Classic Ford Bronco Paint Colors & Factory Codes (1966–1977)
Every original factory paint color offered on the classic Ford Bronco (1966–1977), with official manufacturer paint codes, hex approximations, and rarity notes. Use the paint code to order a color-matched sample from a restoration supplier.
When the Ford Bronco arrived for 1966 it wore a deliberately utilitarian palette. Built to compete with the Jeep CJ and International Scout, the early Bronco was sold as much to fleets, ranchers, forestry services and utility crews as it was to families, and its colors reflected that dual life. No-cost basics like Raven Black, Pure White and high-visibility Chrome Yellow sat next to the warmer retail hues of the era: Caribbean Turquoise, Holly Green, Rangoon Red and Sahara Beige. A defining factory touch was the roof: most hardtop and pickup Broncos left the line with their metal tops sprayed Wimbledon White, giving the truck its signature two-tone look whatever the body color.
As the truck matured the palette brightened and then turned earthy. The late 1960s brought vivid choices such as Candyapple Red and gold-flecked Yucatan Gold, while the 1970s pushed Ford's familiar truck colors into the Bronco line: Burnt Orange, Sequoia Brown Metallic, Saddle Tan and the muscle-car Grabber Blue. Because Ford assigned a single letter or digit to each color within a given year, the same code routinely meant a different paint from one year to the next, so a Bronco's true color can only be read against its build year. By the final early years of 1976 and 1977 metallics like Silver, Dark Jade and Midnight Blue rounded out a range that had grown from plain workhorse hues into a genuinely varied lineup.
Sources:
thebronconation.com (1966-1968 Bronco paint code charts)
fordification.net (1973-1977 Ford truck exterior paint codes)
★ Rare / Desirable Colors
Standard Colors
🔧 Restoration Tips: Finding & Matching Your Original Color
- • Always decode color against the build year. Ford reused the same letter/digit code for different paints across years, so code 'B' on a 1966 (Caribbean Turquoise) is not the same paint as 'B' on a 1973 (Wind Blue) or 1976 (Dark Jade Metallic). Match the code to the door/VIN tag year before ordering paint.
- • Don't forget the white roof. Most factory hardtop and pickup Broncos had their metal tops sprayed Wimbledon White regardless of body color, so a correct two-tone restoration usually means a white roof even on a black or red truck.
- • Verify the data plate. The original paint code is stamped on the Bronco's VIN/data plate; confirm it there rather than trusting a respray, since these trucks were frequently repainted in their working lives.
- • Mind the metallics on later trucks. Mid-1970s colors like Sequoia Brown Metallic, Silver Metallic and Dark Jade Metallic need a basecoat/clearcoat or metallic single-stage approach to match the factory sparkle that flat solid colors don't require.