Overview of Exterior Colors by Model

8 Series - Exterior Colors

The exterior colors of the BMW 8 Series (E31) are far more than mere paint codes—they tell the story of one of the most iconic grand tourers of its time. Each color highlights the 8 Series’ distinctive design language in its own way: from elegant metallic shades to rare special-edition finishes and sporty, classic solid colors. The following table provides a structured overview of all available exterior colors for the E31, including designations, color families, and translations, to illustrate the diversity and evolution of the color palette over the years of production.

The color samples used are for reference only.

Color Group	Exterior Color	Exterior Color D	Color Code	Color Type	Individual	BMW Nr.	Alternate Color	830 M60	840 M60	840 M62	850 M70	850 M73	CSi S70	Totals
Blue	Aegean Blue	Ägäisblau Metallic	336	Metallic	Individual	51911052549	FQ 95-3568	0	0	30	0	10	5	45
Blue	Alaska Blue	Alaskablau Metallic	367	Metallic	Individual	51911052300		0	0	2	0	1	0	3
Blue	Alpina Blue	Alpina Blau Metallic	FE 86-5489	Metallic	Individual		FQ 95-3965	0	0	0	25	0	9	34
Blue	Alpina Blue 2	Alpina Blau 2 Metallic	FQ 95-3965	Metallic				0	0	0	0	0	4	4
Green	Green	Alpina Grün Metallic	FE 86-60R3	Metallic				0	0	0	1	0	1	2
White	Alpine White 2	Alpinweiß 2	218	Standard		51918102478		3	7	0	955	0	6	971
White	Alpine White 3	Alpinweiß 3	300	Standard		51911052274		0	211	89	10	61	22	393
Purple	Amethyst	Amethyst Metallic	452	Metallic	Individual	51911052550	FE 68-40NZ FQ 95-2863	0	6	3	9	1	3	22
Black	Anthracite	Anthrazit Metallic	397	Metallic		51911052648		0	0	5	0	5	0	10
Blue	Aqua	Aqua Metallic	451	Metallic	Individual	51911052551	FE 86-50AK	0	1	7	1	0	7	16
Blue	Arctic Blue	Arktisblau Metallic	045	Metallic		51911851635		0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Grey	Artic Grey	Arktisgrau Metallic	269	Metallic		51911052250		0	38	11	7	15	0	71
Silver	Arctic Silver	Arktissilber Metallic	309	Metallic		51911052206		0	378	613	10	144	60	1`205
Green	Atlantic Green	Atlantis Metallic	399	Metallic	Individual	51911052552	FQ 95-3855	0	0	32	0	3	0	35
Blue	Atlantis Blue	Atlantisblau	207	Metallic		51911973945		2	0	0	106	0	0	108
Blue	Avus Blue	Avusblau Metallic	276	Metallic	Individual	51911052146		0	25	182	9	6	16	238
Green	Barbados Green	Barbadosgrün Metallic	247	Metallic		51911052155		0	90	146	94	23	43	396
Blue	Biarritz Blue	Biarritzblau Metallic	363	Metallic	Individual	51911052507		0	0	12	0	1	0	13
Purple	Blue Violet	Blauviolett Metallic	514	Metallic	Individual		FQ 95-3153 (BASF)	0	3	0	4	1	3	11
Purple	Bornit	Bornit Metallic	498	Metallic	Individual		FQ 95-2856	0	0	0	6	0	0	6
Green	Boston Green	Bostongrün Metallic	275	Metallic	Individual	51911052214		0	1	2	0	0	1	4
Red	Brilliant Red	Brillantrot	308	Standard		51919061860		4	24	0	1`552	0	99	1`679
Green	British Racing Green	British Racing Green	312	Standard	Individual	51911052545	05-209-6852	0	0	4	0	2	0	6
Red	Brocade Red	Brokatrot Metallic	259	Metallic		51911052074		0	34	0	262	1	3	300
Beige	Bronze Beige	Bronzitbeige Metallic	139	Metallic		51911907208		0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Red	Byzantium	Byzanz Metallic	355	Metallic	Individual	51911052422		0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Red	Calypso Red	Calypsorot Metallic	252	Metallic		51919061834		1	327	83	3`294	43	80	3`828
Red	Canyon Red	Canyonrot Metallic	343	Metallic	Individual	51911052410		0	3	27	0	13	0	43
Black	Carbon Black	Carbonschwarz Metallic	416	Metallic		51911052660		0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Blue	Chamaeleon	Chamäleon Metallic	FQ 95-3767	Metallic	Individual			0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Blue	Cirrus Blue	Cirrusblau Metallic	189	Metallic	Alpina	51911935057		0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Red	Cordoba Red	Cordobarot Metallic	286	Metallic	Individual	51911052336		0	0	1	0	1	0	2
Black	Cosmos Black	Cosmosschwarz Metallic	303	Metallic		51911052304		0	499	391	19	223	109	1`241
Yellow	Dakar Yellow	Dakargelb	267	Standard	Individual	51911052199		0	7	0	1	4	6	18
Yellow	Dakar Yellow 2	Dakargelb 2	337	Solid color	Individual	51911052364		0	0	32	0	5	1	38
Purple	Daytona Violett	Daytonaviolett Metallic	283	Metallic	Individual	51911052147	FQ 95-2068 FQ 95-2086	0	26	6	24	1	28	85
Grey	Dolphin Grey	Delphin Metallic	184	Metallic		51911907211		0	1	0	1	0	0	2
Black	Diamond Black	Diamantschwarz Metallic	181	Metallic		51911930070		0	315	0	4`474	0	191	4`980
Blue	Dark Blue	Dunkelblau Metallic	263	Metallic	Individual	51911052186		0	0	0	8	0	1	9
Green	Dark Green	Dunkelgrün	289	Standard	Individual	51911052191		0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Green	Dark Green 2	Dunkelgrün 2	307	Solid color	Individual	51911052278		0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Blue	Estoril Blue	Estorilblau Metallic	335	Metallic	Individual	51911052402		0	0	133	0	5	1	139
Green	Fern Green	Farngrün Metallic	386	Metallic	Individual	51911052574		0	0	3	0	0	0	3
Red	Fashion Red	Fashionrot	549	Standard	Individual		05-407-3524	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Red	Fashion Red 2	Fashionrot 2	402	Standard	Individual	51911052546	R 41780.7	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Red	Ferrari Red	Ferrarirot	05-407-3513	Standard	Individual			0	0	0	5	1	8	14
Grey	Fjord Grey	Fjordgrau Metallic	310	Metallic		51911052234		0	64	25	6	21	16	132
Yellow	Yellow	Gelb	05-407-1007	Standard	Individual		RAL 1007	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Yellow	Ferrari Yellow	Giallo	05-407-1801	Standard	Individual			0	1	0	5	0	8	14
Green	Glacier Green	Glaciergrün Metallic	334	Metallic	Individual	51911052372		0	0	3	0	0	0	3
Blue	Glacier Blue	Gletscherblau Metallic	280	Metallic		51919061848		2	0	0	260	0	3	265
Silver	Granite Silver	Granitsilber Metallic	237	Metallic	Individual	51911052069		0	30	0	375	0	22	427
Grey	Grigio	Grigio Metallic	FQ 95-2978	Metallic	Individual			0	0	0	2	0	0	2
Red	Bright Red	Hellrot	314	Solid color		51911052270		0	307	145	38	91	108	689
Red	Henna Red	Hennarot	052	Standard		5191186679		0	0	0	2	1	0	3
Red	Raspberry	Himbeerrot	B&K 05-407-3505	Standard	Individual			0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Red	Imola Red	Imolarot	405	Standard	Individual	51911052629		0	0	3	0	0	0	3
Green	Iceland Green	Islandgrün Metallic	273	Metallic	Individual	51919061855		0	0	0	13	0	0	13
Beige	Cashmere Beige	Kaschmirbeige Metallic	301	Metallic		51911052079		0	15	1	57	5	2	80
Purple	Kiruna Violet	Kirunaviolett Metallic	398	Metallic		51911052511		0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Blue	Copenhagen Blue	Kopenhagenblau Metallic	FQ 95-2970	Metallic	Individual			0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Silver	Salmon Silver	Lachssilber Metallic	203	Metallic		51911935037		0	0	0	1	1	0	2
Green	Laguna Green	Lagunengrün Metallic	266	Metallic	Individual	51911052054		1	11	0	1`298	1	14	1`325
Blue	Laser Blue	Lazurblau Metallic	294	Metallic	Individual	51919061841		0	0	0	2	0	0	2
Purple	Lila	Lila Metallic	532 FQ 95-2915	Metallic	Individual		FE 86-403X FQ 95-2915	0	5	2	1	1	6	15
Green	Lime Green	Limonit Metallic	352	Metallic	Individual	51911052554	R41606-1	0	0	0	0	3	0	3
Blue	Macao Blue	Macaoblau Metallic	250	Metallic	Individual	51911052111		0	4	0	78	0	2	84
Purple	Madeira Violet	Madeiraviolett Metallic	302	Metallic	Individual	51911052380		0	4	0	1	0	5	10
Green	Malachite Green	Malachitgrün Metallic	205	Metallic	Individual	51911935077		0	0	0	2	0	0	2
Blue	Maledavian Blue	Maledivenblau Metallic	290	Metallic	Individual	51911052242		0	55	2	19	3	1	80
Blue	Marine Blue	Marineblau Metallic	FQ 95-2699	Metallic	Individual			0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Blue	Mauritius Blue	Mauritiusblau Metallic	287	Metallic		51911052055		1	49	0	3`105	5	84	3`244
Green	Sea Green	Meergrün Metallic	393	Metallic	Individual	51911052632		0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Green	Mint Green	Mintgrün	079 05-407-6818	Standard				0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Black	Montego Black	Montegoschwarz Metallic		Metallic	Individual			0	0	0	3	0	2	5
Blue	Montreal Blue	Montrealblau Metallic	297	Metallic	Individual	51911052340		0	0	4	0	5	2	11
Purple	Mora	Mora Metallic	359	Metallic		51911052555		0	0	17	0	11	0	28
Green	Mora	Moreagrün Metallic	288	Metallic	Individual	51911052555	FQ 95-3980	0	1	2	1	0	0	4
Red	Mugello Red	Mugellorot	274	Standard	Individual	51911052195		0	2	0	3	0	6	11
Blue	Midnight Blue	Nachtblau	453	Metallic	Individual	51911052556	FE 68-51AX FQ 95-2911 FE 68-50XY	0	9	5	23	3	8	48
Green	Nautical Green	Nauticgrün	322	Standard		51919061864		2	0	0	55	0	0	57
Green	Neon Green	Neongrün Metallic	262	Metallic	Individual	51911052137		0	0	0	2	0	1	3
		Nicht vorhanden						0	0	0	5	0	0	5
Green	Oak Green	Oakgrün Metallic	FE 86-60SH	Metallic				0	0	0	2	0	0	2
Misc	Without Lacquer	Ohne Lack	000					0	0	0	15	0	0	15
Blue	Orient Blue	Orientblau Metallic	317	Metallic		51911052238		0	672	364	95	144	120	1`395
Beige	Orient Brown	Orientbraun Metallic	285 FE 68-800X	Metallic	Individual		FE 68-800X FQ 95-2980	0	0	0	1	0	1	2
Green	Orinoco	Orinoco Metallic	406	Metallic	Individual	51911052557		0	0	6	0	2	0	8
Green	Oxford Green	Oxfordgrün Metallic	324	Metallic		51911052246		0	540	224	63	84	51	962
Silver	Mother of Pearl Silver	Perlmuttsilber Metallic	FQ 95-2649	Metallic	Individual		FE 68-9124 BASF	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Green	Petrol Mica	Petrol Mica Metallic	305	Metallic	Individual	51911052356		0	3	4	0	6	3	16
Blue	Petrol Blue	Petrolblau Metallic	FE 86-60M1	Metallic	Individual			0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Red	Romatic Red	Romanticrot Metallic	369	Metallic	Individual	51911052558	FQ 95-3567	0	0	33	0	0	0	33
Purple	Rosewood	Rosewood Metallic	FQ 95-2919	Metallic	Individual			0	1	0	1	0	0	2
Purple	Red Violet	Rotviolett Metallic	FQ 95-2973	Metallic	Individual			0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Blue	Royal Blue	Royalblau Metallic	198	Metallic	Individual	51911935067		0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Red	Royal Red	Royalrot Metallic	390	Metallic		51911052645		0	0	14	0	9	0	23
Beige	Savannah Beige	Samanabeige Metallic	282	Metallic		51911052254		0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Blue	Santorin Blue	Santorinblau	318	Uni Farbe	Individual	51912331954	05-407-5723	0	4	0	2	0	5	11
Blue	Santorin Blue 2	Santorinblau 2	327	Uni Farbe	Individual	51911052548	05-209-5723	0	0	6	0	11	0	17
Black	Black	Schwarz	086	Standard		51911813070		0	0	0	1`138	0	0	1`138
Black	Jet Black	Schwarz 2	668	Standard		51911052171		0	531	263	365	142	140	1`441
Black	Black Mica	Schwarz Mica Metallic	347 FE 68-940Z	Metallic	Individual	51911052559	FE 68-940Z FQ 95-3151	0	2	0	1	1	3	7
Grey	Sebring Grey	Sebringgrau Metallic	229	Metallic		51911052113		0	0	0	8	0	0	8
Green	Silk Green	Seidengrün Metallic	500	Metallic	Individual		FE 86-601X FQ 95-3190	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Red	Sienna Red	Sienarot Metallic	281	Metallic		51911052222		0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Red	Sienna Red 2	Sienarot 2 Metallic	362	Metallic		51911052568		0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Misc	Special Order	Sonderlackierung	490					0	2	1	9	2	4	18
Blue	Sorrent Blue	Sorrentblau Metallic	360	Metallic	Individual	51911052316		0	0	0	0	1	1	2
Blue	Steel Blue	Stahlblau Metallic	372	Metallic	Individual	51911052571		0	0	5	0	0	0	5
Silver	Sterling Silver	Sterlingsilber Metallic	244	Metallic		51919061827		1	173	0	1`993	2	62	2`231
Green	Pine Green	Tannengrün Metallic	454	Metallic	Individual	51911052561	FE 68-602T FE 86-602T FQ 95-2301	0	1	3	6	2	3	15
Purple	Techno Violet	Technoviolett Metallic	299	Metallic	Individual	51911052360		0	4	4	0	4	1	13
Silver	Titanium Silver	Titansilber Metallic	354	Metallic		51911052565		0	0	40	0	4	0	44
Silver	Titanium Silver / Black 2 Roof	Titansilber Metallic mit Schwarz 2 Dach	354 / 668	Metallic		51911052565		0	0	0	0	7	0	7
Blue	Tobago Blue	Tobagoblau Metallic	256	Metallic		51911052156		0	239	6	97	59	107	508
Blue	Violet Blue	Veilchenblau Metallic	FQ 95-2302	Metallic	Individual		FE 86-50GU FE 60-50GU	0	1	12	11	4	7	35
Blue	Velvet Blue	Velvetblue Metallic	379	Metallic	Individual	51911052563	FQ 95-3853	0	0	59	0	10	0	69
Silver	Violet Silver	Violettsilber Metallic	522 FQ 95-2976	Metallic	Individual		FQ 95-2976	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Grey	Volcano Grey	Vulkangrau	329	Standard		51911052064		1	0	0	18	0	0	19
Yellow	Z1 Yellow	Z1-Gelb	05-407-1804	Standard	Individual			0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Green	Z1 Green	Z1-Grün Metallic	FQ 95-3155	Metallic	Individual			0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Red	Cinnabar Red	Zinnoberrot	138	Standard		51911930082		0	0	0	1	0	1	2
Red	Zyclam Red Pearl	Zyklamrot Metallic	FE 68-300A	Metallic	Individual			0	0	0	1	0	0	1
								18	4`728	3`075	20`072	1`218	1`510	30`621

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Cashmere Beige

Exterior Color (D): Kaschmirbeige
Exterior Color (E): Cashmere Beige
Color Group: Beige
Color Type: Metallic
Color Code: 301
BMW Part Number: 51 91 1 052 079
8er's Produced: 80
Commentary:

Sometimes referred to as Smoke Silver, Desert Silver or Gold, this color was produced for all major markets.
Produced from July 1990 until August 1997 (the latter years were special order only).
The first two 8's in this color were 1990 M70 850's produced in July 1990 for Japan and Australia. The Australia M70 850 was

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Christoph

February 1, 2007 at 10:52 AM

Anthracite

Exterior Color (D): Anthrazit
Exterior Color (E): Anthracite
Color Group: Black
Color Type: Metallic
Color Code: 397
BMW Part Number: 51 91 1 052 648
8er's Produced: 10
Commentary:

Color introduced during the last model year (1999) for the M62 and M73 8 Series beginning with September 1998 production
The UK, German, and the Netherlands were recipients of this car with this color
This color is often confused with Cosmos Black, code 303

Color images were derived from multiple sources, including BMW AG,…

Christoph

February 1, 2007 at 10:47 AM

Montego Black

Exterior Color (D): Montegoschwarz
Exterior Color (E): Montego Black
Color Group: Black
Color Type: Metallic
Color Code: FE 86-9424
BMW Part Number: Pending
8er's Produced: 5
Commentary:

Rare color offered via Special Order from BMW Individual
Two Alpina B12's were produced in this color: one 5.0 (M70), and one 5.7 (S70)

Color images were derived from multiple sources, including BMW AG, PPG/BASF automotive color charts, and owner vehicles. Republishing content is expressly prohibited.

Christoph

February 1, 2007 at 10:43 AM

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