Front page / Paint codes / Mercury / 1983 Paint codes 1983 Mercury 1983 Mercury factory colors: 15 sourced across 1 model, with codes and per-color production where recorded. 15 colors · 15 sources 1983 Mercury Cougar in black, the first aero Cougar Ford Motor Company Archives Colors Color Code Offered on Production Black (standard) 1C Mercury Cougar Unknown Black over Dark Charcoal Metallic (tu-tone) 1C/92 Mercury Cougar Unknown Dark Charcoal Metallic (clearcoat) 92 Mercury Cougar Unknown Desert Tan (standard) 9P Mercury Cougar Unknown Light Academy Blue (standard) 38 Mercury Cougar Unknown Light Charcoal (standard) 1M Mercury Cougar Unknown Light Desert Tan (standard) 9Q Mercury Cougar Unknown Medium Red (standard) 24 Mercury Cougar Unknown Medium Red Metallic (clearcoat) 2U Mercury Cougar Unknown Midnight Academy Blue Metallic (clearcoat) 9Z Mercury Cougar Unknown Pastel French Vanilla (standard) 6Z Mercury Cougar Unknown Polar White (standard) 9D Mercury Cougar Unknown Silver Metallic (clearcoat) 1Q Mercury Cougar Unknown Silver Metallic over Dark Charcoal Metallic (tu-tone) 1Q/92 Mercury Cougar Unknown Walnut Metallic (clearcoat) 9S Mercury Cougar Unknown Each color links to the model year page(s) that recorded it. A color recorded on more than one model shared this year's corporate palette.
1983 Mercury Cougar in black, the first aero Cougar
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