Subaru Tribeca Touch Up Paint (28 OEM Colors)

The Color Breakdown

Subaru really leaned into the "outdoor adventure" aesthetic for the Tribeca, giving us a total of 28 colors that feel like a high-end camping catalog. They went for a mix of earthy tones and sophisticated sparkles, ranging from the woodsy Seacrest Green Metallic to the sunset-inspired Mahogany Red Pearl and the aptly named Harvest Gold Metallic. It's a palette designed to look just as good covered in mountain dust as it does in a grocery store parking lot.

What to Watch For

While these colors are beautiful, Subaru is known for having "soft" paint. On a Tribeca, this means the broad, blunt nose of the car acts like a magnet for highway pebbles, leading to a constellation of tiny rock chips. You might also notice the clear coat getting a little tired on the roof or the rear spoiler if it's spent its life under the sun. To get started, you'll need your code: check the passenger side center pillar (B-pillar) inside the door jamb, or occasionally on the passenger side strut tower under the hood. It's usually a three-digit code on a small silver or black plate.

Driveway Repair Tip

Since so many Tribeca shades-like Satin White Pearl Tricoat or Obsidian Black Pearl-are packed with metallic and pearl flakes, your best friend is a stopwatch. Shake your touch-up bottle for a full 60 seconds after you hear the mixing ball start to rattle; those heavy "sparkles" like to settle at the bottom, and you want them in the brush, not in the bottle. When you're filling a chip, don't try to "paint" a stroke. Instead, use the tip of the applicator to dab a tiny drop into the center of the chip and let it flow to the edges. If you're working with the Satin White Pearl, it requires some extra patience to get the depth right, so go with multiple thin layers rather than one big blob.