Land Rover Defender paint codes

NATO Green (IRR)

The matt infrared-reflective green applied to British military vehicles, including military Defenders and Land Rovers, from the late 1970s onward. Hex is approximate, from the colors.watch/hextoral rendering of BS 381C-285; real IRR paint is flatter and varies with weathering.

WORN BY Shorland S51 APC, Defender 110, Defender 110, Defender 90, Defender 90, 110 Pink Panther, Defender 130 Hi-Cap, Defender 130 Hi-Cap, Tithonus life-extension Defender, Otokar Patrol, 127″ rapier, Otokar Gun Buggy, Snatch Land Rover, Wolf TUM high-roof prototype, Wolf 110, Wolf Ambulance, Czech Army Defender 110, Czech Army Defender 90, Wolf Winter / Water, Wolf WMIK, Otokar Defender Ambulance, Żandarmeria Wojskowa Defender 110 Soft Top, French Army Defender 110 Double Cab, French Army Defender 110 Station Wagon, French VTA Helicopter Refueller, Project HEBE

2 sources

1. 1British Standard 381C Colors: BS381C-285 (NATO Green)colors.watch · accessed 2026-09-09
2. 2British Standard NATO Green (BS381C-285) Color HEX codeHextoral · accessed 2026-09-09

Coniston Green

The classic dark green of 1990s Defenders, named for the Lake District slate town. Applied as LRC570 from the mid-1990s and recatalogued LRC637 for 1998-2002; PPG lists both as 'Coniston Olive Green'. Hex is approximate, sampled from the 637/HYJ chip on the scanned 1998 PPG Land & Range Rover import colour sheet on paintref.com (the 1997 sheet's 570/HYE chip samples #2e372e).

WORN BY Defender 110, Defender 110, Defender 90, Defender 90, Defender 130 Hi-Cap, Defender 130 Hi-Cap, Defender 130 Safari

4 sources

1. 1Land Rover Defender Paint Options (colour code cross-reference and scanned PPG chip sheets)PaintRef · accessed 2026-09-09
2. 2LRC637 - Coniston Green - Paint Colour CodeLR Workshop · accessed 2026-09-09
3. 3Land Rover Coniston Green LRC570Paintman Paint · accessed 2026-09-09
4. 4A Travel Guide to Land Rover Colors (Coniston Green)Rovers North / roverparts.com · accessed 2026-09-09

Chawton White

The standard soft off-white of late Defenders, ubiquitous on utility, fleet and aid vehicles; LR Workshop dates LRC603 to the 1998-2007 model years, taking over from Alpine White LRC456 (NUC). Hex is approximate, sampled from the 603/NAL chip on the scanned 1998 PPG Land & Range Rover import colour sheet on paintref.com.

WORN BY Defender 110, Defender 110, Defender 90, Defender 90, Defender 130 Hi-Cap, Defender 130 Hi-Cap, Defender 130 Safari, Mountain Rescue Defender 110

3 sources

1. 1Land Rover Defender Paint Options (colour code cross-reference and scanned PPG chip sheets)PaintRef · accessed 2026-09-09
2. 2LRC603 - Chawton White - Paint Colour CodeLR Workshop · accessed 2026-09-09
3. 3A Travel Guide to Land Rover Colors (Chawton White)Rovers North / roverparts.com · accessed 2026-09-09

Arles Blue

Dark slate blue offered on Defenders through the 1990s (roverparts.com dates code 424 to 1990-1997); PPG's 1997 import sheet carries the chip as 'Arles Blue' while the paintref cross-reference also records the same code as Windjammer Blue. Hex is approximate, sampled from the 424/JUH chip on the scanned 1997 PPG Land & Range Rover import colour sheet on paintref.com.

WORN BY Defender 110, Defender 110, Defender 90, Defender 90, Defender 130 Hi-Cap, Defender 130 Hi-Cap

2 sources

1. 1Land Rover Defender Paint Options (colour code cross-reference and scanned PPG chip sheets)PaintRef · accessed 2026-09-09
2. 2A Travel Guide to Land Rover Colors (Arles / Windjammer / Pacific Blue, LRC424, 1990-97)Rovers North / roverparts.com · accessed 2026-09-09

Epsom Green

Very dark green micatallic offered on Defenders (and Range Rovers) for the 1998-2004 model years; PPG catalogues it as 'Epsom Green Mica'. Reads near-black in shade. Hex is approximate, sampled from the 961/HAF chip on the scanned 1998 PPG Land & Range Rover import colour sheet on paintref.com.

WORN BY Defender 110, Defender 110, Defender 90, Defender 90, Defender 130 Hi-Cap, Defender 130 Hi-Cap, Defender 130 Safari

3 sources

1. 1Land Rover Defender Paint Options (colour code cross-reference and scanned PPG chip sheets)PaintRef · accessed 2026-09-09
2. 2LRC961 - Epsom Green - Paint Colour CodeLR Workshop · accessed 2026-09-09
3. 3A Travel Guide to Land Rover Colors (Epsom Green)Rovers North / roverparts.com · accessed 2026-09-09

Sandglow (Camel Trophy Yellow)

The mustard sand-yellow worn by every Camel Trophy Land Rover, so strongly associated with the event that paint suppliers sell LRC361 as 'Camel Trophy Yellow'. A standard colour released on the Range Rover Classic and also offered on Defender 90/110/130 from 1984. Hex is approximate, averaged from sunlit body panels of two Wikimedia Commons photographs of Camel Trophy vehicles (a Defender 110 sampled #b29769-#c7a470 at dusk; a 1993-liveried Discovery sampled #bc983a-#d2a872 in daylight); PaintScratch's digital swatch of the same code is brighter and more yellow (#e3bd25).

WORN BY Camel Trophy 110

5 sources

1. 1Land Rover Sandglow LRC361 (standard colour on Range Rover Classic, also Defender 90/110/130 from 1984; Rover Group code BLVC63; sold as Camel Trophy Sandglow)Paintman Paint · accessed 2026-09-10
2. 2LRC361 Camel Trophy Yellow Touch-Up Paint for Land-Rover (digital swatch #E3BD25, years 1989-1995)PaintScratch · accessed 2026-09-10
3. 3Camel Trophy (vehicles finished in the distinctive Sandglow colour scheme)Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-10
4. 4File:Camel Trophy Land Rover Defender 110 .jpg (hex sampled from this photo)Wikimedia Commons (Thinkpins, CC BY-SA 4.0) · accessed 2026-09-10
5. 5File:1993 Land Rover Discovery Series I Camel Trophy.jpg (hex sampled from this photo)Wikimedia Commons (Spanish Coches, CC BY 2.0) · accessed 2026-09-10

Light Stone

The British military desert paint (sold for Land Rovers as Light Stone / Desert Sand) used on UK vehicles deployed to desert theatres from Operation Granby onward. Hex is approximate, from the colors.watch rendering of BS 381C-361.

WORN BY 110 Pink Panther, Snatch Land Rover, Land Rover Panama, Wolf 110, Wolf WMIK

3 sources

1. 1British Standard 381C Colors: BS381C-361 (Light Stone)colors.watch · accessed 2026-09-09
2. 2Land Rover Light Stone / Desert Sand BS381C - 361Paragon Paints · accessed 2026-09-09
3. 3Desert Sand Paint (Op Granby colour discussion: BS381C 361 Light Stone matches, 380 too dark)Historic Military Vehicles Forum · accessed 2026-09-09

Camouflage Desert Sand

The other BS 381C desert shade sold for military vehicle repaints; darker and pinker than Light Stone. Hex is approximate, from the colors.watch rendering of BS 381C-380.

WORN BY 110 Pink Panther, French Army Defender 110 Station Wagon, Project HEBE

2 sources

1. 1British Standard 381C Colors: BS381C-380 (Camouflage Desert Sand)colors.watch · accessed 2026-09-09
2. 2BS381C 380 Camouflage Desert SandParagon Paints · accessed 2026-09-09

Police Fleet White (UK)

The standard white base of modern UK police vehicle liveries, worn under yellow-and-blue Battenburg markings on motorway patrol vehicles including the Range Rover L322s run by Cheshire Constabulary and Northern Constabulary. Generic fleet white rather than a catalogued Land Rover paint; hex is nominal white. Distinct from the existing psni-white entry only in that it is not tied to the PSNI armoured fleet.

No factory code recorded. The hex and RGB here are the registry's estimate from photographs and period descriptions, not a matched chip — do not order paint from them without further research.

WORN BY Police 110, Mersey Tunnels Police 90, Shorland S54 Anti-Hijack

2 sources

1. 12004 Range Rover Cheshire Constabulary (preserved DK54 HSU in white Battenburg motorway livery)The Dunsfold Collection · accessed 2026-09-09
2. 2File:Northern Constabulary Range rover at Police Headquarters Inverness Scotland.jpg (white base under Battenburg markings)Wikimedia Commons (dave conner, CC BY 2.0) · accessed 2026-09-09

Rally Team White (BAMA)

The plain white paintwork applied to the British Army Motoring Association's four rally-prepared Land Rover Ninetys when they were converted from standard MoD-specification vehicles in 1996 ('a roll-over protection cage, white paint work, rally seats...'). No paint code documented; hex is nominal white.

No factory code recorded. The hex and RGB here are the registry's estimate from photographs and period descriptions, not a matched chip — do not order paint from them without further research.

WORN BY BAMA Ninety rally vehicle — Romeo Four

1 source

1. 11986 Land Rover Ninety — Armed Forces Rally Team 'Romeo Four' (rally modifications including white paint work)The Dunsfold Collection · accessed 2026-09-10

RUC Battleship Grey

The dark 'battleship grey' standard on Royal Ulster Constabulary vehicles, including the armoured Land Rover fleet (Hotspur, Simba, Tangi) until the PSNI-era repaints. No official code documented. Hex is a stand-in from the generic battleship grey reference colour on Wikipedia; period RUC vehicles generally photograph darker - approximate.

No factory code recorded. The hex and RGB here are the registry's estimate from photographs and period descriptions, not a matched chip — do not order paint from them without further research.

WORN BY Land Rover Tangi

3 sources

1. 1Land Rover Tangi ('painted in a dark grey livery ... the original battleship grey')Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-09
2. 2The History of Shorland Armoured Cars ('Battleship grey seems to be the standard colour for many RUC vehicles')The Shorland Site (Clive Elliott) · accessed 2026-09-09
3. 3Battleship grey (reference hex #848482)Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-09

Police White (PSNI)

The standard white base livery applied to PSNI vehicles (with yellow and blue Battenburg markings) after the Police Service of Northern Ireland replaced the RUC in 2001; the armoured Land Rover fleet was repainted from battleship grey. Hex is nominal white.

No factory code recorded. The hex and RGB here are the registry's estimate from photographs and period descriptions, not a matched chip — do not order paint from them without further research.

WORN BY Land Rover Tangi, OVIK Pangolin

1 source

1. 1Land Rover Tangi ('now painted in standard white, yellow and blue Battenburg markings')Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-09

Turkish Police White

The white base of the Turkish National Police (Emniyet) vehicle livery, worn with a blue band along the body sides and POLİS lettering. No official paint code documented in the sources consulted.

No factory code recorded. The hex and RGB here are the registry's estimate from photographs and period descriptions, not a matched chip — do not order paint from them without further research.

WORN BY Otokar Akrep Police

1 source

1. 1File:Armored vehicle, Polis, Istanbul - 2016.jpg (Otokar APV in Turkish police livery, Istanbul, 6 May 2016)Wikimedia Commons (Kevin.B, CC BY-SA 4.0) · accessed 2026-09-11

Croatian Police White

The white base of the Croatian police (MUP) vehicle livery, carrying the force's blue band edged in yellow along the body sides with the Ministry of the Interior crest and POLICIJA lettering. No official paint code documented in the sources consulted; recorded as plain white, as the other force-livery whites in this dictionary are.

No factory code recorded. The hex and RGB here are the registry's estimate from photographs and period descriptions, not a matched chip — do not order paint from them without further research.

WORN BY Croatian Police Defender 110

1 source

1. 1File:Police Car Croatia.jpg (Croatian police Defender 110 in the white/blue/yellow livery, 2008)Wikimedia Commons (Suradnik13, CC BY-SA 4.0) · accessed 2026-09-11

Alpine White

The standard soft white of late-1980s and 1990s Land Rovers, offered on the P38 Range Rover from its 1995 model year; predecessor of Chawton White LRC603. Hex is approximate, averaged from AutomotiveTouchup's photographed factory chip for NUC/456.

WORN BY Royal Navy EOD, Bay Search & Rescue

2 sources

1. 11995 Land Rover Range Rover paint colours (Alpine White NUC/456 chip)AutomotiveTouchup · accessed 2026-09-09
2. 2Range Rover P38 (94-01) paint key (Alpine White/Savarin NUC/456)Rimmer Bros · accessed 2026-09-09

Royal Navy Gloss Dark Blue

The gloss dark 'admiralty' blue worn by Royal Navy shore establishment and naval air station Land Rovers - ship-to-shore liaison vehicles, dockyard trucks and the airfield RESCUE trucks - usually with white RN/ROYAL NAVY lettering and often a white roof. No single catalogued standard is confirmed for the vehicle finish (BS 381C dark blues are commonly quoted by restorers), so no code is recorded. Hex is a representative approximation sampled by eye from photographs of the preserved Series II 88in rescue truck SSK 357 (Portsmouth, 2013) and the preserved Series III NEMT Devonport truck 19 RN 56; preserved repaints vary in depth.

No factory code recorded. The hex and RGB here are the registry's estimate from photographs and period descriptions, not a matched chip — do not order paint from them without further research.

WORN BY Royal Navy EOD

3 sources

1. 1Royal Navy Rescue Land Rover SSK 357 at Portsmouth Armed Forces Day 2013 (gloss dark blue with white ROYAL NAVY RESCUE roof sign)Mike Hammond (Hampshire999) via Flickr · accessed 2026-09-10
2. 2File:19 RN 56 Land Rover LWB Royal Navy.jpg (preserved Royal Navy Land Rover in gloss dark blue, NEMT Devonport)Wikimedia Commons (kitmasterbloke, CC BY 2.0) · accessed 2026-09-10
3. 3Oxford Diecast Land Rover Series II LWB Station Wagon Royal Navy (model of RN gloss dark blue scheme)Oxford Diecast · accessed 2026-09-10

Rover Recovery Yellow ('Buttercup')

The bright yellow works livery of the one-off 1962 Land Rover 112-inch forward-control breakdown truck, nicknamed 'Buttercup' by the British Motor Museum because of its yellow paint scheme; the 2007-2009 restoration returned it to its original Rover Company 'ROVER ENG DEPT SOLIHULL' livery. No paint code documented. Hex is approximate, sampled from the cab and bonnet panels in the andreboeni Wikimedia Commons photograph of the restored vehicle (indoor museum lighting).

No factory code recorded. The hex and RGB here are the registry's estimate from photographs and period descriptions, not a matched chip — do not order paint from them without further research.

WORN BY Ajaccio Forestiers-Sapeurs Defender

2 sources

1. 1Land Rover 112" Breakdown Truck (1962) — 'Buttercup' (nicknamed for its yellow paint scheme; restored to original Rover Company livery)British Motor Museum · accessed 2026-09-10
2. 2File:Land-Rover 112" Forward Control (1962).jpg (hex sampled from this photo)Wikimedia Commons (andreboeni, CC BY 2.0) · accessed 2026-09-10

HM Coastguard Dark Blue

The dark navy blue of HM Coastguard's rescue vehicle livery, worn with yellow markings, reflective chevrons and COASTGUARD lettering on the Coastguard Rescue Service's Land Rovers and their successors. A service livery rather than a catalogued Land Rover paint, and no single standard is published for it, so no code is recorded. Hex is a representative approximation taken by eye from photographs of preserved and in-service Coastguard Defenders; the shade photographs lighter in strong sun.

No factory code recorded. The hex and RGB here are the registry's estimate from photographs and period descriptions, not a matched chip — do not order paint from them without further research.

WORN BY HM Coast Guard 90

2 sources

1. 1K584 VEL HM Coastguard Land Rover Defender — "a classic Land Rover Defender operated by HM Coastguard, featuring blue lights and dark blue and yellow livery"UK Emergency Vehicles · accessed 2026-09-10
2. 2HM Coastguard Land Rover Defender N45 RCG on static display at the Royal International Air Tattoo 2022Alamy · accessed 2026-09-10

Czech Army Green

The flat olive-green in which the Czech Army's vehicle fleet, including the SVOS-converted Land Rover Defender 130 Kajman light strike vehicles, is finished (vehicles also received the Czech three-colour disruptive scheme on other types; the Kajmans photograph as plain olive-green overall). No official code documented in the sources consulted. Hex is approximate, sampled from the bonnet and body panels of a Kajman of the 43rd Airborne on parade in Plzeň in a 2015 Wikimedia Commons photograph (sunlit bonnet samples ~#55584a, shaded panels ~#3f4438).

No factory code recorded. The hex and RGB here are the registry's estimate from photographs and period descriptions, not a matched chip — do not order paint from them without further research.

WORN BY Czech Army Defender 110, Czech Army Defender 90, Defender 130 Kajman

2 sources

1. 1File:Land Rover Defender 130 Kajman, Plzeň (2015).jpg (hex sampled from this photo)Wikimedia Commons (CS92, CC BY-SA 4.0) · accessed 2026-09-10
2. 2CZE/GBR - Land Rover Defender 130 Kajman (Armoured 4)armedconflicts.com · accessed 2026-09-10

Fire Engine Red

The traditional bright red of British fire appliances, worn by Land Rover fire tenders from the Series I factory conversions through the RAF/RN TACR1 and TACR2 crash rescue trucks and later Defender appliances. 'Fire engine red' is an informal name rather than a single catalogued standard - individual brigades and the military specified their own reds - so no code is recorded. Hex is the representative value given by Wikipedia for fire engine red and is approximate; preserved RAF TACR1 30 AG 45 photographs slightly deeper (~#c8251f sampled from the Wikimedia Commons photo used on the tacr1 record).

No factory code recorded. The hex and RGB here are the registry's estimate from photographs and period descriptions, not a matched chip — do not order paint from them without further research.

WORN BY Defender 6×6 Fire & Rescue, Helicopter and Aviation Services Fire Defender, Falkland Islands Fire & Rescue, Cleveland Fire Brigade

3 sources

1. 1Fire engine red (representative hex #CE2029; informal colour, no single standard shade)Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-10
2. 2File:Land Rover TACR-1 (1974) owned by Paul Hazell pic1.JPG (preserved RAF TACR1 in fire red)Wikimedia Commons (AlfvanBeem, CC0) · accessed 2026-09-10
3. 328 AG 00 RAF Fire and Rescue Service TACR1 (red RAF crash rescue livery)UK Emergency Vehicles · accessed 2026-09-10

Ambulance White

The white base of modern UK and Crown-dependency ambulance liveries, worn under green/yellow markings by the St John Ambulance Guernsey fleet including the MMB International-bodied Defender 130 preserved by the Land Rover Heritage Collection (its quoted £73,279 price included the livery). Nominal white; no catalogued Land Rover paint code is documented for the coachbuilt body.

No factory code recorded. The hex and RGB here are the registry's estimate from photographs and period descriptions, not a matched chip — do not order paint from them without further research.

WORN BY MMB Defender 130 St John ambulance

1 source

1. 1St John Ambulance from overseas (SVC 01, 2000 Defender 130 ambulance by MMB International; price ex works included livery)Land Rover Heritage Collection · accessed 2026-09-10

Police Armoured Blue-Grey (GMP)

The dark slate blue-grey worn by Greater Manchester Police's armoured Land Rover Defender 110 fleet (BV10 RYP, BV10 RYM, BV10 SDZ) - minimally marked apart from GMP crests and roof callsigns (XG51/XG52). No official code documented. Hex is approximate, sampled from the rear door panels of BV10 RYP/RYM in the UK Emergency Vehicles photograph (samples ranged #484a55-#575b5e; the sunlit flanks of BV10 SDZ in the 2012 Flickr photograph read considerably lighter and bluer, up to #6c78a1).

No factory code recorded. The hex and RGB here are the registry's estimate from photographs and period descriptions, not a matched chip — do not order paint from them without further research.

WORN BY Greater Manchester Police Armoured 110

2 sources

1. 1BV10 RYP, BV10 RYM Greater Manchester Police Land Rover Defenders - Heavily armoured (hex sampled from this page's photograph)UK Emergency Vehicles · accessed 2026-09-10
2. 21771 - GMP - Greater Manchester Police - Land Rover Defender - Tactical Firearms Unit - BV10 SDZFlickr (Call the Cops 999, all rights reserved - reference only) · accessed 2026-09-10

Fuji White

The clean solid white of the last-generation Defender, used for the 2010-2016 model years (and across the wider Land Rover range) for complete vehicles, roofs and wheels, and standard on many fleet and export utility vehicles. The 2011 Defender 110 snowplough/gritter WOR-03 in the Land Rover Heritage Collection is white (since refinished in a white Raptor protective coating). No measured value located: hex is a nominal near-white approximation.

WORN BY Defender snowplough and gritter, Blackpool Beach Patrol, Cave & Mountain Rescue

3 sources

1. 1LRC867 - Fuji White - Paint Colour Code (used 2010-2016; codes 867, NER, 1AA, NDH)LR Workshop · accessed 2026-09-10
2. 21AA/NER/867 Fuji White Touch-Up Paint for Land-RoverPaintScratch · accessed 2026-09-10
3. 3Defender 110 Snow Plough and Gritter WOR 03 (white, Raptor finish)Land Rover Heritage Collection · accessed 2026-09-10

Santorini Black

JLR's ubiquitous metallic/mica black, in use across Land Rover, Range Rover and Jaguar models from 2009 into the 2020s. The ten Spectre Defender SVX stunt vehicles were built from Santorini Black crew-cab Defender 110s. Hex is a nominal near-black; the real paint is a heavily mica'd metallic that reads with more depth than a solid black.

WORN BY Spectre Defender SVX

3 sources

1. 1820 Santorini Black Touch-Up Paint for Land-RoverPaintScratch · accessed 2026-09-10
2. 2Land Rover Santorini Black Metallic 820/1AG/PAB Touch Up PaintTouchUpDirect · accessed 2026-09-10
3. 32015 Land Rover Defender SVX "Spectre" (ten Santorini Black crew-cab 110s transformed by Bowler)RM Sotheby's · accessed 2026-09-10