Blue Leather Upholstery Color match Advice

[Wobdog]

Need the Forums advice once again on getting a color match on my Blue Leather upholstery. My 71 2800CS drivers side seat is beyond repair and needs leather replacement. My back seats are in good shape and I prefer not to replace them so matching the original blue color is my dilemma. The shop I am going to use is recommending Veteran Company Sapphire Blue leather but I am not 100% convinced this is a good color match. I see the company World Upholstery that claims they have a color match. Any advise would be welcome

 

[HB Chris]

The original color is referred to as Marine Blue, ask for a sample of that. I bought blue leather from Global in Anaheim, I think they may have been related to Veteran, but they carry the same materials. They gave me 6 or 7 samples to match my 79 528i blue leather and I choose one that was very, very close. All upholstery shops have the Veteran/GAHH/World sample books.