Exterior Color Reference Chart

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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
guardsred Guard’s Red G1

L80K

STD X X X X X
grandprixwhite Grand Prix White P5

L908

STD X X X X X
black Black A1

L700/L741

STD X X X X X
maritime Maritime Blue F2

L38B

STD X X X    
mintgreen Mint Green N4

L22S

STD X X X    
rubystonered Rubystone Red G4

L82N

STD X        
signalgreen Signal Green M1

 L22S

STD X X X    
speedyellow Speed Yellow X4

L12G

STD   X X X X
riviera Riviera Blue S8

L39E

STD       X X
amaranthviolet Amaranth Violet T3

L39D

STD       X X
amazongreen Amazon Green Metallic N7

L39A

MET X X X    
amethystmetallic Amethyst Metallic F9

L38A

MET X X X    
cobaltblue Cobalt Blue Metallic F6

L37U

MET X X X    
coralred Coral Red Metallic G7

L82H

MET X        
midnightblue Midnight Blue Metallic F8

L37W/L39C

MET X X X X X
horizonblue Horizon Blue Metallic F4

L37X

MET X X X    
blackmetallic Black Metallic Z8

L738/L746

MET X X X X X
slategrey Slate Grey Metallic Q9

L22D

MET X X X X X
polarsilver Polar Silver Metallic A8

L92M

MET X X X X X
oakgreen Oak Green Metallic N9

L22L

MET X X X X X
raspberryredmetallic Raspberry Red Metallic A7

L82E/L83E

MET   X X    
wimbledongreen Wimbledon Green Metallic B5

L23I

MET   X X    
irisblue Iris Blue Metallic D3

L39N/L39U

MET       X X
aventurinegreen Aventurine Metallic K6

L39R/L39S

MET       X X
satinblack Satin Black Metallic 50

LY9Y

SPL MET X        
venetianblue Venetian Blue Metallic 51

L36P

SPL MET X        
cassisred Cassis Red Metallic 52

L80D

SPL MET X        
granitegreen Granite Green Metallic 53

L699

SPL MET X        
lagoongreen Lagoon Green Metallic 54

L35Y

SPL MET X        
zermattsilver Zermatt Silver Metallic 55

LY7Y

SPL MET X        
marineblue Marine Blue Metallic 56

L35V

SPL MET X        
violetblue Violet Blue Metallic* 57

L37E

SPL MET X X X    
tahoeblue Tahoe Blue Metallic 58

L37C

SPL MET X        
turquoisemetallic Turquoise Metallic 59

L25D/L25C

SPL MET X        
c2s Color to Sample – Solid 98 N/A C2S X X X X X
c2s Color to Sample – Metallic 99 N/A C2S X X X X X

Early model year 1994 “R” 968s were produced from March 1993 – June 1993 and have option code 718
Late model year 1994 “R” 968s were produced from July 1993 -Feb 1994 and do NOT have option code 718
* Violet Blue Metallic (Code 57) was a Special Metallic color in 1992 and then became a Metallic offering for 1993 The colors used for illustration are representatives of the listed color and not accurate.
The above information was compiled by the PCA 968 Register. Please credit appropriately.