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A white 200 with beige interior is not common in Europe, but it is in the USA
Other names
In the United States Volvo gave the colours of the 200 names. Dark blue could, for instance, suddenly be called Pacific Blue or Royal Blue. John H. Laughlin sent me a list of colour codes, which I, together with data I could trace by myself, present on this page. The list is not complete and has not got to do with the Dutch and Swedish markets, but gives nevertheless an interesting piece of information.
Nota Bene. The following range of colours is not complete.
| Colour number |
Colour | Name in American English plus model year |
| 19 | Zwart/Svart | Black, Black Cameo, Diplomat Black, Diplomatic Black: 75-93 |
| 42 | Wit/Vit | Cascade White, White Pearl, California White: 75-82 |
| 46 | Rood/Röd | Red |
| 67 | Blauw/Blå | Slate Blue |
| 79 | Wit/Vit | Pearl White |
| 80 | Grijs/Grå | Graphite Grey |
| 84 | Geel/Gul | Desert Sand |
| 89 | Blauw/Blå | Light Blue |
| 90 | Blauw/Blå | Dark Blue |
| 91 | Groen/Grön | Light Green |
| 94 | Groen/Grön | Dark Green |
| 95 | Blauw/Blå | Light Blue |
| 96 | Blauw/Blå | Dark Blue, Pacific Blue, Royal Blue: 75-76, 81-84, 86-92 mainly 240 Series, DL models |
| 97 | Geel/Gul | Yellow |
| 98 | Grijs/Grå | Grey |
| 99 | Blauw/Blå | Medium Blue |
| 100 | Geel/Gul | Yellow |
| 101 | Grijs/Grå | Grey |
| 104 | Blauw/Blå | Turquoise |
| 105 | Goud/Guld metallic | Gold Metallic |
| 107 | Geel/Gul | Sun Yellow: 75-77 240DL |
| 108 | Blauw/Blå | Sapphire Blue |
| 109 | Groen/Grön | Ocean Blue |
| 110 | Groen/Grön | Cypress Green: 75 240DL |
| 111 | Blauw/Blå metallic | Alpine Blue, Blue Metallic: 75-76 242GL, 244GL, 260 |
| 113 | Oranje/Orange | Orange: 75-76 240DL |
| 114 | Blauw/Blå | |
| 115 | Groenblauw/Grönblå metallic | Sea Green Metallic: 75 240GL |
| 116 | Geel/Gul | Yellow: 75-76 240DL |
| 117 | Rood/Röd | Caribbean Red: 75-77 240DL |
| 118 | Groen/Grön | Light Green: 75-76 240DL |
| 119 | Beige metallic | Sahara Beige Metallic: 75-77 240GL, 260 |
| 120 | Oranje/Orange metallic | Andes Copper Metallic, Orange Metallic: 75-77 240GL, 260 |
| 121 | Blauw/Blå | Aleutian Blue: 77-78 240DL, probably 264/265DL |
| 122 | Beige | Beige, Mojave Beige: 76-78 240DL |
| 123 | Groen/Grön | Shenandoah Green: 76-78 240DL |
| 125 | Bruin/Brun | Cimarron Brown: 76-80 240DL |
| 126 | Blauw/Blå | Champlain Blue Metallic |
| 127 | Groen/Grön | Tahoe Green Metallic: 76-78 260 |
| 128 | Geel/Gul | Carlsbad Yellow: 77-84 240DL |
| 129 | Rood/Röd | Cherokee Red: 79-80 240DL |
| 130 | Zilver/Silver metallic | Platinum Metallic, Mystic Silver Metallic, Silver: 77-93 (except 77-84 DL), 77 Anniversary Car |
| 133 | Groen/Grön | |
| 134 | Blauw/Blå metallic | Glacier Blue Metallic, Sapphire Blue Metallic: 79-82 GL, GLE, GLT, Coupé, 244GL, 260 |
| 135 | Goud/Guld metallic | Coronado Gold Metallic, Topaz Metallic: 79-82 GL, GLE, GLT, Coupé, 244GL, 260 |
| 136 | Groen/Grön metallic | Green Metallic, Kingsmere Green Metallic: 79-80 240GL, 260GL, 260 GLE |
| 137 | Grijs/Grå | Artesa Beige, Artesia Beige: 79-83 240DL, some Canadian 81-240GL |
| 138 | Bruin/Brun | Castlewood Brown: 79-83 240DL, and some GL |
| 139 | Blauw/Blå | Galena Blue, Scotia Blue: 79-84 240DL, 83-84 240GL |
| 140 | Groen/Grön | Lexington Green |
| 141 | Rood/Röd | Richelieu Red, Ruby Red: 80-84 240DL, GL |
| 142 | Groen/Grön | Malachite Green, Vernon Green: 80-83 240DL, 80 Canadian GL |
| 143 | Oranje/Orange | |
| 144 | Bruin/Brun metallic | Woodside Tan Metallic: 81-82 240GL/GLT |
| 146 | Bruin/Brun | Cameo Brown, Feldspar Beige: 81-82 DL/GL |
| 147 | Groen/Grön metallic | Cypress Green Metallic, Cyprus Green Metallic, Cyrus Green Metallic: 81 GL/GLT/GLE |
| 148 | Rood/Röd metallic | Seneca Red Metallic: 81 GL/GLE/GLT/Turbo |
| 151 | Zwart/Svart metallic | Black, Onyx Metallic: 81-82 GL, GLE, GLT, 82 Turbo |
| 152 | Geel/Gul | Light Yellow, Trona Yellow: 82-84 DL |
| 172 | Beige | Beige, Rose Beige, Sand, Sand Beige: 82-89 DL, 82-84 GL, 82 Turbo |
| 173 | Rood/Röd | Red, Red Cinnebar: 82-88 DL, Turbo |
| 175 | Rood/Röd metallic | Garnet Metallic, Red, Redwood Metallic: 82-83 GL, GLT, Turbo, GLE; 85-87 240DL/GL/Turbo |
| 177 | Zilver/Silver metallic | Graphite, Graphite Grey Metallic, Silver/Grey: 83-93, except 83 DL |
| 178 | Groen/Grön metallic | Green Metallic, Silver/Green: 83-85 |
| 180 | Bruin/Brun metallic | Prescott Brown Metallic: 81 |
| 189 | Wit/Vit | White: 83-93 |
| 190 | Geel/Gul | Yellow: 84-86 DL |
| 192 | Blauw/Blå | |
| 194 | Blauw/Blå metallic | Blue Metallic: 83 GL/GLT/Turbo (194=200) |
| 197 | Zwart/Svart metallic | Black Metallic: 84 GL |
| 200 | Blauw/Blå metallic | Blue Metallic: 84-87 |
| 201 | Beige | Dark Beige: 83-87 DL, GL |
| 202 | Bruin/Brun | Dark Brown, Brown: 84-85 DL |
| 204 | Blauw/Blå | Dark Blue: 85-86 DL |
| 205 | Bruin/Brun metallic | Cimarron Brown Metallic, Brown Metallic: 84-86 |
| 211 | Rood/Röd | Bordeaux Red, Red: 85-88 DL, GL |
| 212 | Grijs/Grå | Grey: 85 DL |
| 213 | Blauw/Blå | Medium Blue, Mid Blue: 85-89 DL, GL |
| 214 | Grijs/Grå metallic | Dark Grey, Dark Grey Metallic: 85-86, 88-93 |
| 215 | Blauw/Blå metallic | Blue, Light Blue Metallic: 85-86 |
| 400-605 | Different colours | John H. Laughlin: "All other color codes after 215 were available during the same years as on the Swedish market" |
| 400 | Beige metallic | Beige, Beige Metallic |
| 402 | Blauw/Blå metallic | Blue Green, Blue-Green Metallic |
Sources
- 1980 Volvo accessories. - Volvo North America, 1979. - 24 pagina's/sidor. - VAC P.M. 252 120M VCL P.M. 634 42ME 18MF 10.79
- 1981 colour & upholstery. - Volvo Canada, 1980. - 6 pagina's/sidor
- 1982 color & upholstery. - Volvo of America Corporation, 1981. - 6 pagina's/sidor. - ASP-03-0981-300
- [1982] Volvo accessories. - 1981. - 36 pagina's/sidor. - VNA/PM120M1081
- [1986] Volvo accessories : all models. - 1985. - 28 pagina's/sidor. - VPD-75M985
- Volvo 1989 color and upholstery. - Volvo Cars of North America, 1989. - 6 pagina's/sidor. - DMP-C20-0888-165.5 USA
- John H. Laughlin, 2003 (http://www.premier1.net/~john242ti/volvo.html)
| The picture on this page is taken by Jonathan mrvolvonut@cs.com |