There were plenty of model kits made of the Nissan Skyline GT-R, picking a favorite is a matter of personal taste.
These lists are limited to the GT-R versions of the Nissan Skyline family.
Most of the color info was found on the currently defunct GTR-Registry.com website, when that website goes back online again I will probably replace this list with a link to the GTR-Registry pages.
Downloadable scans of dealer brochures of the various Skylines can be found at the AutoCatalogArchive.com website (provided you can prove that you are human).
The most popular color for the R32 GT-R was Gun Gray metallic KH2, a color that seems to emphasize its menacing looks.
The picture is a Nissan promotional image showing a 1989 R32 Skyline GT-R in Gun Gray with alloy wheels finished in dark metallic.
| color name | color code | sample | closest model paint | Motip | remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal White | 326 | 1-0115 | |||
| Black Pearl metallic | 732 | Tamiya TS-40 spraycan | 70-0424 | ||
| Red Pearl metallic | AH3 | Tamiya TS-39 spraycan | - | ||
| Greyish Blue Pearl | BL0 | 20-0580 | |||
| Jet Silver metallic | KG1 | Tamiya TS-17 spraycan | 10-0030 | ||
| Gun Gray metallic | KH2 | Tamiya TS-38 spraycan | 70-0091 | ||
| Spark Silver metallic | KL0 | 10-0110 | |||
| Dark Blue Pearl | TH1 | Tamiya TS-53 spraycan | 20-1130 | ||
| White 326/Black KH3 | 2M8 | - | highway patrol cars |
The most iconic color for an R33 GT-R is the original Midnight Purple LP2, a color-shifting ChromaFlair (Maziora in Japan) paint made by Nippon Paint that shifts color between deep red-purple and dark green.
Later versions of Midnight Purple would each shift to a different color.
The picture shows a 1995 R33 Skyline GT-R V-Spec in Midnight Purple.
| color name | color code | sample | closest model paint | Motip | remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White | QM1 | 0-0720 | |||
| Super Clear Red | AN0 | Tamiya TS-39 spraycan | - | ||
| Super Clear Red II | AR1 | 5-0471 | |||
| Active Red | AR2 | 5-0330 | |||
| Deep Marine Blue | BN6 | 20-0805 | |||
| Champion Blue | BT2 | Tamiya TS-44 spraycan | 8-0300 | ||
| Black Pearl | GV1 | Tamiya TS-40 spraycan | 70-0730 | ||
| Black | KH3 | Tamiya TS-14 spraycan | 8-0400 | ||
| Spark Silver metallic | KL0 | 10-0110 | |||
| Dark Grey Pearl | KN6 | 70-0410 | |||
| Sonic Silver metallic | KR4 | 10-0210 | |||
| Midnight Purple | LP2 | Mr.Color CM03 | - | Maziora paint: purple to green | |
| White QM1/Black KH3 | 2R8 | - | highway patrol cars |
The most iconic color for the R34 GT-R must be Bayside Blue TV2. Bayside Blue is a more intense metallic version of Champion Blue BT2 which itself was based on the blue used by the Calsonic racing team.
The picture shows a 2000 R34 Skyline GT-R in Bayside Blue metallic.
| color name | color code | sample | closest model paint | Motip | remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White | QM1 | Tamiya TS-26 spraycan | 0-0720 | ||
| Lightning Yellow | EV1 | - | |||
| Active Red | AR2 | 5-0330 | |||
| Silica Breath | EY0 | - | |||
| Black Pearl | GV1 | Tamiya TS-40 spraycan | 70-0730 | ||
| Millennium Jade | JW0 | - | |||
| Sonic Silver metallic | KR4 | 10-0210 | |||
| Athlete Silver metallic | KV2 | - | |||
| Midnight Purple II | LV4 | Mr.Color CM04 | - | Maziora paint: purple to gold | |
| Midnight Purple III | LX0 | - | Maziora paint: purple to blue | ||
| Pearl White | QT1 | Tamiya TS-45 spraycan | - | ||
| Pearl White | QX1 | Tamiya TS-45 spraycan | - | ||
| Bayside Blue | TV2 | Tamiya TS-50 spraycan | - | ||
| Sparkling Silver metallic | WV2 | Tamiya TS-17 spraycan | 70-0220 |
The R35 had such a long production run that it is hard to pick its most iconic color, so I chose a picture of a 2017 GT-R in Blaze metallic EBG.
| color name | color code | sample | closest model paint | Motip | remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory pearl | QX1 | Tamiya TS-45 spraycan | - | ||
| Pearl White | QAB | - | |||
| Super Silver metallic | KAB | - | |||
| Gun metallic | KAD | Tamiya TS-94 spraycan | - | ||
| Black Obsidian | KH3 | Tamiya TS-14 spraycan | 8-0400 | ||
| Jet Black pearl | GAG | Tamiya TS-40 spraycan | - | ||
| Titanium | KAC | - | |||
| Matte Gray | KBL | - | |||
| Stealth Gray | KCE | - | 2021 Nismo Special Edition | ||
| Blaze metallic | EBG | - | |||
| Solid Red | A54 | - | |||
| Regal Red | NAS | - | |||
| Deep Blue pearl | RAY | - | |||
| Bayside Blue | RCB | Tamiya TS-50 spraycan | - | ||
| Midnight opal | LAG | - | 2014 Special Edition; Maziora paint | ||
| Midnight Purple | DAP | - | Maziora paint: purple to green to deep red | ||
| Millennium Jade | JW0 | - | |||
| 45th Anniversary Gold | EY0 | - | (a.k.a. Silica Breath) |