914/6 Colors Options

[gms]

So I was curious about what the most common 914/6 color was.
This is based on 686 car that I have COAs on...nothing more scientific than that.

15.91% Silver Metallic
15.77% Tangerine
13.72% Signal Orange
13.58% Canary Yellow
13.58% Light Ivory
9.20% Irish Green
4.82% Adriatic Blue
2.92% Metallic Green
1.90% Metallic Blue
1.46% Bahia Red
1.46% Metallic Red
1.17% Gemini Blue
0.88% Willow Green
0.88% Saturn Yellow
0.73% Metallic Gold
0.73% Black
0.58% Paint to order (Porsche)
0.44% Sun Yellow
0.44% Paint to order (Customer)

[wonkipop]

and i have seen a lilac 6.
not a GT either.
and it sure looked original. all sun faded straight from texas.
would have been 25 years ago i saw it.
but you know i wasn't checking karmann plates / whatever back then.
but it was all lilac everywhere. inners etc.

EDIT
and when i say lilac.
(fancy name?).
i called it purple back then - mid 90s.

[gms]

and i have seen a lilac 6.
not a GT either.
and it sure looked original. all sun faded straight from texas.
would have been 25 years ago i saw it.
but you know i wasn't checking karmann plates / whatever back then.
but it was all lilac everywhere. inners etc.

EDIT
and when i say lilac.
(fancy name?).
i called it purple back then - mid 90s.

If the car was originally purple (aubergine) it would fall under one of these paint codes:
Paint to order (Porsche)
Paint to order (Customer)

McMark has a 914/4 that was aubergine

[wonkipop]

and i have seen a lilac 6.
not a GT either.
and it sure looked original. all sun faded straight from texas.
would have been 25 years ago i saw it.
but you know i wasn't checking karmann plates / whatever back then.
but it was all lilac everywhere. inners etc.

EDIT
and when i say lilac.
(fancy name?).
i called it purple back then - mid 90s.

If the car was originally purple (aubergine) it would fall under one of these paint codes:
Paint to order (Porsche)
Paint to order (Customer)

McMark has a 914/4 that was aubergine

no it wasn't aubergine. too dark.
when it arrived through customs it was delivered to a mate of mine and put in his garage.
the owner lived out of the country most of the time.
my mate called me to come around and take look at it.
it was a sunbaked car, but you could see original color in the front trunk.


paint to order would be the category. you are correct.

EDIT
i would have said it was this. proper purple. 60s style.
https://www.rennbow.org/porsche-colors/RoyalPurple(Lilac)
but its a long time ago.

the guy who owned the car and brought it in hated it.
he painted the car yellow.

i've never forgotten the purple - it was so memorable.