Mercedes colors

[d w124]

Following another thread about the brown color,why many people chose common ones when there were so many available
Example:This was optional called Nutria code 475

I think it looks very nice and yes,I`d have it all day

 

[d w124]

All this were available

040 black (schwarz)
050 white (weiss)
122 pearl grey (perlmattgrau)*
124 arabian grey (arabergrau)
125 pearl grey (perlgrau)
131 pastellweiss
140 silver grey (silbergrau)
143 fern white
147 arctic white (arcticweiss)
149 polar white (polarweiss)
153 snow white (schneeweiss), glacier white
157 beige grey (beigegrau)
158 white grey (weissgrau)
160 tropic black*
162 blue grey (blaugrau)
164 dark grey (dunkelgrau)
166 blue grey (blaugrau)
169 light stone grey (steingrau hell)
171 stone grey (steingrau)
172 anthracite grey (anthrazitgrau)*
173 anthracite grey (anthrazitgrau)
178 medium grey (mittelgrau)*
180 silver grey (silbergrau)*
181 light beige (hellbeige)
185 melanite black*
186 cement grey (zementgrau)
189 greenish-black (emerald black) (smaragdsschwarz)*
190 graphite grey (graphitgrau)
195 meteor grey (meteorgrau)*
197 obsidian black*
199 black pearl (blue-black) (blauschwarz)*
218 lindgrün
221 dark green (dunkelgrün)
226 moss green (moosgrün)
229 medium green (mittelgrün)
231 perlmutter grün
249 spruce green (malachite) (malachit)*
254 pine green*
256 crystal green*
259 forest green (waldgrün)
260 oasis green (oasengrün)
261 willow green*
268 dark green (dunkelgrün) blaugrün?
269 tourmaline green (turmalingrün)*
270 blue green (blaugrün)
272 amazon green (amazonitgrün)*
274 light green (hellgrün)*
278 tundra green (tundragrün)
279 vivianite green (vivianitgrün)*
282 jungle green (dschungelgrün)*
291 dark olive (dunkeloliv)
304 horizon blue (horizontblau)
312 labrador blue
317 grey blue (graublau)
320 blue (blau)
332 dark blue (dunkelblau)
334 light blue (hellblau)
335 mercedesblau
339 violane (violan)*
341 aquamarine blue (aquamarinblau)*
348 ice blue (pearl blue) (perlblau)*
350 medium blue (mittelblau)
353 light blue (hellblau), teallite blue
3538 chassisrot
355 diamond blue (diamintblau)*
356 light blue (hellblau)
359 tanzanite blue (tansanitblau)
366 azurite blue (azuritblue)*
375 atoll blue*
380 delphinblau
381 violet (floraviolett)
387 blue (blau)*
396 medium blue (mittelblau)*
404 milan brown (milanbraun)*
406 cayenne orange (cayenneorange)
408 havana brown (havannabraun)
409 dark brown (dunkelbraun)
4100 cement grey (zementgrau)
412 beige
419 ikonengold*
4200 light blue (hellblau)
422 byzanzgold*
423 dark tobacco brown (tabakbraun dunkel)
424 topaz brown (topasbraun)
427 russet brown
430 autumn beige (herbstbeige)
432 havana brown* (also bisonbraun?)
439 cream (creme)
441 desert taupe (impala brown) (hellbeige)*
442 deer brown (rehbraun)
444 sand beige
459 maroon brown
460 dark red brown (dunkelrotbraun)
461 bronze brown (broncebraun)*
462 beige*
463 copper (kupfer)*
467 sandbeige*
470 coloradobeige
473 champagne (champagnermetallic)*
475 nutria*
476 golden brown
479 walnut brown (also moorbraun?)
480 manganese brown*
481 blackberry (bornite) (bornit)*
482 apricot orange
483 volcanic red (vulcanrot)*
485 rosewood (rosenholz)*
501 orient red
504 english red (englischrot)
512 garnet red (almadine red) (almandinrot)*
513 bordeau red (bordeauxrot)
514 carnelian (agate) red (karneolrot)
516 medium red (mittelrot)
519 red, light red (rot)
525 brilliant red (brillantrot)*
526 mercedes red (mercedesrot)
5328 standard blue (standardblau)
534 fire red (feuerrot)
538 red brown (rotbraun)
540 desert red (barolo red) (barolorot)
542 dark red (dunkelrot)
543 strawberry red (erdbeerrot)
567 maroon (lasurrot)* (also titanite red, titanitrot)*
568 signal red (signalrot) (hellrot)
571 brilliant red (rot)*
572 ruby red (rubin)*
573 dark bordeau red (dunkelbordeauxrot)
574 spindelrot
576 red (rot)
581 inca red*
582 imperial red (imperialrot)
585 mesa red
587 cabernet red (pajettrot)*
589 jupiter red
594 ember red (glutrot)
597 saturn red*
606 maple yellow (ahorngelb)
608 ivory (elfenbein)
618 mimosa yellow (mimosangelb)
620 light ivory (hellelfenbein)
623 light ivory (hellelfinbein)
6277 standard green (standardgrün)
6285 pine green (fichtengrün)
6286 unimog green (unimog-grün)
630 corn yellow (maisgelb)
651 pueblo beige
658 ivory (elfenbein)
670 light ivory (hellelfenbein)
673 sahara yellow (saharagelb)
680 sun yellow
681 manila beige (also weizengelb?)
684 pastel beige
690 light ochre
691 light yellow (lichtgelb)
693 travertine beige*
696 night black
702 smoke silver (rauchsilber)*
706 moonlight silver (mondsilber)*
716 grey beige (graubeige)
717 papyrus white (papyrosweiss)
7186 pearl grey (perlgrau)
7187 standard grey (standardgrau)
721 onyx grey (onyxgrau)*
723 cubanite silver (cubanitsilber)*
726 beige grey (beigegrau)
728 beige grey (beigegrau)*
733 phantom grey (phantomgrau)
735 astral silver (astralsilber) (bundt style wheels)*
737 classic white (classicweiss)
740 pastel grey (pastellgrau)
744 brilliant silver (brillantsilber)*
745 crystal silver*
747 perlite grey*
748 comet grey*
751 ascot grey (liasgrau)
752 carrara grey
753 (tektitgrau)
761 polar silver*
791 dune gold*
801 mangrove green*
803 moss green
815 agate green (achatgrün)
816 agate green, andradite green
822 forest green
824 sea green (seegrün)
825 deep green (tiefgrün)
834 moss green (moosgrün)*
858 mesa red?????
860 green (grün)
861 silver green (silbergrün)*
862 pine green (piniengrün)*
867 kaledoniengrün
870 nickelgrün
874 citrus green (citrusgrün)*
875 mango green
876 cypress green (zypressengrün)*
877 blue green (also petrol?)*
880 cactus green (agavengrün)
881 thistle green* (also silberdistel?)
888 teal blue (beryl) (beryll)*
891 alexandrite green (alexandritgrün)*
900 deep blue (surfblau)
903 blue (blau)
904 midnight blue (dark blue) (dunkelblau)
906 grey blue (graublau)*
917 aqua (aquablau)
920 deep blue (tiefblau)
922 pastel blue (pastellblau)
929 nautical blue (nautikblau)*
930 silver blue*
931 magnetite blue (magnetitblau)*
932 lapis blue (lapisblau)*
933 deep-sea blue (tiefseeblau)*
934 china blue (chinablau)
940 marine blue
941 (aragonitblau)
945 lapis blue (lapisblau)
949 cascade blue (kaskadenblau)
958 reef blue*
960 light ochre

 

[Will]

Some colours come and go out of fashion - white for example. Was quite unpopular 5-10 years ago, but it's made a bit of a comeback over the last couple of years and now there's quite a few expensive new MBs being bought in white - AMGs, E-class coupés etc.

There's also quite a few colours that seemed like a good idea at the time, but aren't very desirable today - 'taxi beige' on the old 124s/201s etc. Other colours only appeal to a quite limited number of people - eg red isn't very popular for an MB.

Colours like black and silver are pretty timeless though, and quite safe for resale, which I think is important to quite a few buyers of new cars? Silver also has an obvious marque-specific link to Mercedes-Benz from their racing heritage

You are right that some of the more unusual colours from the older days can look quite good at the moment - Bornite, Nutria, Almandine Black etc.

At the end of the day, so long as you're happy with the colour of your car, what difference does it make?

 

[GordonTarling]

To my mind, much of the colour choice is driven by the dealers, who spout the line that 'non-standard' colours make the car harder to sell and reduce its value. It's all twaddle as far as I'm concerned and if I was ordering a new car, I'd order it in the colour that I wanted. However, this twisted perception does rather seem to limit the colour choice in the used market.

 

[corned]

Quite right. 'Non-standard' meaning any colour except 'Stepford Silver'.

This is the only way which explains why such a drab colour ever became popular.

 

[GP801]

When we ordered our SLK in fire opal the dealer tried really hard to persuade us otherwise. Even tried to ask for a bigger deposit in case we changed our minds. We think it looks amazing and ultimately that is what matters.

 

[312 Sprinter]

To my mind, much of the colour choice is driven by the dealers, who spout the line that 'non-standard' colours make the car harder to sell and reduce its value. It's all twaddle as far as I'm concerned and if I was ordering a new car, I'd order it in the colour that I wanted. However, this twisted perception does rather seem to limit the colour choice in the used market.

Green and white are significantly harder to shift in the used market and will be discounted over a more desirable colours

 

[GP801]

Green and white are significantly harder to shift in the used market and will be discounted over a more desirable colours

A fewe years ago our local dealers were on a £1000 bonus to whoever managed to sell a c-class coupe in that metallic green/yellow colour (cant remember the official name) that had been on the forecourt for months.

 

[C240Sport97]

if I was going to the expense of getting a new car, I would definitely pick the colour that I want, and not the colour that has the 'best' resale value.

one of the joys of getting a new car is being able to choose the colour

 

[312 Sprinter]

A fewe years ago our local dealers were on a £1000 bonus to whoever managed to sell a c-class coupe in that metallic green/yellow colour (cant remember the official name) that had been on the forecourt for months.

A friend of mine implements the dealer rental operations. A few years ago she wanted to change jobs and went through the whole interview process. In the end she came second and they offered the job to someone else.

In this role you get a new car every three months, sometimes more often if a dealer wants the car. The guy who got offered the job proceeded to order his car in white; convincing the manufacturer concerned to conclude he was incompetent and withdrawing their job offer!

They then offered my friend the job, she only found out months later what had actually happened!

 

[kusanku]

How many different shades of balck are there in the MB range? I can think of the following:
obsidian black, which is deep and glossy black
blue-black, which is a sort of dark grey
green-black, which is a sort of dark blue
melanite-black, which has a green tinge to it
almandine-black, which is a sort of aubergine colour

Never come accross the tropic black mentioned on the list: what does that look like?

 

[GordonTarling]

Green and white are significantly harder to shift in the used market and will be discounted over a more desirable colours

Those who've invested in white C63's may live to regret their colour choice then! I'll admit that green is less popular, but why? I've had a couple of green cars (not MB's) and no great disadvantage ever showed itself while I owned them.

 

[BQF]

I love Green cars - I have had 3x metallic green Audis - lovely cars.

I'd actually like a brand new 911 Carrera in pale green - but I don't know whether I'd have the cojones to actually do it! I'd probably end up speccing metallic black - I'm such a coward.

My E55 is 744 Brilliantsilber - possibly in homage to the great 'silberpfelle' era, or possible with an eye on resale. Looks like I'm not the only coward!

 

[scillyisles]

There appears to be quite a bit of confusion here.
The list that dw_124 posts looks like a list of colours available across the whole of the Mercedes range( or the range of colours available over the whole lifetime of the W124 in all markets). When you then get down to colour ranges within model type and body type then it narrows quite considerably. Back in the eighties and early nineties, Mercedes did not really have the range of customisation that they have nowadays and it was difficult, expensive and time consuming to get them to paint a car in a colour that was not part of the model colour range. So for example the 320E cab we were discussing the other day in Nutria could only be ordered in ~20 colours from the factory. Some of the colours are quite frankly awful too so that also explains lack of colours. The same situation existed with other models and also applied to interior trim. In the late nineties Mercedes launched their Designo range but even so it was quite restrictive at first.

 

[MD5]

I love the subtlety of some MB colours, and used to make the other half laugh if I named a particular colour (you know, in that anorak sympathy kind of way!). In Bristol museum last year, she drew my attention to these displays, and was actually quite inspired from then on!

Malachite being the greens above.

I nearly bought a bornite 124 cab before buying a beryl blue one, and have an azurite blue 124 estate. I find azurite a bit clichéd because of its must have status, but love all three colours, and their ambiguity (well, bornite and beryl anyway).

 

[shedinagarden]

Going back to the original post of that stunning W124 Saloon in 475 Nutria....

I have recently bought a 1994 C124 Coupe which is in need of bodywork attention, which will undoubtedly end in a repaint. I am thinking either Tourmaline Green, but really fancy Nutria after seeing that photo.

The body shop I use are going to knock up a large sample of Nutria for me because the small sample we have looks nothing like the Nutria I've seen in photos!

In order to get a proper feel for the colour I am desperate to find out what paint code the cladding in the depicted car has? Does anyone know off-hand, or know where I could find that out?

Craig

 

[Marvin16x]

Wow, nutria is one stunning colour

But I think I couldn't decide, there are just too many good ones ....
Azurite blue, tourmaline green (especially on S124), champagne, nutria, 744, 040 ...

475 Nutria
8482 karminbrown (?)

 

[GP801]

Friend of ours had a 201 in Nutria. It looked really good. From the colour chart no one would ever choose it but it looks so much better in the metal.
I must be in a minority but Tourmaline just does not do it for me. To me Malachite is a much classier green.

 

[i777]

Personally I like met. silver...and I think it looks great on all Mercs...and it does have that special link with the brand (kind of like Alfa Red). Personally I like the solid red on quite a few Mercs too.

 

[TheDeadPrussian]

Many consider green to be an 'unlucky' colour...

I really do not consider myself to be superstitious, but I have owned one green car in my life time (bought against my father's advice - green being an 'unlucky' colour) and in 6 months of ownership it was driven in to twice whilst parked and broken in to - I sold it quickly!