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I am 100% certain by van was originally green and now it is yellow.

After using the DA sander it appears there is swirls of blue in there:





My questions is, could my van have been blue at one point? Or is there another explanation? Maybe something like a top coat to highlight any highspots?

Cheers, Jon.

Maybe a primer in between the old green and the new orange

your vans original colour is indicated in various places.
there are stickers under the seat the service manual and on the drivers side A pilllar.

Cheers guys.

I know it was originally green as its green in all the crazy places that you wouldn't bother painting when changing colour.

I only wondered if there was another reason there was blue there; thing is I don't seem to come across ant large patches of blue, just swirls. I reckon it is some sort of primer.

Jon.

It looks like a primer to me. It could well be some stuff called 'Barcoat' which is a sealer that is applied onto old paint whichs keeps reacting to the solvents in the fresh paint. Barcoat was a blue/purple colour, if memory serves correctly.