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Paint Colors

This list of paint colors comes from a 1964 article published in the Italian Quattroruote magazine.

Italian English

avorio

bianco

grigio azzurro

grigie medio

grigio scuro

blu

blu scuro

verde scuro

rosso

amaranto

marrone

nero

grigio argento metallizzato

grigio medio metallizzato

grigio scuro metallizzato

oro metallizzato

verde chiaro metallizzato

verde medio metallizzato

verde scuro metallizzato

blu chiaro metallizzato

celeste metallizzato

azzurro metallizzato

blu scuro metallizzato

ivory

white

blue gray

medium gray

dark gray

blue

dark blue

dark green

red

dark red

brown

black

metallic silver gray

metallic medium gray

metallic dark gray

metallic gold

metallic light green

metallic medium green

metallic dark green

metallic light blue

metallic sky blue

metallic blue

metallic dark blue

Official Colors as listed in the Registry

Italian English Italian English
Amaranto 19379 It. Dark Red Grigio Argento 20265 A It. Silver Gray
Amaranto 20153 S It. Dark Red Grigio Azzurro 19385 It. Silver Blue
Amaranto Roma 21228 A It. Dark Red Grigio Fumo 18944 M It. Smoke Gray
Argento 25090 A It. Silver Grigio Fumo 20294 A It. Smoke Gray
Avorio 19375 Sint. It. Ivory Grigio Medio 19249 Medium Gray
Avorio 19377 It. Ivory Grigio Notte 18933 M It. Midnight Gray
Azzurro 1.443.658 A It. Azure Grigio Notte 20266 A It. Midnight Gray
Azzurro 18278 M It. Azure Grigio Scuro 18932 It. Dark Gray
Azzurro 19278 M It. Azure Grigio Scuro 20152 S It. Dark Gray
Azzurro 20336 A It. Azure Grigio Scuro 24008 A Dark Gray
Bianco 18934 It. White Marrone 19378 It. Brown
Bianco 20414 A It. White Marrone 20235 S It. Brown
Bianco 95C.001 Duco White Nero 18656 S It. Black
Bianco polo 20-W-152 White Nero 18929 Black
Blu 19391 It. Blue Nocciola 19397 M It. Hazelnut
Blu 20444 S It. Blue Nocciola 20451 A It. Hazelnut
Blu chiaro 19343 M It. Light Blue Nocciola 20458 A It. Hazelnut
Blu chiaro 20295 A It. Light Blue Oro Chiaro 19410 M It. Light Gold
Blu chiaro 28286 Light Blue Oro Chiaro 20450 A It. Light Gold
Blu Met. speciale 23900 It. Blue Rame 23584 A It. Copper
Blu Notte 18943 M It. Midnight Blue Rosso 19374 It. Red
Blu Notte 20454 A It. Midnight Blue Rosso 20200 S It. Red
Blu Scuro 18942 It. Dark Blue Rosso Cina 20456 S It. China Red
Blu Scuro 20448 S It. Dark Blue Rosso Cordoba 106-R-7 Cordoba Red
Blu Scuro 95C 6159 S Dark Blue Rosso Rubino 106-R-12 Ruby Red
Blu Sera 20100 M It. Evening Blue Rosso Rubino 16119 MM Ruby Red
Blu Sera 20264 A It. Evening Blue Rubino Chiaro 16213 MM Light Ruby Red
Celeste 19321 M It. Sky Blue Verde Brillante 15533 ME Bright Green
Celeste 20411 A It. Sky Blue Verde Chiaro 19316 M Light Green
Celeste Pullman 6850 It. Sky Blue Verde Medio 19400 M It. Medium Green
Giallo 826 It. Yellow Verde Medio 19947 A It. Medium Green
Giallo Limone 6400 Yellow Verde Pino 19404 M It. Pine Green
Grigio Argento 18940 M It. Silver Gray Verde Scuro 20449 S It. Dark Green

* The paint codes come from documentation where Ferrari has supplied the original paint information. 

  • It. stands for Italver, maker of the paint used by Pininfarina.

  • MM stands for Max Meyer, another paint supplier.

  • A or Acr. stands for acrylic.

  • M or Met. stands for Metallizzato (metallic). 

  • S or Sinc. stands for Sintetico (synthetic)

  • Sometimes the paint code is written like nn.nnn or 19.394 instead of 19394.

  • The original paint code was written on a sticker typically centered in between the hinges in the trunk.

This is an Italver paint chip set for Pininfarina cars.  The color names imply that these are for 365s.
However, I think that many of the colors are identical to those used on 330 GTs, which just a fancier name.
I want to thank Jon Shirley for providing access to these paint chip sets.

Click here for larger paint chip samples.

  1. 2.662.016 Avorio The Tetrarch

  2. 95.3.2643 Giallo My Swallow

  3. Verde Seabird 

  4. Azzurro Gladiateur 

  5. 95.3.6159 Blu Ortis

  6. 95.2991 Arancio Vaguely Noble

  7. 95.3.9301 Rosso Sir Ivor

  8. 95.9273 Rosso Nearco

  9. Nero Dark Ronald 

  10. 2.443.625 Grigio Argento Le Sancy

  11. 2.443.931 Grigio Mahmoud

  12. 2.443.214 Oro Kelso

  13. 2.443.221 Marrone Colorado

  14. Verde Medio Niyinsky

  15. Verde Pino Blenheim

  16. 2.443.625 Celeste Gainsborough

  17. 2.443.648/106-A-32 Azzurro Hyperion

  18. 2.443.631 Blu Ribot

This is a PPG/Italver paint chip set for Pininfarina cars.  These are for later 365s, after PPG bought Italver.

 

 Click here for larger paint chip samples.
  1. Nero Dark Ronald (not shown) 
  2. 95.9273 Rosso Nearco
  3. 2.442.413 Amaranto Bull Lea
  4. Verde Seabird
  5. 2.662.016 Avorio The Tetrarch

  6. Bianco Tetratema

  7. Giallo Man O'War

  8. Verde Blenheim
  9. Turchese Molvedo
  10. Verde Bahram
  11. Viola Blandford
  12. 2.666.901 Blu Caracalla
  13. Azzurro Gladiateur (not shown)
  14. 2.443.607 Blu Tourbillon
  15. 2.443.631 Blu Ribot
  16. 2.443.648/106-A-32 Azzurro Hyperion
  17. 2.443.221 Marrone Colorado
  18. 2.443.214 Oro Kelso
  19. 2.443.248 Oro Nashrullah
  20. 2.448.813 Grigio Ortello
  21. 2.443.931 Grigio Mahmoud
  22. 2.443.625 Grigio Le Sancy
  23. 2.443.625 Celeste Gainsborough

This is a Max Meyer paint chip book for PF Coupes, but some of the colors were also used on 330 GTs   


 

  1. 10.027 Rosso Bordeaux

  2. 16.119 Rosso Rubino

  3. 10.593 Rosso

  4. 16.439 Bleu Sera

  5. 16.240 Azzurro

  6. 16.364 Verde Bottiglia

  7. 12.435 Bianco

  8. 13.420 Grigio Scuro

  9. 10.036 Nero

  10. 16.249 Grigio Conchiglia

  11. 16.672 Grigio Fumo

At the back of this book is the following disclaimer:

Per le note ragioni tecniche, le tinte de campionario sono soggette ad alterazione ed hanno, quindi, solo valore indicativo.

English:
For technical reasons, the colors of the samples are subject to alteration and have, therefore, only indicative value.

This is a paint chip book for Scaglietti cars (275 GTB).  The 330s were made by Pininfarina.
However, an owner could order any color they wanted, which would include these colors.

  1. Argento Auteuil 106-E-1

  2. Marrone Ferrari 20-M-189

  3. Amaranto Ferrari 20-R-188

  4. Rosso Cordoba Metallizzato 106-R-7

  5. Rosso Ferrari 20-R-187

  6. Rosso Rubino 106-R-12

  7. Rosso Chiaro Ferrari 20-R-190

  8. Giallo FIy 20-Y-191

  9. Bianco 96-W-157

  10. Nero 20-B-50

  11. Bleu Ultrascuro 20-A-174

  12. Bleu Ferrari 20-A-185

  13. Bleu Notte Metallizzato106-A-31

  14. Bleu Sera Metallizzato 106-A-18

  15. Bleu Chiaro Metallizzato 106-A-38

  16. Celeste Chiaro Metallizzato 106-A-26

  17. Azzurro Metallizzato 106-A-32

  18. Azzurro La Plata 20-A-167

  19. Oro Chiaro Metallizzato 106-Y-19

  20. Avorio 20-Y-153

  21. Bianco Polo Park 20-W-152

  22. Verde Scuro Ferrari 20-G-186

  23. Nocciola Metallizzato 106-M-27

  24. Verde Pino Metallizzato 106-G-30

  25. Verde Medio Metallizzato 106-G-29

  26. Grigio Brighton 20-E-166

  27. Grigio Notte Metallizzato 106-E-28

  28. Celeste Metallizzato 106-A-16

  29. Grigio Ferro Metallizzato 106-E-8

These are paint codes from a Ditzler/PPG paint book:

YEAR PAINT CODE COLOR NAME GENERAL DESCRIPTION  CHIP NO.  DITZLER CODE
1963-71 20414.A BIA Off White (Tetratema Bianco) Gray White - much lighter and cleaner than 6 8625
1971 & Prior   Dark Ronald Black     9000
1963-71 2033.6A AZZ Blue Poly (Hyperion Azzurro) Medium Gray Blue - much cleaner, lighter than (with Poly) 14 13093
1963-71 48 Ribot Blue Poly Medium Blue - lighter, bluer than (with Poly) 3 13094
1963-67 45 Silver Blue Poly Medium Silver Blue Gray - lighter, bluer than 16 13095
1968-71   Gainsborough Celeste Poly Silver Blue - slightly lighter than 16 13770
1968-71   Tourbillon Blue Poly Dark Blue - darker, bluer than 47 13771
1968-71   Caracalla Blue Poly Dark Blue - deeper blue 25 13772
1968-71   Bright Blue Poly (Gladiateur Azzurro) Bright Blue - much brighter and bluer than 96 13773
1963-67 20325.S MAR Cordovan (Marrone) Dark Brown - browner than 84 22612
1963-67 20451.S NOC Tan (Nocciola) Medium Tan - darker - no Poly 113 22614
1968-71   Colorado Brown Poly Bronze Gold - darker, richer, browner than 19 23149
1968-71   Kelso Gold Poly Dark Gold - darker than 89 23150
1968-71   Nasbrullah Gold Poly Medium Beige - darker (with Poly) 24 23151
1963-67 20152.S GRI Dark Gray (Griglo Scuro) Dark Gray - darker than 69 32496
1963-67 19249 36 Medium Gray (Grigio Medio) Medium Gray - lighter than 62 32497
1968-71 330 LeSancy Silver Gray Poly Medium Gray - lighter than 67 32771
1968-71   Mahmoud Gray Poly Medium Gray - darker (with Poly) 70 32779
1968-71   Ortello Gray Poly Medium Dark Gray - darker (with Poly) 37 32780
1968-71   Molvedo Turquoise Medium Dark Green - slightly lighter than 114 43997
1968-71   Blenheim Green Poly Medium Dark Green  - darker, richer than 52 43998
1968-71   Bahram Green Poly Medium Light Green  - darker, richer than 64 43999
1968-71   Seabird Green Dark Green 65 44000
1963-69   Bull Lea Maroon Maroon 75 50710
1968-71   Blandford Violet Purple Violet   50814
1968   Race Car Red Light Red - slightly darker than 33 70797
1963-68   Red Bright Red - richer, darker 99 71508
1968   Red Dark Red - much darker   71727
1968-71 19374 Rosso Red Medium Dark Red - (redder than 71727) 33 71145
1968-71   The Tetrarch Cream Pale Cream - lighter than 13 81729
1968-71   Man O’War Yellow Pale Yellow - cleaner than 105 81730

Here's a chart with the original colors classified by general color group.  This is based on the 1107 cars where the original color is known.  As you can see, blue was predominant with grays and silvers being the next most popular.

This chart is for the last known colors of 1043 cars.  As you can see, clearly later owners think that a Ferrari should be red or they got painted resale red in the process of being sold.