Paint Color Names?

[tkrueger3]

According to the RPO codes I found on the net, my 91 is "Victory Red". But it looks almost like your 89. I don't think mine's a Firemist color, tho.

[A3D]

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[A3D]

Check the RPO codes on your '89 against the list for "Modern Day GM Option Codes" at: http://www.c2e.info/rpocodes/MODERNGMRPO.html

I've found at least three different listings for my '94 FWB which is Light Driftwood, Mesa Brown or Frost Beige, depending on where I look. The original brochure lists Frost Beige as the correct color, but its all essentially a marketing thing.

[brougham_geezer]

Great info guys, all helpful. I finally got around to decoding my trunklid sticker tonight. My paint related finds are as follows.

My car has:

89U : PRIMARY COLOR, EXTERIOR, AUTUMN MAPLE MET (91)
YL2 : PAINT SPECIAL, FIREMIST
55A : STRIPE COLOR, ACCENT, GOLD (91)

How exciting! haha, told me what I wanted to know though. Never would've guessed how much info that sweet sticker had on it. Thanks for the help my friends. I'm loving this forum!

[tkrueger3]

Well, my RPO has "74U", which, best I can figure from the RPO lists on the net, should be "Victory Red". So I got a Victory Red touch-up brush. Tried it on one little spot. Not even close. Victory Red is, well, like RED! My car is more of a bronze color. The vinyl top and the inside trim colors are "Dark Maple Red". I now am totally clueless. Any hints? Was there a "Dark Maple Red" exterior color in 1991? Thanks, Tom

'91 Brougham

[KaddyKat]

1980 color choices:

Body colors for 1980 were:
Cotillion White
Platinum
Sable Black
Steel Blue
Superior Blue
Twilight Blue
Canyon Rock
Princess Green
Blackwatch Green
Colonial Yellow
Flax
Sandstone
Columbian Brown
Bordeaux Red
Saxony Red
and Norfolk Gray.
extra cost, buyers could have any of five Firemist colors:

Azure Blue
Desert Sand
Victoria Plum, sounds rich doesn't it
Sheffield Gray
or Western Saddle

[tkrueger3]

AHA! I wrote to Cadillac customer service about my car's color. They researched it, and the response is that in 1991, the "74U" RPO code was called "Victorian Red", not "Victory Red". Perhaps now I might be able to find an accurate touch-up paint somewhere.

[Jonas McFeely]

I was told the color of mine was called "Evergreen", and ive never seen one other than mine in real life,only on an episode of Cops. It's gonna really suck if thats not the actual name of that color, seeing as how its my user name.

Also,have any of you guys seen a dark green fleetwood brougham with a light green top?Ive heard its the rarest color,but i really dont know.

[CoupeDevilleRob]

These are the 1983 colors (I have an original color chart), I'll include the code number too:

Firemist (extra cost):
Autumn Maple (Eldo & Sev only)- 74
Midnight Blue- 90
Flaxen- 91
Briar- 92
Sonora Saddle- 93
Beech- 94

Standard Colors:
Cotillion White-11
Silver Sand- 15
Sable Black- 19
Balboa Blue- 22
Hatteras Blue- 27
Grayfern- 42
Loden Green- 48
Cameo Ivory- 20
Woodland Haze- 62
Briar Brown- 67 (see my avatar)
Royal Maroon- 78

[CoupeDevilleRob]

I dug up some info for 1990 Broughams too:

Top Color/Bottom Color
Silver Frost (monotone)- 12
Academy Gray/Silver Frost- 15
Pearl Gray/Silver Frost- 17
Glacier Blue/Silver Frost- 26
Diplomat BLue/Silver Frost- 29
Cotillion White/Silver Frost- 40
Sable Black/Silver Frost- 41
Brownstone/Light Antelope- 65
Maple Red/Silver Frost- 79
Light Antelope (monotone)- 94

Extra Cost Firemist:
Monarch Blue Firemist/Silver Frost- 32
Autumn Maple Firemist/Silver Frost- 89