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Land Rover Forward Control paint codes

The factory colours the registry has researched on Forward Control vehicles: 6 colours, 6 with a recorded paint code. Each hex is a representative value — averaged from photographed factory chips or quoted from a standard — not a measured match; the code is what to give a paint supplier.

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6COLOURS6WITH A PAINT CODE1VEHICLES19SOURCES
LRC001Bronze GreenLRC005Pastel GreenDuPont 38501Mid GreyLRC006Marine BlueLRC007LimestoneLRC010Poppy Red

Bronze Green

PAINT CODELRC001 (HCC); Unipart RTC4042A; PPG 46451HEX#3D4238RGB61, 66, 56

Land Rover's long-running civilian dark green, offered from the late 1940s into the 1980s (1959-1988 per period brochures collated by expeditionlandrover.info). Closely related to, but catalogued separately from, military Deep Bronze Green BS 381C-224. Hex is approximate, sampled from the scanned PPG/Ditzler 46451 colour chip on paintref.com.

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4 sources
  1. 1Land Rover Series Paint Codeslandrover.net · accessed 2026-09-09
  2. 2Land Rover Paint Cross-Reference (colour chip scans)PaintRef · accessed 2026-09-09
  3. 3Land Rover Paint Codes (LRC001 Bronze Green, code HCC)LR Workshop · accessed 2026-09-09
  4. 4Series Land Rover paint schemesexpeditionlandrover.info (TeriAnn Wakeman) · accessed 2026-09-09

Pastel Green

PAINT CODELRC005 (HCD); Unipart RTC4041A; PPG 46250HEX#5A7168RGB90, 113, 104

The pale grey-green of the earliest Land Rovers, famously begun with war-surplus aircraft 'cockpit green' paint at the 1948 launch; early factory and coachbuilder records call it Light Green and PPG code 46250 is listed under both names. Offered until 1984. Hex is approximate, sampled from the scanned PPG/Ditzler 46250 colour chip on paintref.com; PaintScratch's digital swatch of the same code is brighter (#85e39b).

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4 sources
  1. 1Land Rover Paint Cross-Reference (PPG 46250 Light Green chip)PaintRef · accessed 2026-09-09
  2. 2Land Rover Series Paint Codeslandrover.net · accessed 2026-09-09
  3. 3A Quick History of the Land Rover Series 1 (1948 launch colour Light Green, also known as Pastel Green)Silodrome · accessed 2026-09-09
  4. 446250 Pastel Green Touch-Up Paint for Land-RoverPaintScratch · accessed 2026-09-09

Marine Blue

PAINT CODELRC006 (JCC); Unipart RTC4043A; PPG 16514HEX#40555FRGB64, 85, 95

Dark slate-teal blue offered from 1958 to 1987, usually paired with Limestone wheels and roof. Hex is approximate, sampled from the scanned PPG/Ditzler 16514 colour chip on paintref.com.

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3 sources
  1. 1Land Rover Series Paint Codeslandrover.net · accessed 2026-09-09
  2. 2Land Rover Paint Cross-Reference (colour chip scans)PaintRef · accessed 2026-09-09
  3. 3Series Land Rover paint schemes (Marine Blue 1958-1987)expeditionlandrover.info (TeriAnn Wakeman) · accessed 2026-09-09

Limestone

PAINT CODELRC007 (NCJ); Unipart RTC4044A; PPG 46251HEX#D4BFA4RGB212, 191, 164

Warm cream-white offered on bodies 1959-1984 and used throughout the Series era for wheels, roofs and window frames as the standard contrast colour. Hex is approximate, sampled from the scanned PPG/Ditzler 46251 colour chip on paintref.com.

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3 sources
  1. 1Land Rover Series Paint Codeslandrover.net · accessed 2026-09-09
  2. 2Land Rover Paint Cross-Reference (colour chip scans)PaintRef · accessed 2026-09-09
  3. 3Series Land Rover paint schemes (wheel and roof colour conventions)expeditionlandrover.info (TeriAnn Wakeman) · accessed 2026-09-09

Poppy Red

PAINT CODELRC010; DuPont 38506HEX#C73D32RGB199, 61, 50

Bright red offered on Series models 1959-1968, often on fire-appliance and export vehicles. No measured value for the Rover shade was found; the hex is a stand-in taken from the same-named British Standard BS 2660 0-005 Poppy Red as rendered by encycolorpedia, and is approximate.

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3 sources
  1. 1Land Rover Series Paint Codes (Poppy Red DuPont 38506)landrover.net · accessed 2026-09-09
  2. 2British Standard BS 2660 BS 0-005 - Poppy red / #c73d32Encycolorpedia · accessed 2026-09-09
  3. 3Series Land Rover paint schemes (Poppy Red 1959-1968)expeditionlandrover.info (TeriAnn Wakeman) · accessed 2026-09-09

Colours are as the registry has researched them for these vehicles; a paint code is the authority, the hex only a guide. Corrections and better chips are welcome through the suggestion form.