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All colors of the rainbow


Okay, busting open my Type 3 parts list (man, I love the way it smells) I 
found 15 pages of body finish and upholstery combination (cloth, 
leatherette, and colors), broken down by year and chassis number.  There 
ain't no way I'm gonna transcribe it all into an email, either!  I may scan 
it at a later date, but for now the below list is what I pulled from the 
Body section and it comes from the front fender and rear apron beading 
lists.  I am only going to list the beading color as the body color will 
match but if it doesn't I will list the body color in parenthesis.  
Spelling is exactly as shown in the list:

black     pearl white     lotus white     sea blue     gulf blue
ruby red     anthracite     birch green     velvet green     Baltic blue
safari beige     sea sand     nutria brown     Delta green     
savanna beige     cobalt blue     VW blue     Granada red     royal red
diamond blue     regatta blue     Peru green     deep sea green
chinchilla     toga white     gentian blue     turquoise metallic
sumatra green     kasan red     brilliant orange     texas yellow
Gemini blue(Gemini metallic)     Marina blue     kansas beige
Sapphire blue     Iberian red     Shantung yellow
silver 70(silver metallic)     atlas brown(brown metallic)
colorado red(colorado metallic or colorado metallic royal red)
pastel white     elm green     clementine
turquoise 72(turquoise metallic)

I looked up anthracite in the dictionary and it just describes it as "hard 
coal" so I'm guessing that the color is a dark gray, possibly a metallic.  
Can anyone tell us what the color is in the eyes of VW?
     Toby Erkson, air_cooled_nut@pobox.com
     '72 VW Squareback 1.6L bored and stroked to 2.0L
     '75 Porsche 914 1.8L
     Portland, Oregon, http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/8501/


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