paint codes

krazykuda said
Here is how they did the color codes.

There is a three digit sales code for the particular color. The first digit tells what year the color code is. They increment it every year. If they use the same color two years in a row, the first digit changes, and the last two that designate the color stay the same.

For example, let's say that you have a red vehicle and the paint code is PR4. If that same color is used the next year, it will be RR4 (I think that they skip Q for reasons of confusion with O). The PR4 AND RR4 are the same color, just different model years.

Here's a link to color chips on Mymopar:

http://www.mymopar.com/index.php?pid=23

That is not really true post 1968. FE5 is the same code from 1969 until the mid 70's. The prefix actually stay the same if the paint mix did not change. Many paint codes were used for multiple years and the prefix stays the same. Only when the paint mix changes does the prefix change to denote the new model year. That is one of the reasons why people get confused about B5 Blue. There are several mixes EB5, GB5, KB5 etc