Independent · Source-led · American performance history Issue 01 · 1951–2023
American Muscle Car Facts

Showroom arguments.
Race-bred answers.

Paint codes

1951 Oldsmobile

1951 Oldsmobile factory colors: 13 sourced across 1 model, with codes and per-color production where recorded.

13 colors · 1 source

Foldout panel: maroon 1951 Oldsmobile Super 88 four-door sedan with a rocket graphic, headed "Oldsmobile launches an all-time great"
1951 Oldsmobile Super 88 sedan, from the 1951 Oldsmobile foldout

Colors

Color Code Offered on Production
Algiers Blue 55C Oldsmobile Rocket 88 Unknown
Black 50 Oldsmobile Rocket 88 Unknown
Canto Cream 53C Oldsmobile Rocket 88 Unknown
Cascade Green 51 Oldsmobile Rocket 88 Unknown
Chariot Red 52C Oldsmobile Rocket 88 Unknown
Dove Gray 57 Oldsmobile Rocket 88 Unknown
Empire Maroon 52 Oldsmobile Rocket 88 Unknown
Flint Gray 58 Oldsmobile Rocket 88 Unknown
Otsego Blue 54 Oldsmobile Rocket 88 Unknown
Palm Green 59 Oldsmobile Rocket 88 Unknown
Sand Beige 53 Oldsmobile Rocket 88 Unknown
Serge Blue 55 Oldsmobile Rocket 88 Unknown
Shoal Green 59C Oldsmobile Rocket 88 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.