Paint Colour Codes

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Below are the standard Elan colours available when new.

Buyer Beware: The colours below are the standard Elan colours when the car left the factory. If a car's been resprayed with a different colour, it may have been involved in a crash or had serious damage in its history. Tread carefully when buying any car that has been resprayed.

Often, the paint colour code for your Elan can be found on the VIN plate located in the engine bay, although it seems that not all cars have the colour code present.

‘A’ prefix paint codes are used for cars finished in ICI 2K two pack acrylic polyurethane paint introduced around 1977.
‘B’ codes indicate DuPont basecoat/clear acrylic enamel paint introduced during 1991, with water based paints being phased in during 1997.

The paint code number is often stamped in the lower left corner of the vehicle identification plate fixed to the wheelarch in the front engine compartment, if your car does not have this code present, Lotus Customer Service (01953 6080000) will be able to tell you the colour code if you quote your VIN in full.

ICI Colours

Lotus Code	Option Code	Name	ICI's Code	Lotus part #
A21	IAAB	Monaco White	P4207517	A089B6149V
A23	IABB	Calypso Red	P420GJ23	A089B6150V
A45	IADB	Silver Frost	P4217805	A082B6087V
A59	IAJB	Steel Blue	P4218118M	A082B6116V
A64	IAOB	Norfolk Mustard	P420WD55	A082B6192V
A65	IAEB	British Racing Green	P420GE51	A089B6197V
A68	IANB	Pacific Blue	P4217750	A089B6196V

Du-Pont Colours

Lotus Code	Option Code	Name	Dupont's Code	Lotus Part #
B01	IAAB	Monaco White	ABN9149	A100B6240V
B02	IACB	Black	AB47600	A100B6240V
B03	IABB	Calypso Red	ABK9197	A100B6239V
B04	IAEB	British Racing Green	ABK9349	A100B6238V
B05	IAOB	Norfolk Mustard	ABN9561	A100B6237V
B06	IAQB	Aqua Blue	ABK9253	A100B6255V
B07	IARB	Silk Red	ABL9683	B100B6254V
B08	IANB	Pacific Blue	ABN9144	A100V6234V
B09	IADB	Silver Frost	ABL9056	A100B6235V
B10	IAJB	Steel Blue	ABN9148	A100B6236V
B13		Metallic Black	ABN8113	A082B6313F
B16		Empire Green	ABW9320	A082B6299F
B18		Medina Green Metallic	N9888	A082B6301F
B19		Palacio Purple	3E321	A082B6302F
B20		Azure Blue	L9890	A082B6303F
B21		Lotus Racing Green Metallic	L9051	A082B6304F
B42		Midnight Blue	L8632	A082B6335F
B45		Cranberry Red	N9571
B48		Mauritius Blue Metallic	H9322
B51		Pearl White Metallic	ABN9150
B52		Magenta Metallic	H9883