Dodge Challenger · 1970–1974
Challenger colors and paint codes
Every factory color Over-Drive Magazine lists for the first-generation Challenger: 56 color names across five model years, with the paint code from that year's source. The swatches are approximate screen colors, not paint matches.
1970 Challenger colors
21 colors
21 factory colors.1one source 9 of the 21 color names are confirmed by a second source12.
No source we have gives the number of cars per color, so the counts are left empty. Dodge's 1970 Challenger catalog has no color list, so the 21 names and codes are Over-Drive's. Consumer Guide counts 18 colors at launch, Panther Pink and Green Go added later; that makes 20, one fewer than Over-Drive's list (our count), and no source says which of the 21 is the odd one. Consumer Guide's «Top Banana» and «Sub Lime» are the High Impact names; Over-Drive lists Y1 as «Bright Yellow», and no Challenger source we have ties Top Banana to a code.
1971 Challenger colors
22 colors
22 factory colors.3one source 5 of the 22 color names are confirmed by a second source34.
No source we have gives the number of cars per color, so the counts are left empty. The 22 names and codes are Over-Drive's; its list has two «Dark Green» codes, F7 and F8. Dodge's Canadian 1971 catalog names Plum Crazy, Green Go, Tor-Red, Butter Scotch and Citron Yella as extra-cost colors; Over-Drive's list has no Tor-Red.
1972 Challenger colors
16 colors
16 factory colors.5one source The color names come from one source5one source.
No source we have gives the number of cars per color, so the counts are left empty. The 16 colors are those in Dodge's 1972 Challenger catalog, which prints no codes; Hemi Orange and Top Banana are its two High Impact colors at extra cost.
1973 Challenger colors
16 colors
16 factory colors.6one source 2 of the 16 color names are confirmed by a second source26.
No source we have gives the number of cars per color, so the counts are left empty. The 16 colors are the 16 fields of the color wheel in Dodge's 1973 Challenger catalog, which Consumer Guide's count of 16 matches; the printed list beside the wheel has 15 and leaves out Pale Green (JF1). Top Banana is the only one at extra cost.
1974 Challenger colors
16 colors
16 factory colors.7one source The color names come from one source7one source.
No source we have gives the number of cars per color, so the counts are left empty. The 16 colors are the chart in Dodge's 1974 folder, which is headed «Dart/Challenger exterior colors» and so is shared with the Dart. Three codes (KL8, KB5, FE5) were read off the image, where OCR read 5 as S and 8 as B.
Color by color
Each color name, with the years it appears in and its paint code that year.
| Color | Years and paint codes |
|---|---|
| Avocado Gold Metallic | 1974 KJ6 |
| Beige | 1970 L1 |
| Black | 1970 X9 · 1971 X9 · 1972 — · 1973 TX9 · 1974 TX9 |
| Bright Blue | 1970 B5 · 1971 B5 |
| Bright Blue Metallic | 1972 — · 1973 GB5 |
| Bright Red | 1970 E5 · 1971 E5 · 1973 FE5 · 1974 FE5 |
| Bright White | 1971 W3 |
| Bright Yellow | 1970 Y1 · 1971 Y1 |
| Bronze Metallic | 1973 GK6 |
| Burnished Red Metallic | 1974 GE7 |
| Butterscotch | 1971 L5 |
| Citron Yella | 1971 Y3 |
| Cream | 1970 Y3 |
| Dark Blue | 1970 B7 · 1971 B7 |
| Dark Bronze | 1971 K6 |
| Dark Burnt Orange | 1970 K5 · 1971 K5 |
| Dark Gold | 1971 Y9 |
| Dark Gold Metallic | 1972 — · 1973 JY9 · 1974 JY9 |
| Dark Green | 1970 F8 · 1971 F7 · 1971 F8 |
| Dark Green Metallic | 1972 — · 1973 JF8 |
| Dark Moonstone Metallic | 1974 KL8 |
| Dark Silver Metallic | 1973 JA5 |
| Dark Tan | 1970 T6 |
| Dark Tan Metallic | 1972 — |
| Deep Sherwood Metallic | 1974 KG8 |
| Eggshell White | 1972 — · 1973 EW1 · 1974 EW1 |
| Frosty Green Metallic | 1974 KG2 |
| Go Mango | 1970 K2 |
| Gold | 1971 Y8 |
| Gold Metallic | 1972 — · 1973 JY6 · 1974 JY6 |
| Golden Fawn | 1974 KY4 |
| Green Go | 1970 J6 · 1971 J6 |
| Hemi Orange | 1970 V2 · 1971 V2 · 1972 — |
| Light Blue | 1970 B3 · 1971 B2 · 1972 — · 1973 HB1 |
| Light Gold | 1970 Y4 · 1972 — · 1973 JY3 |
| Light Green | 1970 F4 · 1971 J3 |
| Light Green Metallic | 1972 — · 1973 GF3 |
| Light Gunmetal | 1971 A4 |
| Light Gunmetal Metallic | 1972 — |
| Lucerne Blue Metallic | 1974 KB5 |
| Medium Green | 1971 F3 |
| Medium Tan Metallic | 1972 — |
| Pale Green | 1973 JF1 |
| Panther Pink | 1970 M3 |
| Parchment | 1973 HL4 · 1974 HL4 |
| Plum Crazy | 1970 C7 · 1971 C7 |
| Powder Blue | 1974 KB1 |
| Red | 1972 — |
| Sienna Metallic | 1974 KT5 |
| Silver | 1970 A4 |
| Sublime | 1970 J5 |
| Super Blue | 1972 — · 1973 TB3 |
| Tan | 1971 T2 |
| Top Banana | 1972 — · 1973 FY1 |
| White | 1970 W1 |
| Yellow Blaze | 1974 KY5 |
Sources
- 1970 Dodge Challenger Fact Sheet Over-Drive Magazine · read 2026-10-11
- 1970-1974 Dodge Challenger HowStuffWorks (Consumer Guide Automotive) · read 2026-10-11
- 1971 Dodge Challenger Fact Sheet Over-Drive Magazine · read 2026-10-11
- 1971 Dodge Challenger sales catalog (Canada) Dodge Division, Chrysler Corporation · read 2026-10-11
- 1972 Dodge Challenger sales catalog Dodge Division, Chrysler Corporation · read 2026-10-11
- 1973 Dodge Challenger sales catalog Dodge Division, Chrysler Corporation · read 2026-10-11
- 1974 Dodge Dart and Challenger folder Dodge Division, Chrysler Corporation · read 2026-10-11