Hydro Blue Pearl-Coat - Does it differ by year?

[robneal81]

I'm currently in the market for a Gladiator with manual transmission and I always loved the blue ones I'd seen in person. But as I'm searching online, it appears there's multiple types of blue - Some look like the "deep blue" I've seen in person, but others look like a much lighter "sky blue". I didn't know if Hydro Blue Pearl-Coat was just one of those colors that always looks different depending on the light/camera that hits it, if Sport vs Mohave (or other options) had different colors, or if some years really were significantly lighter than others.

So I figured this was the perfect place to confirm: Do all years of the Gladiator have the same shade of blue, or were some years much lighter than others?

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[Deleted member 57233]

I'm currently in the market for a Gladiator with manual transmission and I always loved the blue ones I'd seen in person. But as I'm searching online, it appears there's multiple types of blue - Some look like the "deep blue" I've seen in person, but others look like a much lighter "sky blue". I didn't know if Hydro Blue Pearl-Coat was just one of those colors that always looks different depending on the light/camera that hits it, if Sport vs Mohave (or other options) had different colors, or if some years really were significantly lighter than others.

So I figured this was the perfect place to confirm: Do all years of the Gladiator have the same shade of blue, or were some years much lighter than others?

When mine is slightly dirty, it just looks like a normal metallic blue. After I wash it, it is so bright it looks like it glows.

 

[ChrisNLA]

I had a 2016 JK in Hydro Blue and now I have my 2022 JT in Hydro Blue.

Both looked the same.

I do feel like some cameras and lighting conditions can wash it out and make it look lighter though, but in person every Hydro Blue has looked the same to me.

 

[SouthFLMojave]

Any that I have seen along mine look the same. Below is mine in different points of its life since I purchased it in January. The first being the day I brought her home.

 

[robneal81]

Thanks very much. Your top pic vs bottom pic (of your same truck) is exactly what I'm seeing online. So I guess if I see ones like this, it's just the lighting / camera settings, but actually the same color as all of yours: https://www.carvana.com/vehicle/3942335

Edit: (I have no affiliation with that link/truck/website/etc...I just did a quick search to use as an example)

 

[ChecksOut]

There's a darker blue that got released in more recent years called fathom blue.

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