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1971 Chevelle Paint Colors

 

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There are no known numbers for any particular color for a particular series or body style whether it be a solid color or two-tone. Their are no known numbers for any paint color for 1971 numbers shown below are valid for all series and body style Chevelles. There are also no known numbers for the different colors of convertible or vinyl tops. So just how many red (or any color) SS  optioned Chevelle sport coupes (or any other series) were built is not known and cannot even be calculated with any accuracy. All Chevelle assembly plants have the lower body color first followed by the upper body color (or convertible/vinyl top) color. There are no special colors for the SS optioned Malibu series. 

 

PAINT CODE - (RPO) SALES NAME COLOR NAME SALES QUANTITY
11 (904) Antique White White n/a
13 (905) Nevada Silver Silver n/a
19 (919) Tuxedo Black Black n/a
24 (907) Ascot Blue (unk) (1) n/a
26 (976) Mulsanne Blue Baby Blue n/a
42 (910) Cottonwood Green Light Green n/a
43 (922) Lime Green (unk) (1) n/a
49 (911) Antique Green Dark Green n/a
52 (912) Sunflower Yellow Yellow n/a
53 (925) Placer Gold Placer Gold n/a
61 (919) Sandalwood (unk) (1) n/a
62 (915) Burnt Orange Burnt Orange n/a
67 (916) Classic Copper Classic Copper n/a
75 (917) Cranberry Red Red n/a
78 (918) Rosewood (unk) (1) n/a
       

Two-Tone Combinations
PAINT CODE - (RPO) SALES NAMES (lower/upper) COLOR NAMES SALES QUANTITY + 1
26/11 (956) Mulsanne Blue / Antique White Baby Blue / White n/a
43/11 (922) Lime Green / Antique White (unk) (1) / White n/a
49/11 (911) Antique Green / Antique White Dark Green / White n/a
53/11 (925) Placer Gold / Antique White Placer Gold / White n/a
61/11 (919) Sandalwood / Antique White Saddle / White n/a
62/11 (977) Burnt Orange / Antique White Burnt Orange / White n/a
62/19 (2) Burnt Orange / Tuxedo Black Burnt Orange / Black n/a
       

Notes of Interest
 
Convertible top color letters:
A - White (Std. C05AA)
B - Black (RPO C05BB)

Vinyl top color letters:
A - White (Std. RPO C08AA)
B - Black (RPO C08BB)
C - Dark Blue (RPO C08CC)
F - Dark Brown (RPO C08FF)
G - Dark Green (RPO C08GG)
 
(1) The RPO is not known. The RPO is typically indicated on the window sticker and I do not have any for the colors listed. If you have one, please contact me with the information.

(2) Found on a Canada-built Chevelle
 
 One could order any available color in 1971 via the Fleet & Special Order (F&SO) process and the cost would vary depending on the color and quantity ordered.

 

 

 

GM of Canada Paint Code Chart

 

General Motors of Canada, LTD. offered many of the same colors as their U.S. counterpart. Although these colors are listed as 1970 Buick-Chev-Olds-Pontiac Colors on the paint code chart. It's unknown if these additional colors were available on Chevelles as well. Several Canadian colors were identical to U.S. colors, only the sales names were a bit different.

 

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Color vs. Sales Name

Paint color names often differ from the advertised Sales Name. One example might be where the factory paint color is simply RED but the sales name may be BOLERO RED or CRANBERRY RED. Yes, the paint mixing formulas are different between BOLERO RED and CRANBERRY RED but to the factory it was still just red. In a case where their may be two or more hues of a color with sales names such as DEEPWATER BLUE, NANTUCKET BLUE, and MARINA BLUE, the factory colors are simply shown as MEDIUM BLUE, DARK BLUE, or BRIGHT BLUE. A given paint color for a year may have a different sales name for Chevrolet than it does for say Buick, Oldsmobile, or Pontiac. An example of this is the 1969 sales name for Chevrolet of HUGGER/MONACO ORANGE is the same color as the 1969/1970 Pontiac sales name of CAROUSEL RED. Same color, same OEM supplier mixing formula, just different sales names for the two GM divisions.