Production Data

Exterior Color Reference

Decode the factory paint code on your 968’s option sticker. 35 exterior colors across 4 model years — Standard, Metallic, Special Metallic, and Color-to-Sample.

10 standard colors — Guards Red, Grand Prix White, Black, and more
14 metallic colors — Slate Grey, Polar Silver, Midnight Blue, etc.
11 special & C2S — Color-to-sample paint codes 50–99

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Hover any row for detail — sales code, paint code, tier, years available.

Looking for interior codes instead? See the Interior Color Reference.

For photographs and detailed production statistics by color, visit the Exterior Colors page.

Exterior Paint Color Reference

Pricing tiers: STD=Standard (no cost) · MET=Metallic · SPL MET=Special Metallic · C2S=Color to Sample
Year codes: 94E=Early ’94 (Mar–Jun ’93, opt 718) · 94L=Late ’94 (Jul ’93–Feb ’94, no opt 718)

Name	Sales	Paint Code	Tier	Years
Guards Red	G1	L80K	STD	929394E94L95
Grand Prix White	P5	L908	STD	929394E94L95
Black	A1	L700/L741	STD	929394E94L95
Maritime Blue	F2	L38B	STD	929394E
Mint Green	N4	L22S	STD	929394E
RubyStone Red	G4	L82N	STD	92
Signal Green	M1	L22S	STD	929394E
Speed Yellow	X4	L12G	STD	9394E94L95
Riviera Blue	S8	L39E	STD	94L95
Amaranth Violet	T3	L39D	STD	94L95
Amazon Green Metallic	N7	L39A	MET	929394E
Amethyst Metallic	F9	L38A	MET	929394E
Cobalt Blue Metallic	F6	L37U	MET	929394E
Coral Red Metallic	G7	L82H	MET	92
Midnight Blue Metallic	F8	L37W/L39C	MET	929394E94L95
Horizon Blue Metallic	F4	L37X	MET	929394E
Black Metallic	Z8	L738/L746	MET	929394E94L95
Slate Grey Metallic	Q9	L22D	MET	929394E94L95
Polar Silver Metallic	A8	L92M	MET	929394E94L95
Oak Green Metallic	N9	L22L	MET	929394E94L95
Raspberry Red Metallic	A7	L82E/L83E	MET	9394E
Wimbledon Green Metallic	B5	L23I	MET	9394E
Iris Blue Metallic	D3	L39N/L39U	MET	94L95
Aventurine Metallic	K6	L39R/L39S	MET	94L95
Satin Black Metallic	50	LY9Y	SPL MET	92
Venetian Blue	51	L36P	SPL MET	92
Cassis Red Metallic	52	L80D	SPL MET	92
Granite Green Metallic	53	L699	SPL MET	92
Lagoon Green Metallic	54	L35Y	SPL MET	92
Zermatt Silver Metallic	55	LY7Y	SPL MET	92
Marine Blue Metallic	56	L35V	SPL MET	92
Violet Blue Metallic *	57	L37E	SPL/MET	929394E
Tahoe Blue Metallic	58	L37C	SPL MET	92
Turquoise Metallic	59	L25D/L25C	SPL MET	92
Color to Sample — Solid	98	n/a	C2S	929394E94L95
Color to Sample — Metallic	99	n/a	C2S	929394E94L95

* Violet Blue Metallic (Code 57) was a Special Metallic color in 1992, then became a standard Metallic offering for 1993.