Exterior Color Reference Chart

The North American 968 was offered in 33 factory exterior colors over the 4 year production run, however, 65% of the coupes and 61% of the cabriolets were produced in the “more common” Black/Red/White hues reflecting the conservative times of the market. That said, a few of the “more unusual” exterior color 968s were produced as well as 18 rare “color to sample” cars.

The pricing of the exterior color depended on the selection and the model year it was produced in. Referring to the Exterior Paint Color Reference chart below (and also provided for you in PDF format here: Porsche 968 Exterior Color Reference Chart), the pricing works out as follows:

STD = Standard – These are solid paint color selections that were offered at no-cost for the corresponding year. 2,715 of the 4,242 NA 968 were painted in the solid category exterior colors (64%).

MET = Metallic – These are metallic paint color selections. For the 1992 Model year the cost was $803. For model years 1993 – 1995 the cost was $823. 1,475 of the 4,242 NA 968s were painted in metallic category exterior colors (35%).

SPL MET = Special Metallic – These “special” metallic colors were offered in the 1992 model year only (with the exception of code 57 Violet blue metallic, which carried over to the 1993 model year and was re-categorized as a metallic color offering). Many of these “special” colors had been used previously by Porsche during the late eighties or early nineties. The cost for special metallic paint was $1,600 and NA 968s painted in these colors are quite rare with only 34 being produced out of 4,242 cars.

C2S = Color to sample – Still offered for your new Porsche today, a buyer could request a “color to sample” exterior paint color. Available in both solid and metallic, the color to sample request would have to be accepted by Porsche and then it would add months to the delivery time of your new 968 due to the special production handling. It also added $2,498 to the cost. Despite those negatives 18 North American 968s of the 4,242 were produced and painted under the color to sample program. See the dedicated page elsewhere on the site for more details on these special cars.  

You will also note in the chart that certain colors have multiple paint codes. That is due to Porsche changing to “water-based” paint formulas during the 968’s production run and utilizing a different paint code.

The production statistical breakdown of the North American 968 coupes and cabriolets by exterior color offering and in order of popularity can be found elsewhere on the site.

Photo	Exterior paint color	Sales Code	Paint Code	Pricing Tier	1992	1993	Early 1994	Late 1994	1995
	Guard’s Red	G1	L80K	STD	X	X	X	X	X
	Grand Prix White	P5	L908	STD	X	X	X	X	X
	Black	A1	L700/L741	STD	X	X	X	X	X
	Maritime Blue	F2	L38B	STD	X	X	X
	Mint Green	N4	L22S	STD	X	X	X
	Rubystone Red	G4	L82N	STD	X
	Signal Green	M1	L22S	STD	X	X	X
	Speed Yellow	X4	L12G	STD		X	X	X	X
	Riviera Blue	S8	L39E	STD				X	X
	Amaranth Violet	T3	L39D	STD				X	X
	Amazon Green Metallic	N7	L39A	MET	X	X	X
	Amethyst Metallic	F9	L38A	MET	X	X	X
	Cobalt Blue Metallic	F6	L37U	MET	X	X	X
	Coral Red Metallic	G7	L82H	MET	X
	Midnight Blue Metallic	F8	L37W/L39C	MET	X	X	X	X	X
	Horizon Blue Metallic	F4	L37X	MET	X	X	X
	Black Metallic	Z8	L738/L746	MET	X	X	X	X	X
	Slate Grey Metallic	Q9	L22D	MET	X	X	X	X	X
	Polar Silver Metallic	A8	L92M	MET	X	X	X	X	X
	Oak Green Metallic	N9	L22L	MET	X	X	X	X	X
	Raspberry Red Metallic	A7	L82E/L83E	MET		X	X
	Wimbledon Green Metallic	B5	L23I	MET		X	X
	Iris Blue Metallic	D3	L39N/L39U	MET				X	X
	Aventurine Metallic	K6	L39R/L39S	MET				X	X
	Satin Black Metallic	50	LY9Y	SPL MET	X
	Venetian Blue Metallic	51	L36P	SPL MET	X
	Cassis Red Metallic	52	L80D	SPL MET	X
	Granite Green Metallic	53	L699	SPL MET	X
	Lagoon Green Metallic	54	L35Y	SPL MET	X
	Zermatt Silver Metallic	55	LY7Y	SPL MET	X
	Marine Blue Metallic	56	L35V	SPL MET	X
	Violet Blue Metallic*	57	L37E	SPL MET	X	X	X
	Tahoe Blue Metallic	58	L37C	SPL MET	X
	Turquoise Metallic	59	L25D/L25C	SPL MET	X
	Color to Sample – Solid	98	N/A	C2S	X	X	X	X	X
	Color to Sample – Metallic	99	N/A	C2S	X	X	X	X	X