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Paint codes

1973 Pontiac

1973 Pontiac factory colors: 38 sourced across 5 models, with codes and per-color production where recorded.

38 colors · 19 sources

Brochure spread of 1973 Firebirds: a red Trans Am with the big hood bird decal and a silver Formula, plus an orange Formula, blue Firebird, interiors and a wheel
1973 Pontiac Firebird line, including a Trans Am with the first large hood bird (1973 Pontiac full-line brochure)

Colors

Color Code Offered on Production
Admiralty Blue 29 Pontiac Firebird and Trans Am, Pontiac GTO, Pontiac Tempest and LeMans Unknown
Admiralty Blue — Pontiac Grand Am, Pontiac Grand Prix Unknown
Ascot Silver 64 Pontiac Firebird and Trans Am, Pontiac GTO, Pontiac Tempest and LeMans Unknown
Ascot Silver — Pontiac Grand Am, Pontiac Grand Prix Unknown
Brewster Green 48 Pontiac Firebird and Trans Am, Pontiac GTO, Pontiac Tempest and LeMans Unknown
Brewster Green — Pontiac Grand Am, Pontiac Grand Prix Unknown
Buccaneer Red 75 Pontiac Firebird and Trans Am Unknown
Buccaneer Red (on the 1973 body-plate paint-code table; not among the 16 exterior colors in either brochure) 75 Pontiac GTO Unknown
Burma Brown 68 Pontiac Firebird and Trans Am, Pontiac GTO, Pontiac Tempest and LeMans Unknown
Burma Brown — Pontiac Grand Am, Pontiac Grand Prix Unknown
Burnished Umber — Pontiac Grand Am, Pontiac Grand Prix Unknown
Burnished Umber 66 Pontiac GTO, Pontiac Tempest and LeMans Unknown
Cameo White 11 Pontiac Firebird and Trans Am, Pontiac GTO, Pontiac Tempest and LeMans Unknown
Cameo White — Pontiac Grand Am, Pontiac Grand Prix Unknown
Desert Sand 56 Pontiac Firebird and Trans Am, Pontiac GTO, Pontiac Tempest and LeMans Unknown
Desert Sand — Pontiac Grand Am, Pontiac Grand Prix Unknown
Florentine Red 74 Pontiac Firebird and Trans Am, Pontiac GTO, Pontiac Tempest and LeMans Unknown
Florentine Red — Pontiac Grand Am, Pontiac Grand Prix Unknown
Golden Olive 46 Pontiac Firebird and Trans Am, Pontiac GTO, Pontiac Tempest and LeMans Unknown
Golden Olive — Pontiac Grand Am, Pontiac Grand Prix Unknown
Mesa Tan — Pontiac Grand Am, Pontiac Grand Prix Unknown
Mesa Tan 81 Pontiac GTO, Pontiac Tempest and LeMans Unknown
Navajo Orange 97 Pontiac Firebird and Trans Am Unknown
Navajo Orange (on the 1973 body-plate paint-code table; not among the 16 exterior colors in either brochure) 97 Pontiac GTO Unknown
Porcelain Blue 24 Pontiac Firebird and Trans Am, Pontiac GTO, Pontiac Tempest and LeMans Unknown
Porcelain Blue — Pontiac Grand Am, Pontiac Grand Prix Unknown
Regatta Blue 26 Pontiac Firebird and Trans Am, Pontiac GTO, Pontiac Tempest and LeMans Unknown
Regatta Blue — Pontiac Grand Am, Pontiac Grand Prix Unknown
Slate Green 44 Pontiac Firebird and Trans Am, Pontiac GTO, Pontiac Tempest and LeMans Unknown
Slate Green — Pontiac Grand Am, Pontiac Grand Prix Unknown
Starlight Black — Pontiac Grand Am, Pontiac Grand Prix Unknown
Starlight Black 19 Pontiac GTO, Pontiac Tempest and LeMans Unknown
Sunlight Yellow 51 Pontiac Firebird and Trans Am Unknown
Sunlight Yellow (on the 1973 body-plate paint-code table; not among the 16 exterior colors in either brochure) 51 Pontiac GTO Unknown
Valencia Gold 60 Pontiac Firebird and Trans Am, Pontiac GTO, Pontiac Tempest and LeMans Unknown
Valencia Gold — Pontiac Grand Am, Pontiac Grand Prix Unknown
Verdant Green 42 Pontiac Firebird and Trans Am, Pontiac GTO, Pontiac Tempest and LeMans Unknown
Verdant Green — Pontiac Grand Am, Pontiac Grand Prix 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.