Exterior Colors
All information about your interior and exterior colors can be found on the vehicle certification label, located inside the driver's door jamb. For the exterior colors listed below, the paint code is also listed next to each color.

NOTE: Colors are an approximate representation. Due to differences in monitors and settings, accurate color is not possible.

PAINT CODE	STANDARD COLORS
1C	Black*
9L	Oxford White
3U	Midnight Regatta Blue
2E	Light Canyon Red
8L	Sand Beige
81	Dark Clove Brown
	*There have been verified instances of code 1R, which is Black Clearcoat normally reserved for Lincolns. There is currently no published evidence that 1R was officially offered for the Cougar during this model year, even though examples do exist.
PAINT CODE	CLEARCOAT COLORS
1F	Smoke Metallic
1Q	Silver Metallic
2M	Medium Canyon Red
2Y	Midnight Wine
7C	Deep Shadow Blue Metallic
8M	Sand Beige Metallic
3W	Regatta Blue Metallic
5E	Light Taupe Metallic
PAINT CODE	TU-TONE PAINT OPTION (952)
1C / 1F	Black / Smoke Metallic
1Q / 1F	Silver / Smoke Metallic
2Y / 5E	Midnight Wine / Light Taupe Metallic
PAINT CODE	XR7 TWO-TONE COLORS
1C / 7Z	Black / Dark Charcoal
9L / 7Y	Oxford White / Argent
1Q / 7Z	Silver Metallic / Dark Charcoal
1F / 7Y	Smoke Metallic / Argent
2M / 7Z	Medium Canyon Red / Dark Charcoal
3W / 7Z	Regatta Blue Metallic / Dark Charcoal
8M / 7Z	Sand Beige Metallic / Dark Charcoal
7C / 7Z	Deep Shadow Blue Metallic / Dark Charcoal

Interior Color and Trim Availability
This is a two-character code on the vehicle certification label.
The first character is the material and seat type; the second character is the color. 

  

TRIM AND SEAT	INTERIOR TRIM/COLOR
	Smoke	Canyon Red	Regatta Blue	Sand Beige	Taupe
BASE (GS) MODEL
Cloth Twin Comfort Lounge Seats (Std.)	HG	HD	HB	HY	HE
Vinyl Twin Comfort Lounge Seats	JG	JD	JB	JY	JE
Cloth Individual Seats	AG	AD	AB	AY	AE
Vinyl Individual Seats	CG	CD	CB	CY	CE
LS MODEL
Cloth Twin Comfort Lounge Seats (Std.)	KG	KD	KB	KY	KE
Leather Twin Comfort Seats	LG	LD	-	LY	LE
XR7 MODEL
Cloth Functional Sport Seats (Std.)	MG	MD	-	MY	-
Leather Functional Sport Seats (Opt.)	NG	ND	-	NY	-

 

Interior Seating and Door Panels
DESCRIPTION AND MATERIAL SHOWN	ILLUSTRATION
BASE (GS) MODEL
Standard Twin Comfort Lounge Seats in Smoke Cloth
Optional Individual Seats in Canyon Red Cloth
Optional Twin Comfort Lounge Seats in Taupe Vinyl
LS MODEL
Standard Twin Comfort Lounge Seats in Regatta Blue Cloth
XR7 MODEL
Standard Functional Sports Seats in Smoke Cloth

 

Roof & Stripe Selector Vinyl Roof (R) and Paint Stripe (S) Compatibility
		INTERIOR COLORS
		Smoke		Canyon Red		Regatta Blue		Sand Beige		Taupe
EXTERIOR COLORS		R	S	R	S	R	S	R	S	R	S
STANDARD COLORS	CODE
Black	1C	A -	P P	A -	E E	A -	Q Q	A -	T T	A -	D D
Oxford White	9L	W  -	P P	W -	E E	W -	Q Q	W -	C C	W -	F F
Midnight Regatta Blue	3U	-	P			-	Q	-	Y
Light Canyon Red	2E	-	A	-	A			-	Y
Sand Beige	8L							-	Y
Dark Clove Brown	81							-	Y
CLEARCOAT (GLAMOUR) COLORS	CODE
Smoke Metallic	1Z	-	P	-	E
Silver Metallic	1Q	P -	A A	P -	E E	P -	Q Q
Medium Canyon Red Metallic	2M	-	P	-	Y			-	Y
Midnight Wine	2Y	-	P					-	D	-	D
Deep Shadow Blue Metallic	7C	-	P			-	Q	-	Y
Sand Beige Metallic	8M							H -	C C
Regatta Blue Metallic	3W	B -	Q Q			B -	Q Q
Light Taupe Metallic	5E									-	F
TU-TONE PAINT OPTION	CODE
Black / Smoke Metallic	1C / 1F	A	X	A	X
Silver Metallic / Smoke Metallic	1Q / 1F	P	X	P	X
Midnight Wine / Light Taupe Metallic	2Y / 5E										X
	NOTE: X denotes available interior color. Tu-tone Cougars had their own unique striping. Vinyl roof not available on 2Y/5E.

 

VINYL ROOF (R)				ACCENT STRIPE (S)
COLOR		CODE		COLOR	CODE
Black		A		Charcoal	A
Oxford White		W		Copper	C
Light Charcoal		P		Dark Red	D
Med. Regatta Blue		B		Light Canyon Red	E
Sand Beige		H		Dark Taupe	F
				Light Charcoal	P
				Dark Cadet Blue	Q
				Medium Sandalwood	T
				Medium Champagne	Y
				NOTE: Bodyside accent paint stripes are standard. Hood stripe: Option 975 on base Standard on LS (603)