Color Discrepancy?

[AndrewF]

My truck is listed as Sterling Gray Metallic on the build sheet and online in the GM Financial website, however I noticed that the color in reality is much lighter than what shows up on the GM Financial image as well as the general Chevrolet Configurator website.  Playing around in the configurator my color much more closely matches Slate Gray Metallic. Is it possible something is messed up?  Here are some pictures of what my truck is supposed to look like according to the website, along with what it actually looks like.  What color do i actually have?

Edited December 20, 2024 by AndrewF

[AndrewF]

[newdude]

1 hour ago, AndrewF said:

My truck is listed as Sterling Gray Metallic on the build sheet and online in the GM Financial website, however I noticed that the color in reality is much lighter than what shows up on the GM Financial image as well as the general Chevrolet Configurator website.  Playing around in the configurator my color much more closely matches Slate Gray Metallic. Is it possible something is messed up?  Here are some pictures of what my truck is supposed to look like according to the website, along with what it actually looks like.  What color do i actually have?

 

 

 

 

 

The configurators never exactly match the actual color.  The actual pictures you posted are correct, not the configurator. 

 

Real life pictures or seeing them in person is the best way to see what the colors really look like instead of the B&P renderings.  

Edited December 20, 2024 by newdude

[rjgvt]

Do you have the window sticker. I have a 2024 GMC in Sterling Metallic. I noticed that Chevrolet lists some of the colors a little different. I just went to Chevrolets website to build an HD truck. I can't tell the difference between Slate Gray Metallic and Sterling Gray Metallic. I looked at a local Chevy dealer's website that has an HD truck in Sterling Gray Metallic and it looks like yours. 

 

 

[newdude]

57 minutes ago, AndrewF said:

 

 

 

 

 

Both colors are very different from each other.  Both are a metallic.  Slate Gray is like a primer gray with a slight hint of blue and silver flake in the metallic.  In most lighting it almost seems non metallic, just gloss. 

 

Sterling Gray is like a silver meets gray.  Darker than the old Silver Ice Metallic it replaced, much lighter than Dark Ash metallic.  Its like a medium silver.  

 

This is Slate Gray -

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another example of Sterling Gray to add to your two pictures:

 

 

 

[newdude]

Just to really show you how much lighting can change them, here they are from the 2025 color and trim books:

 

 

[revrnd]

X2 about the colour samples online being inaccurate.

 

Also for whatever reason GMC & Chev have different names for each colour.

[AndrewF]

3 hours ago, newdude said:

 

 

Both colors are very different from each other.  Both are a metallic.  Slate Gray is like a primer gray with a slight hint of blue and silver flake in the metallic.  In most lighting it almost seems non metallic, just gloss. 

 

Sterling Gray is like a silver meets gray.  Darker than the old Silver Ice Metallic it replaced, much lighter than Dark Ash metallic.  Its like a medium silver.  

 

This is Slate Gray -

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another example of Sterling Gray to add to your two pictures:

 

 

 

Gotcha, thanks for the response. That makes sense, also why I’ve never seen any gray/silver trucks darker than mine in this generation. I do wish it was a little darker and closer to the configuration color in reality though but oh well.  
 

And here I thought the actual slate gray color trucks were something completely different than they actually are. I figured it would be a long shot my paperwork was wrong but glad it’s right. 

[AndrewF]

3 hours ago, rjgvt said:

Do you have the window sticker. I have a 2024 GMC in Sterling Metallic. I noticed that Chevrolet lists some of the colors a little different. I just went to Chevrolets website to build an HD truck. I can't tell the difference between Slate Gray Metallic and Sterling Gray Metallic. I looked at a local Chevy dealer's website that has an HD truck in Sterling Gray Metallic and it looks like yours. 

 

 

Yeah my window sticker says sterling gray. Online vs real life colors are way off

[redwngr]

 

I like to find a vehicle with the same paint RPO code as the vehicle I want to order so I can view the paint in the daylight. 

Got burnt once and want to never let it happen again.

 

 

Not at night.

Not at dusk/dawn.

Not if it's raining.

etc. 

 

Internet photos lie.

Paint chips lie.

Configurator shots lie. 

Computer and/or TV monitors lie. 

 

 

Take a shot of the QR code on the truck.

It will have the paint code.

 

GXD is Sterling Metallic on GMC /  Sterling Grey metallic on Chev 

 

Satin Steel on the '21 , GXD on the '23 (on the right hand side)

 

 

GXD from another angle

 

GXD on same truck same time, same day, another angle -- seems darker? 

 

 

[redwngr]

GXD. Same time, same day, another angle

Edited December 21, 2024 by redwngr

[bruceb58]

If you look at my profile picture, that is Sterling Metallic on my 24 GMC Denali.

[ManyCamaroz]

Either way it looks good! I grew up in an auto repair and refinish (a.k.a. body shop). I wouldn't go so far as to say paint chips lie, but they are a general representation and subject to variations.  

[BuckWallace]

Yeah, pretty much anything other than white or black is going to look vastly different than the online configurator in real life.