Exterior Colours

What colour do you want on your (new) Heckflosse? Choose one from below. These are the available colours for the Heckflosse range until 1961. Most of the colours until 1961 were available until the end of the production of the Heckflossen but some colours were replaced by others. The colours marked with an * are special colours, the others are standard colours. Of course there were a number of two-tone colour combinations available as well. In total there were 6 standard colours, 17 special colours and 16 two-tone colour combinations.

It is better to view the colour on the car itself but this will give a nice overview of the different colours available.

Daimler Benz code	Picture	Daimler Benz code	Picture
DB040	Black	DB334*	Light Blue
DB124*	Arabian Grey	DB335*	Mercedes Blue
DB140	Light Grey	DB350	Medium Blue
DB158*	White Grey	DB408*	Havanna Brown
DB166*	Blue Grey	DB412*	Beige
DB186*	Cement Grey	DB439*	Creme
DB190	Graphite Grey	DB516	Medium Red
DB213*	Pearl Green	DB519*	Light Red
DB226	Moss Green	DB608*	Ivory
DB268*	Dark Green	DB716*	Grey Beige
DB270*	Blue Green	DB824*	Sea Green
DB304*	Horizon Blue

After 1961, with the arrival of the new 190c and 300SE, some of the colours were replaced or renamed.
For instance: DB335, 'Mercedes Blue' was renamed 'Blue' but retained the same number DB335.
It is not exactly clear which colour replaced which. The ones marked with an * are special colours.

New colour		Old colour
Daimler Benz code	Picture	Daimler Benz code	Picture
DB050*	White	DB166*	Blue Grey
DB162*	Blue Grey	DB186*	Cement Grey
DB181*	Light Beige	DB213*	Pearl Green
DB332*	Dark Blue	DB270*	Blue Green
DB460*	Dark Maroon	DB412*	Beige
DB573*	Burgundy Red	DB439*	Creme
DB670*	Light Ivory	DB608*	Ivory
DB717*	Off White	DB824*	Sea Green

After 1965
After 1965, with the appearance of the new W108 and W109, three colours were replaced. The ones marked with an * are special colours.

New colour		Old colour
Daimler Benz code	Picture	Daimler Benz code	Picture
DB291*	Dark Olive	DB140	Light Grey
DB501*	Maroon	DB516	Medium Red
DB542	Dark Red	DB573*	Burgundy Red

Two-tone colour combinations
There were 16 combinations for a two-tone colour. Not all of them looked good on the cars, some combinations were more well chosen than others.

Daimler Benz code	Picture	Daimler Benz code	Picture
DB040	Black Graphite Grey	DB226	Moos Green Black
DB190		DB040
DB190	Graphite Grey Light Grey	DB040	Black Moss Green
DB140		DB226
DB140	Light Grey Graphite Grey	DB040	Black Medium Red
DB190		DB516
DB040	Black Light Grey	DB140	Light Grey Medium Red
DB140		DB516
DB140	Light Grey Black	DB335	Blue Horizon Blue
DB040		DB304
DB516	Medium red Black	DB268	Dark Green Pearl Green
DB040		DB213
DB350	Medium Blue Light Grey	DB158	White Grey Sea Green
DB140		DB824
DB140	Light Grey Medium Blue	DB158	White Grey Arabian Grey
DB350		DB124

Metallic colours for the 300SE/LWB
Being a kind of special car, only the 300SE and 300SE LWB could be ordered with a metallic colour finish.

Daimler Benz code	Picture	Daimler Benz code	Picture
DB172	Anthracite Grey	DB462	Beige
DB178	Medium Grey	DB463	Copper
DB180	Silver Grey	DB567	Red
DB387	Blue	DB571	Bright Red
DB396	Medium Blue	DB834	Moss Green
DB461	Bronze Brown