Mazda CX-5 Touch Up Paint (56 OEM Colors)

The Color Breakdown

Mazda clearly decided that "standard" was a four-letter word when they designed the CX-5. With 28 recorded colors, they've given us everything from the show-stopping Soul Red Tricoat to the rugged Zircon Sand. They also seem to have a delightful obsession with the Pacific Northwest weather report, offering roughly a dozen "50 shades of grey" variants like Machine Gray Metallic, Polymetal Gray, and Meteor Gray. Whether your car is the color of a sophisticated thunderstorm or a Velocity Red sunset, Mazda definitely "went for it" in the paint booth.

What to Watch For

Here's the honest truth: Mazda paint is famously beautiful but a bit "soft-hearted." It tends to pick up chips on the hood and front bumper if a pebble so much as looks at it funny. You might also notice some thinning or "pitting" around the roof rails or the top of the liftgate. To find your specific battle-code, open the driver's door and look at the B-pillar (the frame the door latches onto). You'll see a white manufacturing sticker; look for a three-digit "Color Code" like 46V or 41W. That's your golden ticket to a matching bottle.

Driveway Repair Tip

Since so many CX-5 colors-like Snowflake Pearl or Soul Red-are "Tricoats," they have extra layers of sparkle buried inside. Before you touch that chip, shake your paint bottle for a full two minutes. I'm talking "maraca soloist" levels of shaking. This wakes up the metallic flakes so they don't all sit at the bottom of the bottle. When applying, remember that three thin, translucent layers are always better than one big, gloopy "mountain" of paint. These colors require patience, but if you build the color slowly, that chip will vanish into the horizon.