That is a daunting task indeed, and I have no clue about the answer. I'm at about 900, which is not even close. But the process of scrolling through the cumbersome paint list to see if I already have the chip when buying new cars is no fun. PD needs to implement a better paint search option, or at least flag what you already own.As I have just started the daunting task of collecting every paint chip in the game, my question is this: Does anyone have a total for the number of attainable paint chips in the game. This DOES NOT include the anniversary colors or chips won in the Seasonals, just paint obtained from buying the cars within the game. Thanks in advance for any help.
Maybw that's why there's only one WR Blue Mica in my collection but i'm pretty sure i bought 3 Imprezas and 1 BRZ bearing the same color. That wasn't the case in GT5, back then you could have up to 4 separate WR Blue Mica paint chips (which unsurprisingly have no difference from each other at all). Crazy.
So far I'm up to 1,382 different paint chips, I'm sure I have a ways to go though. That's why I'm asking for that "magic" number to see just how far I have to go.
Yea, so long as the paint chip comes from the same make of car, you will only receive 1 of that chip. It is, for example, possible to have 2 or more "whites" if they are obtained from two different makes of cars. Hypothetical example: "White" from Ford and "White" from Chevy will show up as two different whites. Like I said before though, a "white" from say Ford will only show up as one no matter which Ford it came from. These are at least my observations so far. I've been tracking things like that closely on my little venture here.
Yeah that I can understand, car makes have their own version of "Black" or "White" or "Red" and other similar colors, so they're shown separately. Strange how the paint seletion doesn't indicate from which car make the paint chip came from. I'm sure including that feature isn't all that hard.
Then again though, there probably isn't too many crazy ass people like me that just starts randomly collecting paint chips just for the hell of it. Damn us OCD people. 
Beings I already have at least one of every car in the game, I'm sure I'm buying duplicates in some cases, but without a check-mark system such as is in place for the cars, I really see no other way to do this. So for now, its just buy and sell, till I have every paint chip attainable. So far, I have 1,580 chips. I am sure I am nowhere close to the total number of chips, so I still ask if anyone knows how many chips there really is, it would be appreciated to know that number. (Anniversary and Seasonal chips not included in this number) Thanks to anyone who has this information. 
I'm up to 2544 now. That accounts for all paints with a unique name from every manufacture (i.e. one "Brilliant Black" from Mazda) and every seasonal event paint awarded up to this point, and a few duplicates names from the same manufacturer (i.e. two "Rosso" paints from Ferrari because I bought the passo corto after the Dino and it has a name--and color, it appears to be identical--in common). I don't have the 15th Anniversary paints.
Toyota does have paints that are shared with Lexus, TOM'S and TRD, and they do get their own slot in the list. The same goes for the Mine's BNR34 GT-Rs and their Nissan counterparts.
I don't know how many Polyphony believes there to be and I'm confident I don't have them all (due to my one-per-manufacturer rule of thumb), but I hope this is closer to what you're looking for.
Not at all. I imagine (viz: "hope") you're keeping track somehow, and would be interested how your in-game list compares to mine--as in the order in which paint colors are displayed--to see if my current efforts to provide a comprehensive guide for colors and where they originate are worthwhile (8 different "Black" paints scattered throughout is annoying), or if the order differs on a console-by-console basis.Thanks 👍, and yes, that is exactly what I am looking for. I'm at 1734 atm so it looks like I still have a ways to go. Thanks for sharing the information.
Have fun getting those Furai and R8 LMS chips if you haven't yet. (Some of those on the R8s can be gotten cheaper from other Audis, fortunately.)
CargoRatt it would be nice to know which cars come with paint chips. There is no way of knowing when you buy a car if it comes with a chip or not. It would be a HUGE project, but worthwhile. It's a real bummer when you buy a car in a cool color, and not get the paint chip.As I have just started the daunting task of collecting every paint chip in the game, my question is this: Does anyone have a total for the number of attainable paint chips in the game. This DOES NOT include the anniversary colors or chips won in the Seasonals, just paint obtained from buying the cars within the game. Thanks in advance for any help.
Oh my!!..And the Lexus LFA has how many paint chips?...Grinding will definitely be required..
Sounds familiar.I just went through the Lexus dealership today and am currently going through Nissan now.
Are you keeping track of them in any way or simply buying all of the cars to get the paints? If the former is the case, I'd be curious how and if there was any way to pool efforts*.Just a little update on my quest here. Currently working on the last region, BMW dealership. I currently have 2,211 paint chips, still a ways to go.
5 "unique" (in that they occupy their own position on the list) Super White IIs available from the Toyota dealership alone. There's no discernable difference between any of them, so what gives?
Are you keeping track of them in any way or simply buying all of the cars to get the paints? If the former is the case, I'd be curious how and if there was any way to pool efforts*.
*A little project of mine, though not so little given the limited time I have at my disposal.
Along with my Anniversary paints, I have ended up with a grand total of 2,773 paint chips. I seem to be way off a total of 2,886 chips which was a total that another member gave me. The only way I can see that as happening is that I never do the drift seasonals so that may lead to the discrepancy. Still though, that seems to be a big difference just from not doing the drift events. At any rate, task completed.
Bummer you didn't keep track, but believe me, I get it. That's a 🤬-load of colors to invest additional time in. Clearly the stipulation that only one color/name from each dealership be purchased has slimmed my original gamesave's count, but I'm not sure how to account for the 113-shy scenario you've encountered--I know you do the Super Lap seasonals anyway and are rewarded for them. As an aside, how many colors are provided in the 15AE DLC?Ok, I have just completed my quest. I have bought every car in the game in every color.
PS. I didn't write anything down or keep any type of records, just went through and bought every car in every color, including the Vision GT cars.
