Chevrolet Chevelle · 1968–1972
Chevelle colors and paint codes
Every factory color General Motors (GM Heritage Archive) lists for the second-generation Chevelle: 64 color names across five model years, with the paint code. The swatches are approximate screen colors, not paint matches.
1968 Chevelle colors
15 colors
15 factory colors.12 14 of the 15 color names are confirmed by a second source12.
The fifteen solid colors on GM's color sheet revised January 1968, with GM's two-letter paint codes. Over-Drive gives one-letter codes and lists a Silverstone Silver (Z) that is not on GM's sheet, and has no Teal Blue. GM also lists five two-tones for sedans and coupes, none on wagons or convertibles. No source we have counts cars per color.
1969 Chevelle colors
17 colors
17 factory colors.34 13 of the 17 color names are confirmed by a second source34.
GM's sheet of September 1968: fifteen colors for every series, plus 72 and 76 on the Malibu page as «special order for SS Packages only», which GM calls just «Orange» and «Bright Yellow»; Over-Drive names 72 Hugger Orange. Over-Drive also lists a 79 Rallye Green that GM's sheet lacks, and has no 53 Glacier Blue. No source we have counts cars per color.
1970 Chevelle colors
15 colors
15 factory colors.56 14 of the 15 color names are confirmed by a second source56.
The fifteen solid colors on Chevrolet's selection chart of 2 February 1970, written «Beige, Gobi» and so on there. Over-Drive lists nineteen, adding 26 Mulsanne Blue, 43 Citrus Green, 53 Camaro Gold, 67 Classic Copper and 72 Hugger Orange and leaving out 19 Tuxedo Black. No source we have counts cars per color.
1971 Chevelle colors
15 colors
15 factory colors.78 14 of the 15 color names are confirmed by a second source78.
GM's sheet of September 1970: fifteen colors, the same fifteen codes and names as Over-Drive's list (which shortens 78 to «Rosewood»), and six two-tones with Antique White. No source we have counts cars per color.
1972 Chevelle colors
15 colors
15 factory colors.910 The color names are confirmed by two sources910.
GM's sheet revised December 1971: fifteen colors and five two-tones with white, not on convertibles. Over-Drive lists the same fifteen. No source we have counts cars per color.
Color by color
Each color name, with the years it appears in and its paint code that year.
| Color | Years and paint codes |
|---|---|
| Antique Green | 1971 49 |
| Antique White | 1971 11 · 1972 11 |
| Ascot Blue | 1971 24 · 1972 24 |
| Ash Gold | 1968 GG |
| Astro Blue | 1970 25 |
| Autumn Gold | 1970 58 |
| Azure Turquoise | 1969 55 |
| Black Cherry | 1970 78 |
| Bright Yellow | 1969 76 |
| Burgundy Maroon | 1969 67 |
| Burnished Brown | 1969 61 |
| Burnt Orange | 1971 62 |
| Butternut Yellow | 1968 YY · 1969 40 |
| Champagne | 1969 63 |
| Champagne Gold | 1970 55 |
| Classic Copper | 1971 67 |
| Classic White | 1970 10 |
| Cordovan Maroon | 1968 NN |
| Cortez Silver | 1969 69 · 1970 14 |
| Cottonwood Green | 1971 42 |
| Covert Tan | 1972 50 |
| Cranberry Red | 1970 75 · 1971 75 · 1972 75 |
| Cream Yellow | 1972 56 |
| Desert Sand | 1970 63 |
| Dover White | 1969 50 |
| Dusk Blue | 1969 51 |
| Ermine White | 1968 CC |
| Fathom Blue | 1968 EE · 1970 28 |
| Fathom Green | 1969 57 |
| Forest Green | 1970 48 |
| Frost Lime | 1969 59 |
| Garnet Red | 1969 52 |
| Glacier Blue | 1969 53 |
| Gobi Beige | 1970 50 |
| Golden Brown | 1972 57 |
| Grecian Green | 1968 HH |
| Green Mist | 1970 45 |
| Grotto Blue | 1968 DD |
| Gulf Green | 1972 43 |
| Hugger Orange | 1969 72 |
| Island Teal | 1968 FF |
| LeMans Blue | 1969 71 |
| Lime Green | 1971 43 |
| Matador Red | 1968 RR |
| Midnight Bronze | 1972 68 |
| Misty Turquoise | 1970 34 |
| Mohave Gold | 1972 63 |
| Mulsanne Blue | 1971 26 · 1972 26 |
| Nevada Silver | 1971 13 |
| Olympic Gold | 1969 65 |
| Orange Flame | 1972 65 |
| Palomino Ivory | 1968 TT |
| Pewter Silver | 1972 14 |
| Placer Gold | 1971 53 · 1972 53 |
| Rosewood Metallic | 1971 78 |
| Sandalwood | 1971 61 |
| Seafrost Green | 1968 PP |
| Sequoia Green | 1968 VV · 1972 48 |
| Shadow Gray | 1970 17 |
| Spring Green | 1972 36 |
| Sunflower Yellow | 1971 52 |
| Teal Blue | 1968 LL |
| Tripoli Turquoise | 1968 KK |
| Tuxedo Black | 1968 AA · 1969 10 · 1970 19 · 1971 19 |
Sources
- 1968 Chevrolet Chevelle – Vehicle Information Kit General Motors (GM Heritage Archive) · read 2026-10-11
- 1968 Chevrolet Chevelle Fact Sheet Over-Drive Magazine · read 2026-10-11
- 1969 Chevrolet Chevelle – Vehicle Information Kit General Motors (GM Heritage Archive) · read 2026-10-11
- 1969 Chevrolet Chevelle Fact Sheet Over-Drive Magazine · read 2026-10-11
- 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle – Vehicle Information Kit General Motors (GM Heritage Archive) · read 2026-10-11
- 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle Fact Sheet Over-Drive Magazine · read 2026-10-11
- 1971 Chevrolet Chevelle – Vehicle Information Kit General Motors (GM Heritage Archive) · read 2026-10-11
- 1971 Chevrolet Chevelle Fact Sheet Over-Drive Magazine · read 2026-10-11
- 1972 Chevrolet Chevelle – Vehicle Information Kit General Motors (GM Heritage Archive) · read 2026-10-11
- 1972 Chevrolet Chevelle Fact Sheet Over-Drive Magazine · read 2026-10-11















