1969 Chevelle Paint Codes
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1969 COLORS |
PAINT CODE / NAME | LUCITE | RINSHED-MASON | DITZLER |
| (910AA) | 10 ~ Tuxedo Black - El Camino | 88L | A-946 | 9300 |
| (916YY) | 40 ~ Butternut Yellow - El Camino | 5036L | A-1715 | 81500 |
| (911CC) | 50 ~ Dover White - El Camino | 5033L | A-2080 | 2058 |
| (923EE) | 51 ~ Dusk Blue - El Camino | 5016L | A-2098 | 2075 |
| (913RR) | 52 ~ Garnet Red - El Camino | 5099LH | A-2099R | 2076 |
| (922DD) | 53 ~ Glacier Blue - El Camino | 5015L | A-2100 | 2077 |
| (921KK) | 55 ~ Azure Turquoise - El Camino | 5014L | A-2101 | 2078 |
| (920VV) | 57 ~ Fathom Green - El Camino | 5013L | A-2102 | 2079 |
| (919WW) | 59 ~ Frost Green - El Camino | 5012L | A-2103 | 2080 |
| (918SS) | 61 ~ Burnished Brown - El Camino | 5011L | A-2104 | 2081 |
| (917MM) | 63 ~ Champagne - El Camino | 5064L | A-2105 | 22813 |
| (915GG) | 65 ~ Olympic Gold - El Camino | 5010L | A-2106D | 2082 |
| (914NN) | 67 ~ Burgundy - El Camino | 5063LH | A-2107M | 50700 |
| (912BB) | 69 ~ Cortez Silver - El Camino | 5032L | A-2108 | 2059 |
| (924FF) | 71 ~ Le Mans Blue - El Camino | 5030L | A-2109 | 2083 |
| (927QQ) | 72 ~ Monaco Orange (1) - El Camino | 5021LM | A-2111R | 2084 |
| (926PP) | 76 ~ Daytona Yellow (1) - El Camino | 5026LH | A-2119 | 2094 |
Notes:
(1) Only available with SS option except on special order
and coded appropriated on the trim tag as 72 or 76. When special ordered
on a NON-SS optioned car, the paint code would show - - (two dash characters
unless vinyl top was ordered as well), blank, or the OEM paint supplier's
mixing code will be shown. Some documentation calls the color
Hugger Orange while others call
it Monaco Orange. The PPG color
chip chart lists it as Hugger Orange
under Chevrolet except the Corvette section which is listed as Monaco
Orange; both carry the same PPG paint code
2084. For consistency on this site
paint code 72 will be referred to as Monaco
Orange when referring to the 1969 Chevelle as that is how the color
is described in 1969 documentation I have from Chevrolet.
The 1969 Camaro was marketed as "The Hugger" for its handling characteristics,
hence the same orange color was often referred to as "Hugger Orange"
when referring to the 1969 Camaro.
Both the Monaco Orange and Daytona Yellow could be ordered on any non-SS Chevelle but the trim tag would reflect the paint code section with either a blank area, two dash characters ( - - ) or the DuPont mixing formula. Special order paint had to be approved by the Fleet & Special Order section of Chevrolet. Special order paint could be any color available by any automotive paint manufacturer except Cadillac Firemist colors.
* Interesting to note that even though the paint codes on the trim tag changed to numbers from letters, factory invoices still used letters to identify the paint color of the more 'standard' colors like 'CC' for white, 'RR' for red, etc.
* Additional factory colors were offered on Canadian Chevrolet models that were not offered on their U.S. built counterparts. Whether all of these additional colors were available on Chevelles is not known, but many were.
46 ~ Jade Metallic
73 ~ Verdoro Green
75 ~ Dark Gold Metallic
77 ~ Olive Metallic
79 ~ Rallye Green Metallic
80 ~ Light Blue
81 ~ Sunset Silver Metallic
82 ~ Olive Beige
83 ~ Gray Metallic
85 ~ Copper Metallic
87 ~ Windward Blue Metallic
The lower body panel on Malibus for Argent Silver is DuPont mixing formula 927-95905 or 41253, Ditzler (PPG) color number is DE-8568.
Special paint trim tags show a dash character(s) or blank area on Baltimore tags. Two have been brought to our attention, both with 06D body dates as it turns out. One purported to be Monaco Orange (72) has a code of B1357 just after the body date and another purported to be Rallye Green (79) and a code of B1699. These codes are found just after the date code on the bottom line and not in the typical paint code area.
| Two-Tone | ||
| Lower | Upper | |
| 51/53 (9??ED) ~ Dusk Blue / Glacier Blue | ||
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53/50 (924DC) ~ Glacier Blue / Dover White | |
| 53/51 (9??DE) ~ Glacier Blue / Dusk Blue | ||
| 55/50 (958KC) ~ Azure Turquoise / Dover White | ||
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61/63 (9??SM) ~ Burnished Brown / Champagne | |
| 65/50 (957GC) ~ Olympic Gold / Dover White | ||
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It should be noted the double-letter codes below are ordering codes. Where applicable on the Fisher Body number plate a single letter is used.
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COLOR |
CONVERTIBLE TOP CODE ~ COLOR |
| A ~ White (RPO C05AA) | |
| B ~ Black (RPO C05BB) |
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COLOR |
VINYL TOP CODE ~ COLOR |
| B ~ Black (RPO C08BB) | |
| E ~ Parchment (RPO C08EE) | |
| C ~ Dark Blue (RPO C08CC) | |
| F ~ Dark Brown (RPO C08FF) | |
| G or S ~ Midnight Green (RPO C08GG) |