Exterior Paint Table

Use the following list to help check the original 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