2021 Cadillac Touch Up Paint (27 OEM Colors)

The 2021 Cadillac Vibe

By 2021, Cadillac was leaning hard into its "Standard of the World" swagger, rolling out a fresh Escalade that looked more like a private jet than a truck, alongside sharp-edged street fighters like the CT4 and CT5. Our database shows a staggering 27 colors for this year, and frankly, the marketing team finally found their sense of humor. We're talking about "Black Meet Kettle Pearl," "Some Kind of Blue Metallic," and the painfully honest "Pull Me Over Red." Whether you were cruising in an XT6 or a CT6, 2021 was the year Caddy decided that "subtle" was for the other guys, giving us deep, complex finishes like "Cherry Pop Tricoat" and "Darkmoon Blue Metallic."

Paint Health Check

Welcome to the Thin Paint Era. While those 2021 robots in the factory are surgical with their precision, they're also incredibly stingy with the product. We aren't dealing with the heavy-duty lacquers of the mid-century; we're looking at factory enamel that's applied with "efficiency" in mind. This means your clear coat is likely thinner than you think, especially around the sharp edges of those XT4 and XT5 panels. If you've noticed premature rock chips on the hood of your Escalade or a little "orange peel" texture in the reflections, don't take it personally-it's just the reality of modern high-speed production. That clear coat is a shield, but it's a thin one, and once a chip starts, it doesn't take much for the surrounding area to start feeling vulnerable.

Restoration Tip

When you're touching up these modern finishes, your motto needs to be: build layers slowly; don't blob it. Because the factory paint is so thin, a single heavy drop of touch-up will sit higher than the surrounding surface and look like a zit on a supermodel. Use a fine-tip applicator to lay down a "whisper" of color, let it dry, and repeat until the level is just right. This is especially true for the pearls and tricoats like "Abalone White"-patience is the difference between a repair that vanishes and one that screams for attention.