Flake Sapphire Blue

[Trigger]

Picked up a UK CB750 K6 some years ago that needs a bit of love and care. The bike is in good original condition apart from it was left in a coal shed for years.
I have been trying to identify the colour of it. It could be Candy Sapphire Blue or Flake Sapphire Blue, these two colours are very close but, I suspect that the UK did not have the Flake and only the Candy. Could anyone confirm this ?

[AshimotoK0]

I just sold a CB250G5 (1976 probably built 1975) and that was 'Candy Sapphire Blue' so I guess the K6 750 would have been the same paint Graham...it looked nice in that colour .. . It was a 2k only  miler but the guy who bought it in the NE is doing a total restoration on it ...he's already got a pair of NOS genuine exhausts for it from DS , even though one of the ones on the bike was really nice. Looking forward to meeting up with 'it' again when it has a new lease of life....will be interesting to see how it turns out. It's great when you sell nice projects and people do that kind of thing. I also sold a G5 frame/forks/bottom end etc to a guy who drove all the way to Hull  from London and then back again to pick it up  and when he got back that evening immediately started making a flat tracker from it, as he had a two week commission to build a bike for a film set ... What an interesting hobby we have !

[Menno]

I haven't seen a 750 in flake blue jet but I thought it was the 550 which came either in orange or blue flakes (?)

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I haven't seen a 750 in flake blue jet but I thought it was the 550 which came either in orange or blue flakes (?)

That looks very dark for a Sapphire blue.
Mine is more lighter, near the same on the Yamiya site >>> http://www.yamiya750.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=246_157_271_243&products_id=2846

[AshimotoK0]

This is from a G5 Graham and I understood to be CS Blue (original Honda paint)

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[Trigger]

That doesn't look like Sapphire blue Ash. You have seen my Sapphire blue K6, it sits in the conservatory. Will put a pic up tomorrow.

[AshimotoK0]

That doesn't look like Sapphire blue Ash. You have seen my Sapphire blue K6, it sits in the conservatory. Will put a pic up tomorrow.

Perhaps it's 'Hawaiian Blue Metallic'  then Graham !

[Menno]

That looks very dark for a Sapphire blue.
Mine is more lighter, near the same on the Yamiya site >>> http://www.yamiya750.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=246_157_271_243&products_id=2846
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This is about a 98% match with NOS parts. The Yamiya looks almost to much blue. However; lightning makes a lot of difference.
Often when you see it on a computer it looks way off but if you put the parts together in one room they are almost the same... yeah - candy.

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This is my original Sapphire Blue tank on a 750K6, Still not sure if it is Candy or Flake
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[Menno]

If there are flakes in the paint you'd see them immediately.