If you've bought a used car and want to touch up the paint, you must first locate the colour code. Here's where to find your car's colour code.

Code numbers for the exterior paint and interior upholstery color are usually found if you sniff through the delivery book that came with your car.

Consumer Reports explores the world of automotive paint colors, looking at the most popular car paint colors and how color can impact selling your car.

You may not always have the original paint to work with when performing touch-ups. Learn how to match any paint color without a code.

So the easy way to select your paint materials is to go through variouscompanies' paint-chip books, find the color you want for your car, thenuse that company's paint materials from the bare metal ...

The dozens of individual colors are in white plastic containers on paint-spattered shelves that run from floor to ceiling.

With a little bit of time, a lot of patience, and some tricks of the trade, even a novice can pull off prepping and painting a car like a pro.