Paint and interiors
Every color by model year, taken from Ford's own brochures. Each year offered nine or ten colors, and only a few survived the whole run.
Paint by year
✓ means the color was offered that year. Codes marked † are from Ford’s 2003 color chart; the rest come from aftermarket paint suppliers. Ford brochures
| Color | Code | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ash Gold Clearcoat Metallic | BJ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Light Pine Green Clearcoat Metallic | D9 | ✓ | |||||
| Bright Red Clearcoat | E4† | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Toreador Red Clearcoat Metallic | FL† | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Light Denim Blue Clearcoat Metallic | K1 | ✓ | |||||
| Denim Blue Clearcoat Metallic | KY | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Pacific Green Clearcoat Metallic | PS | ✓ | |||||
| Silver Frost Clearcoat Metallic | TS† | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Black Satin Clearcoat Metallic | UC | ✓ | |||||
| Vibrant White Clearcoat | — | ✓ | |||||
| Oxford White Clearcoat | YZ† | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Black Clearcoat | UA† | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Autumn Orange Clearcoat Metallic | — | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Tropic Green Clearcoat Metallic | SU† | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Graphite Blue Clearcoat Metallic | KX | ✓ | |||||
| Citrus Gold Clearcoat Metallic | B8 | ✓ | |||||
| Bright Atlantic Blue Clearcoat Metallic | K7 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Twilight Blue Clearcoat Metallic | MK† | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Sunray Gold Clearcoat Metallic | C6 | ✓ | |||||
| Mineral Grey Clearcoat Metallic | TK† | ✓ | |||||
| Dark Shadow Grey Clearcoat Metallic | CX† | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Grabber Green Clearcoat Metallic | F5† | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Mandarin Copper Clearcoat Metallic | B6† | ✓ | |||||
| Bright Island Blue Clearcoat Metallic | LZ† | ✓ |
The paint code is on the vehicle certification label on the driver’s door jamb. The aftermarket codes, without †, aren’t confirmed by Ford. Reported Tropic Green and Mineral Grey carry 2003 codes from other Ford models, since the ZX2 no longer offered them that year.
Restrictions
- 1998: the Cool came only in Pacific Green, Silver Frost, Black Satin or Vibrant White, with a Medium Graphite interior.
- 1999: Autumn Orange was “unique to Sport Group”.
- 2000: Silver Frost came with Dark Charcoal only, and Tropic Green with Medium Prairie Tan only.
- 2002–2003: Silver Frost and Dark Shadow Grey came with Dark Charcoal only.
S/R colors
The S/R came in yellow, red and black. The French-Canadian 2000 brochure lists Zinc Yellow (Jaune zinc verni) as available only with the performance group that matches the S/R. Ford used Zinc Yellow, code B7, on the 2003 Mustang. Reported See the S/R overview.
Interiors
| Years | Interior colors | Seats |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Medium Graphite, Medium Slate Blue, Medium Prairie Tan | Cloth; sport seats with the Sport package |
| 1999 | Medium Graphite, Dark Charcoal, Medium Prairie Tan | Cloth; leather optional on the Hot |
| 2000–2001 | Medium Prairie Tan, Dark Charcoal | Cloth sport buckets; leather optional |
| 2002–2003 | Medium Prairie Tan, Dark Charcoal | Cloth; leather on the Premium |
Earlier versions of this page listed “Slate Blue” as a 1998 paint color. It was an interior trim.
Sources
The colors come from the 1998 launch brochure, the 1998 and 1999 Escort catalogs, the 2000 ZX2 brochure, the 2001 catalog, the 2002 Ford cars catalog, the 2003 ZX2 brochure and Ford’s 2003 color chart. All of them are on the brochures page.