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 representation is not possible.
| STANDARD COLORS | |
| PAINT CODE / NAME | SAMPLE |
| 1C / Black * | |
| 9L / Oxford White | |
| 3U / Midnight Regatta Blue | |
| 2E / Light Canyon Red | |
| 8L / Sand Beige | |
| 81 / Dark Clove Brown | |
| 4E / Dark Sage | |
| * 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. | |
| CLEARCOAT COLORS | |
| PAINT CODE / NAME | SAMPLE |
| 1Z / Medium Charcoal Metallic | |
| 1Q / Silver Metallic | |
| 2M / Medium Canyon Red Metallic | |
| 3S / Pastel Regatta Blue | |
| 8U / Medium Sand Beige | |
| 3Y / Medium Regatta Blue | |
| 4B / Light Sage Metallic | |
| TU-TONE COLORS | |
| PAINT CODE / NAME | SAMPLE |
| 1C Black / 1Z Medium Charcoal Metallic | |
| 1Q Silver Metallic / 1Z Medium Charcoal Metallic | |
| XR7 TWO-TONE COLORS | |
| 9L Oxford White / 7Y Argent | |
| 1Z Medium Charcoal / 7Y Argent | |
| 2M Medium Canyon Red Metallic / 7Z Dark Charcoal | |
| 1C Black / 7Z Dark Charcoal | |
| 1Q Silver Metallic / 7Z Dark Charcoal | |
| DESCRIPTION AND MATERIAL SHOWN | ILLUSTRATION |
| BASE (GS) MODEL | |
| Standard Twin Comfort Lounge Seats in Regatta Blue Cloth |  |
| Optional Contour Sport Seats in Canyon Red Cloth |  |
| Optional Twin Comfort Lounge Seats in Charcoal Vinyl |  |
| LS MODEL | |
| Standard Twin Comfort Lounge Seats in Desert Tan Cloth |  |
| XR7 MODEL | |
| Standard Functional Sports Seats in Oxford Grey Cloth |  |
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.
