I have agonised over this as well. Sometimes the plates making the choice for you works on a borderline colour. I think the metallic are all reasonable but I might struggle with a HQ in willow.
Mauser
PS .. sometimes old is new again.
My HQ's colour is Cognac Metallic. One of those colours that changes dramatically in the light it is displayed it.
Here is an LH Torana in all its glory.
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... and voila.. here is a 2014 Porsche in now the same colour.
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