Land Rover Series IIA paint codes

Deep Bronze Green

The standard British military gloss dark green of the post-war decades, and the colour most associated with early and military Land Rovers. Hex is approximate, taken from the colors.watch BS 381C table; encycolorpedia renders the same standard slightly browner (#45483d). Restoration suppliers sell it for Land Rovers as Deep Bronze Green LRC001.

WORN BY Scottorn Bushmaster Fire Tractor, FWSF, Series IIA LRPV, 1963 APGP, Series IIA Fitted For Line, Shorland Mk 1 APC, BAOR ceremonial / security 88, Royal Artillery PPIF Drone Section Land Rover, SAS Series IIA Pink Panther, Series IIA Lightweight, RAF Crash Rescue Marshall Ambulance

3 sources

1. 1British Standard 381C Colors: BS381C-224 (Deep Bronze Green)colors.watch · accessed 2026-09-09
2. 2British Standard BS381 224 - Deep bronze green / #45483dEncycolorpedia · accessed 2026-09-09
3. 3Land Rover Deep Bronze Green LRC001Paintman Paint · accessed 2026-09-09

Australian Olive Drab (lustreless)

The Australian Army's own flat/lustreless olive drab, adopted in April 1967 in place of gloss Deep Bronze Green and used as the whole-fleet colour into the late 1980s; distinct from and noticeably lighter than US Olive Drab FS 34087, with no good FS 595 match. Perentie Land Rovers were factory-painted in it from 1987 (Anzol polyurethane 450-2022 'suit ADF Perentie pre-Auscam'), and it remains the base green of the later Auscam three-colour disruptive scheme (Protec 342-1166 Camouflage Green is 'the correct colour for all green vehicles post 1967'). Hex is approximate, sampled from the olive-drab front wing of an in-service Perentie 6x6 ambulance in a 2014 US Marine Corps photograph; real paint is IRR, flat, and fades markedly in service.

WORN BY FWSF, Series IIA LRPV, Series 2A Ambulance-bodied ERV, Series IIA Fitted For Line

3 sources

1. 1Australian Army Vehicle Colour Schemes and Paint (April 1967 colour change; Wattyl, Anzol and Protec paint codes; Perentie factory finish)Registry of Ex-Military Land Rovers (REMLR) · accessed 2026-09-09
2. 2HTK-AS108 Modern Australian Army AFV paint set (1967 Australian Olive Drab variant, no good FS 595a match, lighter than FS 34087)Hataka Hobby · accessed 2026-09-09
3. 3File:Australian Army Land Rover 110 6x6 Ambulance in 2014.jpg (hex sampled from this photo)Wikimedia Commons (US Marine Corps, public domain) · accessed 2026-09-09

Auscam Camouflage Tan (Brown)

The tan/brown disruptor of the Australian Army's three-colour 'Auscam' disruptive-pattern vehicle scheme, sprayed in patches over the Australian Olive Drab base together with black. Modelling references match it to US FS 30219 dark tan. Hex is the colorserver.net rendering of FS 30219 and is approximate.

WORN BY Series IIA LRPV

3 sources

1. 1Australian Army Vehicle Colour Schemes and Paint (Auscam colours: camouflage green 342-1166, tan 342-5265, black 342-7165; Anzol two-pack codes for Perentie)Registry of Ex-Military Land Rovers (REMLR) · accessed 2026-09-09
2. 2FED-STD-595 Federal Standard 595 Color FS 30219colorserver.net · accessed 2026-09-09
3. 3HTK-AS108 Modern Australian Army AFV paint set (AUSCAM disruptive colours incl. Camouflage Brown FS 30219)Hataka Hobby · accessed 2026-09-09

Auscam Camouflage Black

The matt black disruptor of the Auscam three-colour vehicle scheme, applied with tan over the olive drab base. Modelling references match it to US FS 37038 lusterless black. Hex is a nominal near-black and approximate.

WORN BY Series IIA LRPV

2 sources

1. 1Australian Army Vehicle Colour Schemes and Paint (Auscam colours: camouflage black Protec 342-7165; Anzol Matt Black 450-0009 for Perentie)Registry of Ex-Military Land Rovers (REMLR) · accessed 2026-09-09
2. 2HTK-AS108 Modern Australian Army AFV paint set (AUSCAM disruptive colours incl. Black FS 37038)Hataka Hobby · accessed 2026-09-09

Limestone

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.

WORN BY North Wollongong SLSC Series IIA 88, Carawagon de Luxe, Carawagon Safari, Carawagon Ultimate, Searle Estate Wagon, Searle Mini-Carawagon

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

RUC Green (satin emerald)

The satin emerald green in which Short Brothers & Harland completed the Royal Ulster Constabulary's early Shorland armoured cars ('the basic colour of the completed vehicle was a satin finish emerald green' - Clive Elliott, on Mk1 3547 PZ). No official code documented. Hex is approximate, sampled from the hull of preserved Mk1 3547 PZ in a Wikimedia Commons photograph.

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 Shorland Mk 1 APC

2 sources

1. 1The History of Shorland Armoured CarsThe Shorland Site (Clive Elliott) · accessed 2026-09-09
2. 2File:Shorland armoured car mk1.jpg (preserved 3547 PZ; hex sampled from this photo)Wikimedia Commons (geni, CC BY-SA 4.0) · accessed 2026-09-09

Post Office Red

The traditional red of GPO/Royal Mail vehicles, letter boxes and telephone kiosks, catalogued in BS 381C as 538 'Post office red / Cherry' and sold by coach-paint suppliers as Post Office Red for fleet and letterbox repaints. Hex is the encycolorpedia rendering of BS381C-538; hextoral renders the same standard notably brighter (#c41c22), and period vehicle reds varied between paint batches - approximate.

WORN BY Royal Mail Series IIA 88 hardtop, Post Office Recovery

3 sources

1. 1British Standard BS381 538 - Post office red / Cherry / #a23b3cEncycolorpedia · accessed 2026-09-10
2. 2BS381C 538 - Post office red / Cherry (Lab/RGB values)e-paint.co.uk · accessed 2026-09-10
3. 3Post Office Red, Cherry Red - BS538 - Premium Coach Enamel (traditional paint for Post Office boxes and telephone boxes)Paintman Paint · accessed 2026-09-10

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 Shorland Mk 2 APC

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

Ceremonial Black

The smart gloss black applied by British Army workshops in Germany to the BAOR ceremonial/security 88s used for royal visits, over their original Bronze Green military finish. No official code documented; hex is a nominal near-black.

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 BAOR ceremonial / security 88

1 source

1. 11968 Land Rover Series IIA 88" - Ceremonial and Parade Vehicle (equipped to carry security personnel, fitted for radio, 'painted black')The Dunsfold Collection · accessed 2026-09-10

Marine Blue

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.

WORN BY Carawagon de Luxe, Carawagon Safari, Carawagon Ultimate, Searle Mini-Carawagon

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

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 Royal Artillery PPIF Drone Section Land Rover, Series IIA Lightweight

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

Desert Pink ('Pinkie' pink)

The dusty rose-pink applied to the SAS Series IIA 109 'Pink Panther' desert patrol vehicles, chosen because pink proved effective desert camouflage at dawn and dusk. It was never an official British Standard shade - it appears in neither BS 381C nor BS 4800 - and period accounts describe it being mixed in the field from red lead primer and white, with a touch of black as required, so real vehicles varied and faded markedly. Hex is approximate, sampled from the body panels of preserved Pink Panther 10 FG 40 in a Wikimedia Commons photograph (shaded panels sampled #98575b-#a56a74; brightly lit panels up to #d79cab under 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 SAS Series IIA Pink Panther

3 sources

1. 1An Original SAS Land Rover Series 2A 109 Pink Panther - The "Pinkie" (painted light pink for desert service, including wheels and tyres)Silodrome · accessed 2026-09-09
2. 2SAS Land Rover "Pink Panther" - a color question (no BS 381C/BS 4800 code exists; field-mixed from red lead primer, white and black)Missing-Lynx modelling forum · accessed 2026-09-09
3. 3File:Land Rover series IIa 'Pink Panther' SAS desert car 1968.jpg (preserved 10 FG 40; hex sampled from this photo)Wikimedia Commons (DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0) · accessed 2026-09-09

Bronze Green

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.

WORN BY Searle Estate Wagon

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

RAF Blue

The blue-grey offered on late Series I Land Rovers, listed as 'RAF Blue' in the period Herberts paint list for the Series I and reported on 1957 models as RAF Blue/Grey to BS 381 633. One of the five period finishes Land Rover Classic offered on the 2016 Series I Reborn restorations. Hex is a stand-in from the colors.watch rendering of BS 381C-633 RAF blue-grey and is approximate.

WORN BY RAF Crash Rescue Marshall Ambulance

3 sources

1. 1Land Rover FAQ: Series paint codes (Herberts Series I list: RAF Blue 37262)Land Rover FAQ (lrfaq.org) · accessed 2026-09-09
2. 2British Standard 381C Colors: BS381C-633 (RAF Blue Grey)colors.watch · accessed 2026-09-09
3. 3Concours of Elegance hosts UK debut of Series I Reborn ('five period finishes including Light Green, Bronze Green, RAF Blue, Dove Grey and Poppy Red')Concours of Elegance · accessed 2026-09-09