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Posted by: tumamilhem Dec 8 2012, 03:31 PM

Let's face it. Only in the 70's would a car come in so many wacky, crazy outrageous colors! The 914 was BY FAR no exception. Which are your favorite and least favorite of the 914 rainbow? The 914 came in 37 DIFFERENT COLORS (Actually 40, but 3 were the same color later renamed)! With as many as 14 OPTIONS A YEAR! I can’t think of ANY car that came in so many color selections! And let's face it - part of the appearance appeal of the 914 was the fact that it came in some really wacky colors. Having a 914 in a "normal" color almost just doesn't fit. For such a funky looking car, it's got to have a funky looking color!

With such an extensive variety of color selections, most of which you won’t find even remotely close to nowadays, which colors are your favorites - and least favorites? Post some good pics of 914s in your favorite colors - especially if it's yours!

Here are the MANY varietals:

RED - 5
Red Metallic (L97D)
Bahia Red (L30E)
Phoenix Red (L32K)
Scarlet Red (L31M)
Malaga Red (L30C)

ORANGE - 3
Signal Orange (L20E)
Tangerine (L21E)
Nepal Orange (L20C)

YELLOW - 4 (6)
Canary Yellow (L11E)
Saturn Yellow (L13M) ** Later renamed Chrome Yellow (L13M)
Sunflower Yellow (L13K) ** Later renamed Summer Yellow (L13K)
Berber Yellow (L11D)

GREEN - 8 (9)
Irish Green (L60E)
Green Metallic (L97P)
Willow Green (L63K)
Ravenna Green (L65K)
Zambezi Green (L64K) ** Later renamed Forest Green (L64K)
Palma Green Metallic (L95K)
Delphi Green Metallic (L99A)
Viper Green Metallic (L96N)

BLUE - 8
Adriatic Blue (L50E)
Blue Metallic (L98P)
Gemini Blue Metallic (L96E)
Olympic Blue (L51P)
Marathon Blue Metallic (L96M)
Alaska Blue Metallic (L96B)
Laguna Blue (L50C)
Anacona Blue Metallic (L97B)

METAL - 4
Gold Metallic (L97H)
Silver Metallic (L96D)
Diamond Silver Metallic (L97A)
Copper Metallic (L99K)

BASIC - 2
Light Ivory (L80E)
Black (L041)

ONE OFF
Sahara Beige (was not an option, but somehow a couple 914s came in this factory color)

COLOR COMBINATIONS - 2 (LE Can Am cars)
'Bumblebee' (U1V9) - Black (L041) body with Sunflower Yellow (L13K) accents
'Creamsicle' (U2V9) - Light Ivory (L80E) with Phoenix Red (L32K) accents

Posted by: tumamilhem Dec 8 2012, 03:33 PM

There are a handful of colors that came on the 914 that I think are really cool. I can’t pick just one, so here are my absolute favorites and least favorites:

FAVORITES:
- Anacona Blue Metallic - Probably my favorite color on the 914. I think it’s a GORGEOUS color for the car. Nicely sets off all the lights, and great contrast with the chrome and black trim.
- Signal Orange - Too obvious? Well, there’s an obvious reason why! BAD-ASS!
- Signal Yellow - FRESH!
- Saturn Yellow / Chrome Yellow - Bright and SUNNY!
- Adriatic Blue - Rich blue with nice contrast to the black trim.
- Gemini Blue Metallic - Frosty blue with a nice hue.
- Scarlet Red - Maybe I’m a bit biased because I have a ‘75 in Scarlet Red, but if you’re going to go red, go RED!
- Creamsicle - Okay, I’ll be honest. I wasn’t nuts over Light Ivory, which I guess is probably one of the most popular colors for a 914. It’s nice, but I prefer a bold color on the 914. I always thought white was just too plain for such a car. Oddly enough, I’m a huge white fan and wear a LOT of white (head to toe) and I absolutely LOVE the factory white leatherette interior on a 914! My Scarlet Red ‘75 came in the rare white interior. Unfortunately the previous owner stupidly had it dyed black. However, now that I am the owner of an LE Creamsicle, I’m adjusting to the Light Ivory. Especially with the Phoenix Red accents setting it off, making it even more funky. So my taste for the Light Ivory has become more appealing.

LEAST FAVORITES:
- Red Metallic - Not a fan. If you’re going to go red, don’t half-ass it. Just doesn’t stand out enough.
- Olympic Blue - Nice color, but too weak for the 914. Don’t like the way it sets off the orange day running lights and side markers either. Go bolder if going blue. If you prefer a lighter blue, then make it Laguna Blue.
- Willow Green - AKA Projectile Green.
- Berber Yellow - AKA Projectile Yellow
- Copper Metallic - Eh.
- Black - I know a very popular color for the 914, but I don’t think black really appeals to the fun, funky and odd shape, lines and personality of the 914. It’s too serious of a color for it. I also think black hides a lot of the curves and lines of the car. No bueno.

Posted by: Rand Dec 8 2012, 03:34 PM

Semigloss black. The bigger the engine, the less gloss.

Posted by: Gint Dec 8 2012, 03:35 PM

Black, white, tangerine, delphi, gold and aubergine.

Posted by: tumamilhem Dec 8 2012, 03:39 PM

Gold was pretty rare! Not too many of those! By aubergine, I presume you mean Malaga Red?

Posted by: bandjoey Dec 8 2012, 03:40 PM

Phoenix red

Posted by: SirAndy Dec 8 2012, 03:51 PM

You could have saved yourself some typing ...

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?act=colors

Posted by: Gint Dec 8 2012, 03:54 PM

No, I mean aubergine, as in purple. swood's old car with polished fuchs looked killer. I'll have to see if I can find a pic. It's been a lot of years if memory serves me.

Here we are...

Posted by: tumamilhem Dec 8 2012, 04:11 PM

That's pretty cool!

Posted by: tumamilhem Dec 8 2012, 04:26 PM

Here's my Scarlet Red 1975

I also had a Summer Yellow 1974, but it was a real car and not my favorite yellow (prefer Signal Yellow and Saturn Yellow aka Chrome Yellow). So never mind.

Posted by: Ferg Dec 8 2012, 05:27 PM

Favorites in order: Gold, Irish Green, Signal Orange.

Least Favorite: Any Yellow except Berber, Bumblebee, Gemini.

Posted by: Jamie Dec 8 2012, 05:48 PM

I thought my conservative engineer Dad was nuts to have paid an extra$209 for a custom color Delphi Green in 1973, and Mom immediately named it "urine yellow!" But now I've developed an appreciation that other drivers have a much better ability to see little ol' me in roads choked with big SUV's these days!

Posted by: reharvey Dec 8 2012, 05:57 PM

Anybody like silver?


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Posted by: carr914 Dec 8 2012, 07:24 PM

Erc likes Salmon

Posted by: tumamilhem Dec 8 2012, 07:30 PM

I'd like to see that!

Posted by: Gint Dec 8 2012, 08:17 PM

I forgot, Delphi.

Posted by: billh1963 Dec 8 2012, 08:28 PM

Zambezi Green!

Posted by: billh1963 Dec 8 2012, 08:32 PM

Someone ask for Salmon?...

Posted by: dlkawashima Dec 9 2012, 02:26 PM

There was a guy in these parts that was trying to sell a super low mileage Berber Yellow '75 2.0. The price was way too high, but I thought one of the main problems with the car was the unappealing color.

Posted by: ConeDodger Dec 9 2012, 03:00 PM

L97A with primer grey hips... my personal favorite.


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Posted by: SUNAB914 Dec 9 2012, 03:01 PM

Someone mentioned Salmon, how about Red Coral on this 928GT.

Posted by: campbellcj Dec 9 2012, 10:27 PM

I really liked my Ravenna 73 2.0. It's definitely a "love it or hate it" color and gets lots of comments. I sold this car 10 years ago and I think it ended up in Australia (?)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cjcam/324145232/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cjcam/324145232/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cjcam/, on Flickr

Posted by: 914_teener Dec 9 2012, 11:15 PM

I like my L80E........but my dash is Ravenna Green!

Posted by: Bullethead Dec 9 2012, 11:15 PM

I love Ravenna, it's so subtle. Once owned a '68 911R vintage racer in much less subtle Viper... another love or hate color.

But then I like Sahara Beige and Sepia. Favorite shades for the 914 include Tangerine, Safety Orange, Aubergine, Silver, Black, Alaska and Ancona Blue Metallic.

My 914s are Tangerine and Safety Orange, our three early 911s are two Light Ivory Targas plus a Black '67S, though it was originally Slate Gray. Coolest color in our
garage is on a 356S hotrod I've owned a long time: Smyrna. It was white when I got it, but couldn't wait to make it right. Porsche offered great colors back then.

Posted by: tumamilhem Dec 10 2012, 05:48 AM

I'd like to see that! I think different colored dashes would look good with the rare factory white leatherette interior.

Posted by: tumamilhem Dec 10 2012, 05:52 AM

I agree with you. Can you imagine walking on the lot and seeing the same car in 15 different colors? Imagine that today! Now everything is white, black, silver, gray, beige, maybe red and maybe blue if you're lucky. Especially on the 914 (I think since it was intended for a younger audience) it just came in such an assortment of great colors. Colors even came in multiple shades (several blues, greens, yellows, reds, etc.). Just makes them even more interesting and unique. Never boring.

Posted by: ThePaintedMan Dec 10 2012, 01:27 PM

Irish Green FTW!

Posted by: Madswede Dec 10 2012, 06:03 PM

Me answering this thread is a bit like a deaf person answering a poll on favorite bands/musicians (I'm famously color-deficient ... Ok, "color-blind") BUT that fact notwithstanding, the only colors I really don't like on a 914 are the metallic ones, especially copper and gold. Favorites are the reds/oranges. Too many black cars, but I think black 914s can look really meeeeeeean!

Posted by: iamchappy Dec 10 2012, 06:31 PM

Anything but RED, except Phoenix Red which is really orange....not a big fan of yellow either except Signal Yellow which is totally awesome.

Like White, Black, the Blues, Oranges, Silver, light gold, Greens And LOVE Ravenna

Posted by: tumamilhem Dec 10 2012, 06:36 PM

PICS!

Posted by: dlkawashima Dec 10 2012, 08:01 PM

I believe this is sixnotfour's viper green '76. Beautiful ..... love the plaid seats.

Posted by: Madswede Dec 10 2012, 08:38 PM

OK, here's a great one of mine - won best paint at the Tropical Ramble too!

Posted by: Jeff Bowlsby Dec 10 2012, 09:00 PM

Posted by: speed metal army Dec 10 2012, 11:01 PM

L98-B Lime Green Metallic.

Posted by: tumamilhem Dec 10 2012, 11:29 PM

I am looking for a nice pair of plaid seats!

Posted by: Todd Enlund Dec 11 2012, 12:06 AM

Favorites are Tangerine and Ravenna. Mine is Tangerine, and will be repainted Tangerine when it's done.

Nepal Orange is nice too. Willow Green. Conda green. Malaga Red. Aubergine.

For WCR 2008 in Issaquah the local paper ran a story and said that 914s came in colors like jellybeans. I thought that was an appropriate analogy.

Posted by: ezbngreen914 Dec 11 2012, 11:04 AM

ZAMBEZI!

Posted by: rnellums Dec 11 2012, 11:47 AM

Ice Green Metallic - 74 (not officially verified by Porsche yet)


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Posted by: 914Eric Dec 11 2012, 11:58 AM

Salmon is nothing more than being polite and not saying the dude has a "pink" car.

Posted by: tumamilhem Dec 11 2012, 02:11 PM

Hahaha "yet" ; )

Posted by: 914Eric Dec 11 2012, 06:42 PM

I know it's like saying your kid is the cutest in the class, but is there really any color better looking than Phoenix Red? I'm sure I'm biased, but I've always thought it was the best color on the road. Bold and flashy without being gaudy.

I also like silver, The Ice Blue Metallic looks awesome, Laguna blue, and Ivory.

I like every 914, but with that said...Ravenna Green and Delphi green are pretty bad. Both look like they came out of a diaper.

And all of the LE models look like they were designed by a 7 year old. Really...Bumblebee, and Creamcicle? What a shame for those of us that might want a LE.





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Posted by: tumamilhem Dec 11 2012, 07:01 PM

I just bought an LE Creamsicle. But yeah, I agree with you. I think they could have come up with some better names. I was thinking of getting a personalized license place that reads CREMSCL, but let's face it...it's not the most masculine name in the world. :/

Posted by: rick 918-S Dec 11 2012, 11:20 PM

Don't forget Raspberry. As the Highlander would say... "There can be only one"


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Posted by: JawjaPorsche Dec 12 2012, 08:20 AM

Bahia Red!


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Posted by: tumamilhem Dec 12 2012, 08:25 AM

Nice. Bahia is my second favorite red.

Posted by: effutuo101 Dec 12 2012, 09:35 AM

My two favorites.


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Posted by: Bullethead Dec 12 2012, 10:27 AM

Three teeners at an event a couple of years ago... not sure if the last one is Ravenna or Berber Yellow.

Posted by: 914Eric Dec 12 2012, 10:37 AM

I just discovered that the red in the creamcicle is Phoenix Red. Haha...I think I like it more now.

Posted by: tumamilhem Dec 12 2012, 11:11 AM

I like that blue! Is that ancona? The yellow is very nice too! Which colors?

Posted by: 914Eric Dec 12 2012, 11:15 AM

It appears to be willow green to me.

Posted by: Bullethead Dec 12 2012, 12:29 PM

The middle one might be, but not the third car.

Posted by: tumamilhem Dec 12 2012, 12:33 PM

Berber Yellow is uuuuuuuuugly!

Posted by: 914Eric Dec 12 2012, 12:59 PM

Here's a pic of one identified by the owner as willow green. Looks a lot like the end car to me.

Posted by: tumamilhem Dec 12 2012, 01:40 PM

I've seen that one before (the pic). That car is here in Jacksonville. I tried connecting with the owner, but no luck. Would be nice to know more 914 owners in my city.

Posted by: dlkawashima Dec 12 2012, 03:14 PM

I interpreted Bullethead's comment to mean the 914 furthest from the camera, which does look similar to Berber Yellow. But the non-BUB bumpers would imply a color other than Berber, probably Ravenna Green.

Regarding the car in the front, I don't think that is Willow Green. Actually, it doesn't look like a standard 914 color. The car below is Willow Green for sure:


And this one, which I believe is the AA 914-6, is supposed to be Willow Green as well:

Posted by: bembry Dec 12 2012, 08:09 PM

Light Ivory
Olympic Blue
Silver

Posted by: effutuo101 Dec 12 2012, 10:30 PM

The blue is Adriatic. Not sure what color Jeff's car is. Maybe he will answer. But it is lime green to me! Just need the my old Pheonix Red car to round out my favorites!

Posted by: KELTY360 Dec 13 2012, 02:47 PM

I think about what the Porsche-Audi dealer on Manchester in Buena Park, CA looked like all the time. At night with the lot all lit up it was like a sparkly box of crayons. Wish I had a picture of that place. I bought a '73 Sunflower Yellow 1.7 from them. It was an incredible color, so deep you could walk down into it, so bright it would attract bugs like a porch light.

My current 914 is a Marathon Blue '74 2.0. I wanted silver but got blue by the luck of the draw and I've come to love the color.

I think rnellums Ice Green Metallic is the prettiest color on a 914 ever, but there are sooooo many in second place.

Marathon Blue

Posted by: Garold Shaffer Dec 13 2012, 02:52 PM

L20E




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Posted by: rgolia Dec 13 2012, 04:53 PM

Saturn Yellow is of course the best of them all.

Posted by: Nine_14 Dec 13 2012, 05:03 PM

what's about black L04I

Posted by: TJB/914 Dec 13 2012, 05:06 PM

FYI


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Posted by: 3d914 Dec 13 2012, 05:08 PM

My vote is for Ravenna, Signal Orange, & Nepal Orange/Dark Red combo.

Ravenna


Nepal Orange over Dark Red

Posted by: TJB/914 Dec 13 2012, 05:37 PM

Yellow is my favorite.


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Posted by: Pat Garvey Dec 13 2012, 05:47 PM

YO to that, though am also crazy about zambezi and adriatic blue.

Posted by: tumamilhem Dec 13 2012, 10:52 PM

THAT is a nice looking yellow! That is my favorite yellow of them all! Also known as Chrome Yellow in later years. Very nice!

Posted by: tumamilhem Dec 13 2012, 10:53 PM

That's the nicest looking Marathon Blue I've seen!

Posted by: tumamilhem Dec 13 2012, 10:56 PM

Black is one of my least favorite colors on a 914 (for all the reasons I mentioned in the very first comment of the thread). I know it's really popular, but I think it hides a lof of the curves and angles on the car. Plus, it just doesn't seem to look as good as all those crazy, bright colors it came in - almost 40! I think black mutes the personality of the car too much. It's more fun than that. That's just my taste though.

Posted by: tumamilhem Dec 13 2012, 11:00 PM

NICE!

Posted by: tumamilhem Dec 13 2012, 11:04 PM

Hell yeah! I just bought a Creamisicle too! Wait... the pictures didn't attach... :/ there was a pic of a bumblebee, creamsicle and grasshopper, fyi.

I really dig the Grasshopper color scheme. I wonder why there was talk about it but it never went into production? Maybe because there was already a white one (Creamsicle).

Posted by: JawjaPorsche Dec 14 2012, 06:22 AM

Color Psychology

Black is the color of authority and power.

Brides wear white to symbolize innocence and purity.

The most emotionally intense color, red stimulates a faster heartbeat and breathing.

The color of the sky and the ocean, blue is one of the most popular colors.

Green symbolizes nature. It is the easiest color on the eye and can improve vision. It is a calming, refreshing color.

Cheerful sunny yellow is an attention getter. While it is considered an optimistic color, people lose their tempers more often in yellow rooms, and babies will cry more. It is the most difficult color for the eye to take in, so it can be overpowering if overused. Yellow enhances concentration, hence its use for legal pads. It also speeds metabolism.

Posted by: championgt1 Dec 14 2012, 09:45 PM

Irish Green, Silver, Phoenix red. Olympic blue is pretty nice too!

Posted by: Johny Blackstain Dec 15 2012, 01:49 PM

my favs, but i'm not exactly impartial now...


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Posted by: tumamilhem Dec 15 2012, 04:30 PM

I just bought one

Posted by: sixnotfour Dec 15 2012, 09:58 PM

green=growth


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Posted by: tumamilhem Dec 16 2012, 07:01 AM

Hahaha! The neighbors must LOVE you! LOL! I see a white one behind the tree in front of the house too!

Posted by: 914Sixer Dec 16 2012, 08:08 PM

It's the 70's all over at the Jeep Dealer. Its a repeat of all the old colors. Lime green, bright orange, plum crazy, etc.

Posted by: TJB/914 Dec 16 2012, 08:22 PM

Mark,
The bright colors on small cars are great, I like the bright green color of FORD's small car, I think it's the FORD FOCUS car??
Tom


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Posted by: mr914 Dec 17 2012, 04:40 PM

Phoenix Red (L32K) is my favorite

Posted by: RickS Dec 17 2012, 11:54 PM

Nope