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

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.

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

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

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

Phoenix red

You could have saved yourself some typing ...

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

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...

That's pretty cool!

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.

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

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

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!

Anybody like silver?

Erc likes Salmon

I'd like to see that!

I forgot, Delphi.

Zambezi Green!

Someone ask for Salmon?...

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.

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

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


1973 Porsche 914 2.0 by cjcam, on Flickr

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

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.

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

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.

Irish Green FTW!

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!

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

PICS!

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

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OK, here's a great one of mine - won best paint at the Tropical Ramble too!
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L98-B Lime Green Metallic.

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I am looking for a nice pair of plaid seats!

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.

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ZAMBEZI!

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

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

Hahaha "yet" ; )

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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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. :/

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

Bahia Red!

Nice. Bahia is my second favorite red.

My two favorites.

Three teeners at an event a couple of years ago... not sure if the last one is Ravenna or Berber Yellow.
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I just discovered that the red in the creamcicle is Phoenix Red. Haha...I think I like it more now.

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

It appears to be willow green to me.