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Paint codes

1979 Pontiac

1979 Pontiac factory colors: 24 sourced across 3 models, with codes and per-color production where recorded.

24 colors · 1 source

Overhead view of a black 1979 Trans Am with its large gold hood bird and T-tops, a woman at the wheel
1979 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am with the restyled nose and full-width taillamps (1979 Pontiac brochure)

Colors

Color Code Offered on Production
Atlantis Blue 24 Pontiac Firebird and Trans Am Unknown
Blue Metallic (specific two-tone lower colour with 22 Glacier Blue) 85 Pontiac Tempest and LeMans Unknown
Cameo White 11 Pontiac Firebird and Trans Am, Pontiac Grand Prix, Pontiac Tempest and LeMans Unknown
Carmine 77 Pontiac Firebird and Trans Am, Pontiac Grand Prix, Pontiac Tempest and LeMans Unknown
Claret 79 Pontiac Grand Prix, Pontiac Tempest and LeMans Unknown
Dark Charcoal (10th Anniversary upper two-tone; Formula accent) 16 Pontiac Firebird and Trans Am Unknown
Dark Charcoal (specific two-tone lower colour with 15 Platinum) 16 Pontiac Tempest and LeMans Unknown
Glacier Blue 22 Pontiac Grand Prix, Pontiac Tempest and LeMans Unknown
Heritage Brown 69 Pontiac Firebird and Trans Am, Pontiac Grand Prix, Pontiac Tempest and LeMans Unknown
Jadestone Green 44 Pontiac Grand Prix, Pontiac Tempest and LeMans Unknown
Mayan Red 75 Pontiac Firebird and Trans Am Unknown
Mission Beige 61 Pontiac Grand Prix, Pontiac Tempest and LeMans Unknown
Montego Cream 54 Pontiac Grand Prix, Pontiac Tempest and LeMans Unknown
Nocturne Blue 29 Pontiac Firebird and Trans Am, Pontiac Grand Prix, Pontiac Tempest and LeMans Unknown
Platinum 15 Pontiac Firebird and Trans Am, Pontiac Grand Prix, Pontiac Tempest and LeMans Unknown
Redbird Red (accent) 80 Pontiac Firebird and Trans Am Unknown
Sierra Copper 63 Pontiac Firebird and Trans Am, Pontiac Grand Prix, Pontiac Tempest and LeMans Unknown
Sky Mist Blue 21 Pontiac Tempest and LeMans Unknown
Skymist Blue 21 Pontiac Grand Prix Unknown
Solar Gold 50 Pontiac Firebird and Trans Am Unknown
Starlight Black 19 Pontiac Firebird and Trans Am, Pontiac Grand Prix, Pontiac Tempest and LeMans Unknown
Sundance Yellow 51 Pontiac Firebird and Trans Am Unknown
Willow Mist Green 40 Pontiac Tempest and LeMans Unknown
Willowmist Green 40 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.