1966
Triumph TR6 Trophy
Colours used
in this example.
Forest green and Deep green set the main colour direction. Softer background tones keep the motorcycle in focus.
Suggested pencil shades, not exact factory paint matches. Test colours on your paper before building richer layers.
Build curved highlights with a light green layer over deep green.
Layer grey first then deepen the recesses with charcoal.
Leave narrow paper-white highlights beside blue-grey shadows.
Use light irregular strokes to keep foliage behind the motorcycle.
Vary the pressure for gravel and weathered wood.
Look a little closer.
Explore the details from different angles.
1964 TR6R
1964 TR6R with blue-and-white tank. The source records non-original paint and front brake.
Photo: Jamescowdery · Source · Public domain1964 TR6R profile
Earlier 1964 TR6R profile with blue-and-white tank. It does not verify the 1966 finish.
Photo: Jamescowdery · Source · Public domain1968 TR6C
1968 TR6C with turquoise-blue and pale tank panels, high exhausts and black seat. Later-year comparison.
Photo: Ronald Saunders from Warrington, UK · Source · CC BY-SA 2.01964 TR6C
1964 TR6C with red-and-white tank and black side panels. Earlier-year comparison; original paint is unverified.
Photo: SG2012 · Source · CC BY 2.01970 TR6C
1970 TR6C with purple tank and bright metal mudguards. Later-year comparison; no repaint history is established.
Photo: SG2012 · Source · CC BY 2.01966 Trophy colours
Pacific Blue and Alaskan White are the documented 1966 Trophy colours. Mudguard finish depends on the TR6R or TR6C specification and export version: the Western TR6C used aluminium mudguards.
- Pacific BlueTank colour
- Alaskan WhiteTank contrast; painted mudguards where specified
Screen swatches are a colouring guide rather than exact paint matches.
The five gallery images are other model years. Do not transfer their paint or mudguard finish to every 1966 Trophy variant.
In the photographs
The gallery mixes 1964, 1968 and 1970 Trophies. It shows blue-and-white, turquoise-and-white, red-and-white and purple tanks. The first 1964 TR6R is explicitly recorded with non-original paint. None is identified as a 1966 motorcycle, so these finishes illustrate the wider Trophy family rather than the documented 1966 Pacific Blue and Alaskan White scheme.
- Blue
- Turquoise blue
- Red
- Purple
- White panels
Visual colour guide only. These are not additional factory paint options.
In the coloured example
The forest-green tank and side panel are an imaginative colour choice. They do not reproduce the documented 1966 blue-and-white Trophy combination.
Make the details count.
Follow the curve of the tank with green strokes.
Leave a thin white band along the exhaust to suggest chrome.
Keep the TR6 TROPHY 650 lettering clear when shading the side panel.
Follow your curiosity.
Model history and further reading.