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Harley-Davidson Paint codes

Name	Color	Late H-D Partno	Early H-D Partno	Year(s) used
Airway Blue		9860*-P	11601-34*	1939
Anniversary Yellow		9860'-AM		1954-55
Army Drab			11629-40*
Atomic Blue		9860*-V	9873*(0)-51	1955-56
Aztec Brown		9860*-AO		1955
Azure Blue			11611-X*	1948, 1950
Birch White		9860'-AV		1957-64
Black		9860*-C	1160*(7)-X	1937-42, 1947-64
Bronco Bronze Metallic		9860*-AE		1952
Bronze Brown			11629-37*	1937
Burgundy		9860”-AA	9490*(6)-49	1949
Calypso Red		9860*-BB		1958-59
Cavalier Brown		9860*-AK		1953
Champion Yellow		9860”-AP		1956
Clear Varnish		9860*-B	1162*-X
Clipper Blue		9860*-Q	11628-35*	1940
Croyden Cream			11616-X*	1936
Cruiser Green		9860*-K	11602-41*	1941-42
Cylinder Coating Black		9865*-27	11649-X*
Daytona Ivory		9860*-AL		1954
Delphine Blue			11628-37*	1937
Dusk Grey			11615-36*	1936
Fiesta Red		9860*-AJ		1964
Flamboyant Metallic Green		9860*-AR		1956
Flight Red		9860*-F	11626-40*	1940-42, 1946, 1947-48, 1950
Forest Green		9860*-AI		1953-54
Glacier Blue		9860*-AH		1953-54
Glamour Green		9860*-AG		1953
Gold				1937-38
Grey				1943-46
Heat Resistant Black		98665-49	94922-49
Heat Resistant Silver		9866*-49	9491*(8)-49
Hi-Fi Blue		9860*-BG		1960-62, 1964, 1965
Hi-Fi Green		9860*-BH		1960-61
Hi-Fi Purple		9860*-BT		1962-63
Hi-Fi Red		9860*-BF		1959-65
Hi-Fi Turquoise		9860*-BE		1959, 1963
Holiday Red				1965
Hollywood Green		9860*-J	11602-38*	1938, 1955
Horizon Metallic Blue		9860*-CA		1963
Ivory				1939
Leather Lacquer Black		98676-35	11655-XC
Marine Blue		9860*-AF		1952
Maroon		9860*-Y	11614-X*	1936
Metallic Blue		9860*-W	9874*(0)-51	1951
Metallic Congo Green		9860*-L	9490*(0)-49	1949
Metallic Green				1950, 1951
Metallic Midnight Blue		9860*-AZ		1957
Nile Green			11613-36A	1936
Olive Green		9860*-I	1159*(5)-X	1937, 1938, 1947
Peacock Blue		9860*-T	9491*(2)-49	1949
Pepper Red		9860*-AJ		1953-57, 1961
Persian Red		9860*-H	9866*(0)-51	1951-52
Primer		9860*-A	11617-X*
Police Silver		9860*-X	11615-41*
Rio Blue		9860*-V	9873*(0)-51	1951-52
Riviera Blue		9860*-U	9493*(5)-50	1950
Royal Buff			11601-36*	1936
Ruby Red		9860*-G	9493*(0)-50	1950
Sabre Grey Metallic		9860*-BC		1958
Sherwood Green			11613-X*	1936
Silver		9860*-E	11647-X*	1937-42, 1944, 1947-64
Skyline Blue		9860*-AW		1957-60
Skyway Blue		9860*-R	11601-41*	1941-42, 1947
Squadron Grey				1940
Tango Red		9860*-BW		1962-63
Teak Red			11626-X*	1937-39
Tire Black		99703-55
Tropical Green		9860*-AD		1952
Venetian Blue		9860*-Q	11628-35*	1938
White		9860*-D	11648-X*	1938-49, 1950-56

Late paint codes: the * (0 - 6) shows the amount of paint:
0 = 1/4 pint can
1 = 1/2 pint can
2 = 1 pint can
3 = 1 quart can
4 = 1 gallon can
5 = spray can
6 = touch up bottle.

Pre-1948 paint codes: the * (A - E) shows the amount of paint:
A = 1/4 pint can
B = 1/2 pint can
C = 1 pint can
D = 1 quart can
E = 1 gallon can