2021 Audi Touch Up Paint (52 OEM Colors)

The 2021 Audi Vibe

Welcome to 2021, the year Audi decided that "Gray" wasn't just a color-it was a lifestyle. Whether you were silently gliding in an e-tron or waking up the neighbors in an RS6 Avant, the palette was dominated by the legendary Nardo Gray and its many cousins like Chronos Grey and Manhattan Gray. But don't let the sea of concrete fool you; with 52 colors in our vault, we remember the flashes of Kyalami Green, Turbo Blue, and Dragon Orange that kept the streets from looking like a black-and-white movie. It was an era of high-tech precision where the cars looked fast even when they were parked at a charging station.

Paint Health Check

In the world of the "Paint Whisperer," 2021 falls squarely into The Thin Paint Era. Back in the day, we had paint thick enough to hide a crime, but these modern Audis are painted by robots with an obsession for "efficiency." The finish is spectacular and the clear coat is hard, but it's microscopic-often thinner than the hair on a technician's head. The trade-off for that perfect, robot-sprayed gloss is a brittle nature. If you follow a gravel truck on the highway in your Q8 or RS5, you aren't just getting "road rash"-you're getting "divots." Because the factory layers are so thin, those stones punch straight through to the primer before you can even say "Vorsprung durch Technik."

Restoration Tip

When you're fixing a chip on a 2021 Audi, remember the Salty Painter's golden rule: Build layers slowly; don't blob it. Because the factory clear coat is so thin, a giant "glob" of touch-up paint will stand out like a sore thumb against that flat, robotic precision. Use a fine-tipped applicator to dab the color into the center of the chip, let it shrink as it dries, and repeat until the level is just below the surface. This mimics the thin-layer factory process and ensures your repair stays flush instead of looking like a mole on a supermodel's face.