2019 Cadillac Touch Up Paint (61 OEM Colors)

The 2019 Cadillac Vibe

By 2019, Cadillac was playing a high-stakes game of "Modern Luxury," trying to keep the legendary Escalade on its throne while the XT4 scrambled to capture the new crowd. It was a year of peak variety-our database shows a massive 61 colors for this model year alone. The naming department clearly had a few too many espressos, giving us gems like "Black Meet Kettle Pearl," "You Drive Me Grazy Pearl," and "Caught Red Handed Tricoat." Whether you were rolling in a tech-heavy CT6 or the final run of the ATS, the vibe was "bold, metallic, and complicated."

Paint Health Check

Welcome to the peak of the Thin Paint Era. Back in the day, you could practically lean on a Cadillac and not worry about the finish, but the 2019 models were victims of "Robot Efficiency." The factory finish on these cars is incredibly thin-applied with surgical precision by machines that don't like wasting a single drop. While the clear coat has a high-gloss "wet look" right off the lot, it's brittle. If you follow a gravel truck on the highway in your CTS or XT5, you're going to come home with a hood that looks like it's been through a pepper grinder. We're also seeing the early signs of clear coat "delamination" on some of the larger panels, especially where the robots might have been a bit too stingy near the edges.

Restoration Tip

When you're fixing a chip on a 2019 Cadillac, do not blob the paint. Because the factory coat is so thin, a thick drop of touch-up paint will stick out like a sore thumb. You want to build your repair in thin, whisper-quiet layers. If you're working with one of those fancy 3-stage finishes like Abalone White Tricoat or Mary Kay Pink, patience is your only tool. Apply the base, let it dry flat, then add the pearl mid-coat sparingly before sealing it. Think of it like a surgeon, not a house painter-less is always more when the factory gave you so little to work with in the first place.