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Solex glass looks like this, according to a glass shop.
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Well, jeepers. 
It does look like the correct shade (hue) to me, just a tad too "intense"?...too "saturated"?.
I'm obviously having trouble finding the right word. 
The green in that piece of glass in the photo just looks a bit too "there"? (too dark?) to me. But maybe if you had a photo of that same piece of glass sitting outdoors and upright, so that we could look through it and beyond, it might be easier to tell for sure. The white background in the photo might be making it look too "intense"?, too "saturated"?...oh, there I go again. 
Darnitall, I wish a glass tinting company would come up with a film that looks just like Solex but that's a gripe for another day. 
It will look darker on that darker surface
No, it is way too green. The Solex is fairly subtle. I will look again this weekend but I do not believe it has a green tint.
IMHO - maybe if we took an antique Coca Cola bottle to the glass suppliers and told them "like this!", then they could produce reproduction Solex more accurately.
Rosemary, the old Coke bottle is too green.
Which year? I was thinking of the bottles used just prior to the "plastic age".
Lemme see if I can find a photo.
BTW...I still want some green "Solex" film.
Some oldies...
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Rosemary, I would say the 1961 bottle resembles the Solex the best. However, I am only going by my 1953 DeSoto. Maybe other years are different.
Maybe this...
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Possibly Bill. I just looked at my car which has Solex Dupliplate - original glass for the 53 but I believe it was an option. It just looks like it has a much more subltle tint in regular outdoor light. Here is a pic of it at the convention in Albuquerque. The photo as I see it on my PC appears to be dark.
Bill
In the last few years I have had some 62 - 63 and 66 Imperials with The
Solex Tinted Glass Option. Every one of then have had a very lite "hue"
of green.
For me I must compare what I am seeing against the blue of the sky
or something like that.
It seems as if the OEM Tint is very lite and tinted De Soto ( MoPar ) Glass
as a replacement tint is now darker.
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Our '47 just has ... just glass. Me think's in 1947 the only tined glass was
with a pair of Aviator's Sun Glasses.
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Here's a photo of my black DeSoto which has original clear glass, parked beside a DeSoto which has original Solex glass.
I noticed at the 2013 NDC Convention that the difference between the '57 Solex glass and the clear glass was very subtle, yet noticeable at any distance, in any lighting conditions, and with any background setting, IMHO.
The uninstalled window in the photo above seems a bit too "neon" green to me, but it's close.
BTW - gorgeous DeSoto, Paul!
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Another photo from the 2013 NDC Convention showing cars that all have Solex glass. I don't know if all of the glass in these cars is original Solex glass, but I'm fairly certain that the Firesweep in the foreground has original Solex glass. The owners of these cars can likely confirm if their glass is original, if and when they visit this site.
I thought that this photo might be helpful as you can see how the colour changes as the light goes through more than one layer of Solex glass.
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Rosemary, the Solex on the DeSotos you show look just like the Solex on my 53. It is actually pretty subtle keeping in mind that when looking through the windshield you are also lokking through the back window. I really cannot sy I see much green. I would almost go for the 1961 bottle - but I doubt if Coke used Solex.
