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title: "Ford ZX2 paint colors and codes by year, 1998–2003"
description: "Every Ford ZX2 exterior paint color and interior trim by model year, 1998–2003, from Ford's brochures, with paint codes."
url: https://zx2ms.com/wiki/colors
reviewed: 2026-10-30
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# 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.

Confidence tags: [Confirmed] means two or more sources agree, [Reported] means one source or owner report, [Disputed] means sources conflict. Ford's own literature is treated as a primary source.

## 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](https://zx2ms.com/wiki/sr).

## 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](https://zx2ms.com/wiki/brochures/1998-ford-escort-zx2.pdf), the [1998](https://zx2ms.com/wiki/brochures/1998-ford-escort.pdf) and [1999](https://zx2ms.com/wiki/brochures/1999-ford-escort.pdf) Escort catalogs, the [2000 ZX2 brochure](https://zx2ms.com/wiki/brochures/2000-ford-zx2.pdf), the 2001 catalog, the [2002 Ford cars catalog](https://zx2ms.com/wiki/brochures/2002-ford-cars.pdf), the [2003 ZX2 brochure](https://zx2ms.com/wiki/brochures/2003-ford-zx2.pdf) and [Ford's 2003 color chart](https://zx2ms.com/wiki/brochures/2003-ford-exterior-colors.pdf). All of them are on the [brochures](https://zx2ms.com/wiki/brochures) page.

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Source: https://zx2ms.com/wiki/colors (ZX2 Motorsports wiki). Questions or corrections: admin@zx2ms.com.