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Paint Codes
Porsche® 912 & 912E Original Paint Code Numbers

Exterior Paint Table

Use the following list to help check the VIN plateoriginal exterior color of your car.  You may be in for a surprise and have a very rare car!  Look on the plate on the left-hand door hinge pillar, below the chassis number.  If the plate is missing or illegible, you may be able to obtain the paint code info through Porsche Cars North America's Certificate of Authenticity Program.  Click for more info>

Note:   For '65-'69 cars, additional codes may be attached to the paint colors listed in the table below.  Original paint manufacturers are designated by letters:

L=Lesonal
G=Glasurit
H=Herberts (Now DuPont Herberts)
R=all paint manufactures

A prefix number 97- signifies that the original paint was 140 degree C / 284 degree F 'baking paint', oven cured with all heat sensitive parts removed.  Suggestion: Don't try that at home.

Factoid: Colors of Porsches delivered in 1966, by percentage of overall production [as indicated in the October 1967 Christophorus]
Light Ivory (23.9%), Polo Red (18.7), Irish Green (14.2), Aga [dark] Blue (8.7), Gulf [light] Blue (4.6), Sand Beige (9.5), Slate Grey (6.9), Bahama Yellow (6.5), Metallic Silver (3.1), Black (3.0), other colors (0.9)

For 1976 912Es, the paint number should be on the top of the plate, in a three digit(color code) - one digit(coachbuilder) - one digit(paint manufacturer) format.

Some of the paint colors listed below are hyperlinked to a color chip scanned from an original color chart.  Also photos of 912s still painted the original colors are shown.  These are intended for a general rendering only, do not use this to select your paint.  You may be able to find the original paint in your car by looking in the trunk, engine compartment, under the upholstery, or other location.  Look for original color charts for all years at literature and swap meets.

911/912 Model Year

Paint No.

Code

Paint Name

 Photo
1964/1965 Standard Colors 6401 615 Slate gray  
6402 015 Ruby Red Mike Lawrence's '65 912 in Kentucky, USA
6403 314 Enamel Blue Max Handley's painted dash Enamel Blue '65 912 w/ rare hillclimb gears, in California USA
6404 131 Light Ivory Juul Jochems' '65 912 with painted dash and original interior, in Heeze, the Netherlands.
6405 111 Champagne Yellow  
6406 213 Irish Green
6407 016 Signal Red Joe Arlia's '65 912 with painted dash in Arizona, USA
1964/1965 Special Colors 6410 610 Dolphin Gray  
6411 413 Togo Brown  
6412 313 Bali Blue Kari Vainio's rare Bali Blue '65 912 in Finland
6413 700 Black  
1966/1967 Standard Colors 6601 615 Slate gray  
6602 012 Polo red Paul Hatfield's '66 912 in Washington, USA
6603 315 Gulf blue
6604 131 Light Ivory  
6605 110 Bahama yellow Svensson's 912 912
6606 213 Irish green Simon Redfearn's Irish Green '66 912 in Blackpool, Lancashire, UK
6607 510 Sand beige Brandt's '68 912 HWT
6608 310 Aga blue Joseph Parrillo's '66 912 in Virginia, USA
6609 700 Black Boudestein's '66 912
1968/1969 Standard Colors
Factory Color Chart 5/67
[Color Chart from 5/67]		 6801 615 Slate gray
6802 012 Polo red Mertz's '67 912
6803 319 Ossi blue
6804 131 Light ivory Kamieniecki's 912
6805 110 Bahama yellow Hartley's '69 912
6806 213 Irish green Crossom's '68 912
6807 510 Sand beige Ken Fish & 912 at GPX Concours
6808 017 Burgundy red Collins' '69 912
6809 018 Tangerine Meltsner's 912
Special Order Colors '65-'69 R1007 Signal yellow Brendan McManus' 'Signal Yellow 69 912 in Cheshire, United Kingdom
R1012 Lemon yellow  
P2002 018 Tangerine
R5009 Prussian Blue  
R5012 Pastel blue  
R5013 Ultra blue McComas' '69 912
R6001 Signal green  
R6016 Turkey (Turquoise) green Ron Bateman's special order Turquoise Green '68 912 "Frog" in Alaska, USA
6821 Medium Ivory  
6822 Champagne Yellow Milstead's Champagne Yellow '69 912 Targa
6823 Signal Yellow Brendan McManus' 'Signal Yellow 69 912 in Cheshire, United Kingdom
6824 Canary Yellow  
6825 Crystal Blue Dickens' 912
6826 Pastel Blue  
6827 Ultra Blue McComas' '69 912
6828 Golden green Wulf Moennich's '69 912 in Germany
6829 Signal green  
6830 Leaf green  
6831 Turquoise green  
6832 White (Light) grey  
6833 Cloudy grey  
6834 Beige (Oxford) grey  
6835 Olive  
6836 Sepia Brown  
6837 Cocoa Brown  
6838 700 Black  
6851 Silver Metallic  
6852 Metallic dark green  
6853 Metallic Blue  
6854 Metallic dark red  
R7030 Fortuna (Cloudy) grey  
R8007 Sepia brown  
16153 111 Champagne yellow Jpn Kanas' '69 912
17656 Lido Gold  
17657 Ivory  
30736 Maroon  
30847 020 Dark red metallic  
30868 Burgundy Red  
52254 Crystal blue Dickens' 912
52300 Blue metallic Arthur Levine's '68 Blue Metallic 912 in Massachusetts, USA
62109 Dark green metallic  
62162 Velvet Green  
62163 Bush (Leaf) green  
62164 Sea Green  
62165 Lime (Golden) green  
62166 Olive  
70192 Beige gray  
75741 Stone Grey  
75742 Grey white  
80342 Coffee (Cocoa) brown  
95043 Black  
96024 Silver metallic  
1976 Standard Colors
[More paint codes to be added]
305-9-1, -2 Arrow Blue Southwell's 912E
700-9-1, -2 A1A1 Black  
936-9-3 Z2Z2 Silver Metallic Peter H Faehnrich's Silver Metallic 912E in Illinois, USA
436-9-3 Z6Z6 Copper Brown Metallic
(Diamond Sarah Metallic)		 Onion's 912E
944-9-3 W1W1 Platinum Diamond Metallic Ojansivu's 912E
  Z5Z5 Burgundy Metallic  
  Y9Y9 Emerald Green Metallic  
266-9-3 Y8Y8 Ice Green Metallic (Silver Green Diamond Metallic)
265-9-3 Y4Y4 Oak Green Metallic  
304-9-3 W9W9 Caribe Blue Metallic (Mindera Blue Metallic) Ed Gaulrapp's 912E with original Caribe Blue Metalic paint, Virginia, USA
  J3J3 Royal Blue  
  P5P5 Shamrock Green  
408-9-1? T3T3 Chocolate Brown (Cockney Brown) Morrison's 912E
027-9-2 G8G8 India Red Maimone's 912E #3
042-9-1 B2B2 Continental Orange Bill Steenis' Continental Orange 912E in Washington, USA
117-9-1 B6B6 Light Yellow
908-9-2 R4R4 Grand Prix White Javier Santiago's Grand Prix White 912E
106-9-1 B7B7 Talbot Yellow Stout's 912E
Special 1976 Colors 516-9-1 D3D3 Desert Beige (Sahara Biege) Steve Maimone's 5th 912E, #840, in New York, USA
042-9-1 H1H1 Peru Red Stafford's 912E
  H2H2 Magenta  
443-9-3   Brown Copper Diamond Metallic John Middlesworth's 912E in North Carolina, USA
514-9-3   Metallic Champagne Steve & Debbi Patrick's Metallic Champagne 912E
258-9-2 N8N8 Lime Green (Speedway Green) Reynold's 912E
360-9-1   Coppofloria Blue Scrimsher's 912E
213-9-x M3M3 Irish Green  
260-9-2 P6P6 Sebring Green (Daphne Green)  
376   Petrol Blue  
  T2T2 Polar Blue  
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