1972 Chevelle Exterior Paint Codes - (Canada Paint Chart)

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1972 COLORS (9xx RPO)	PAINT CODE / SALES NAME * Color	LUCITE	RINSHED-MASON	DITZLER
(unk) *	11 ~ Antique White - El Camino - Monte Carlo White	5338L	A-2080	2058
(unk) *	14 ~ Pewter Silver - El Camino - Monte Carlo Silver	5624L	A-2521	2429
(907)	24 ~ Ascot Blue - El Camino - Monte Carlo (unk)	5270L	A-2439	2328
(976)	26 ~ Mulsanne Blue - El Camino - Monte Carlo (unk)	5327L	A-2482	2213
(unk) *	36 ~ Spring Green - El Camino - Monte Carlo (unk)	5436L	A-2546D	2433
(928)	43 ~ Gulf Green - El Camino - Monte Carlo (unk)	5428L	A-2548	2435
(929)	48 ~ Sequoia Green - El Camino - Monte Carlo (unk)	5429L	A-2552	2439
(unk) *	50 ~ Covert Tan - El Camino - Monte Carlo (unk)	5431L	A-2554	2441
(unk) *	53 ~ Placer Gold - El Camino - Monte Carlo (unk)	5280L	A-2449F	2339
(unk) *	56 ~ Cream Yellow - El Camino - Monte Carlo Yellow	5443L	A-2558G	2444
(932)	57 ~ Golden Brown - El Camino - Monte Carlo (unk)	5439L	A-2559	2445
(933)	63 ~ Mohave Gold - El Camino - Monte Carlo (unk)	5434L	A-2562D	2448
(unk) *	65 ~ Orange Flame - El Camino - Monte Carlo (unk)	5435L	A-2565	2450
(935)	68 ~ Midnight Bronze - El Camino - Monte Carlo (unk)	5340L	A-2565	2451
(917)	75 ~ Cranberry Red - El Camino - Monte Carlo Red	5339L	A-2278F	2189

Notes: * Need the 9xx number for the paint color. Anyone with an original 1972 window sticker with any of the colors marked (unk) *, it would be greatly appreciated if you would send me the 9xx number and the paint code or paint name to help fill in the blanks. The lower body panel on El Camino for Argent Silver is DuPont 9296L or Ditzler (PPG) color number is DQE-8568. "Carolina Blue" Black was a special order color for 1972 Special order Van Nuys, paint code WA5896. This WA5896 code is also shown on the trim tag. Special Paint (RPO ZP3) was coded differently from different plants. As seen here, this Kansas City example put two dashes ( - - ) on the trim tag itself where other plants may have simply left the paint code area blank. If you have a special paint ordered Chevelle, please fill out the survey form here and let us know where the car was built and what the trim tag indicates.
Two-Tone
Lower	Upper
		26/11 ~ Mulsanne Blue / Antique White
		43/11 ~ Gulf Green / Antique White
		48/11 ~ Sequoia Green / Antique White
		57/11 ~ Golden Brown / Antique White
(917)		63/11 ~ Mohave Gold / Antique White
		65/11 ~ Orange Flame / Antique White
Unique combinations found on El Caminos. Note that even though the second color code is normally the "upper" color but the body is the second color code with the first color code being the top and lower sill panel.
		26 11 ~ Mulsanne Blue / Antique White
		63 11 ~ Mohave Gold / Antique White
		75 11 ~ Cranberry Red / Antique White
		57 53 ~ Golden Brown / Placer Gold

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.

COLOR	CONVERTIBLE TOP CODE ~ COLOR
	A ~ White (Std. C05AA)
	B ~ Black (RPO C05BB)

COLOR	VINYL TOP CODE ~ COLOR
	A ~ White (RPO C08AA)
	B ~ Black (RPO C08BB)
	D ~ Blue (RPO C08DD)
	F ~ Medium Tan (RPO C08FF)
	G ~ Medium Green (RPO C08GG)
	T ~ Light Covert (RPO C08TT)

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 1972 General Motors Passenger Colors - Canadian & U.S. Production on the paint code charts, 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.

1972 Canadian Color Chart

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.

Note: It's known that Baltimore, Kansas City, and Van Nuys buildsheets do not list the color name, only the paint code. Arlington buildsheets do list the color name in the last column of the lower box #107 along with the paint code(s) in box #79. Anyone with a 1972 Arlington buildsheet of their car showing a color that's not listed above, please email me with the paint code(s) in box #79 and the color shown in box #107 to help fill in the blanks.

* I'm looking for 3-digit paint code number typically found on the window sticker for 1972 Chevelles. Depending on the final assembly plant it may be coded something like 6 976 26-26 Mulsanne Blue or maybe something like 976 26-26 Mulsanne Blue; it's the "976" number I'm looking for like shown for Mulsanne Blue above. If you have information on these paint color codes, see this page for more details.