When I was painting pumps, I found a DuPont Paint store that had an old catalog (the thing they used before computers to look up paint codes). Shell had at least 10 different shades of Red, who is to say which one was original? This was the same with all the companies.

Jack Sim

Author, 1st & 2nd editions of Gas Pump ID book, 3rd edition is now available at www.gaspumpbible.com
Air Meter ID book also available