CITROEN car paint 

Although the French groups Citroën and Peugeot merged a few years ago, the lists including the color codes of French cars ; in this case, the color codes of Citroën cars have remained quite distinct from the lists of its partner company at the Lion Brand.
Citroën is one of the oldest and most famous car manufacturers in the world, and since its creation, no less than 300 Citroën color codes have been created over 120 years activity and creation of automobiles.
Today, the color codes of the Citroën brand are among the best known in the world of paint manufacturing. Indeed, no manufacturer delivers its formulas to the paint preparer and Citroën only sells its paints in its facilities and dealers.
All paint brands must research colors independently, by various means, with devices or manually : this is called "matching" work.
The different paints are then studied and copied one by one to form databases, which paint preparers can use when they have to intervene on a damaged vehicle and touch up the paint.

Citroën car color codes

Each painting has a precise reference. Among hundreds of brands in the world, with just as many models and colors, it was necessary to establish a system to classify the colors of the bodywork. This was put in place almost 70 years ago and every car tutor in the world respects this way of doing things.
The purpose of creating a paint reference is simply to avoid mistakes. Given that it may happen that a reference is common to two different manufacturers, a second verification element has been introduced, which is the name of the colour.
Thus, each Citroën vehicle, for example, has both a Citroën color code and a Citroën color name, which leaves no room for error, both for the painter or the paint preparer.
When you are an individual or even a professional, you can find the Citroën color code by simply looking at certain places in the bodywork, for example inside the doors, or inside the bonnet, or behind in the trunk...
You can usually find a small metal plate with different codes and it is among these that you will have to take the color code of the Citroën car, which is always made up of letter numbers within a limit of 4 or 5 characters, large maximum. The name of the color is not present on the plates. To find the locations, see the next paragraph.

The history of the CITROËN manufacturer

Founded in 1919, that is to say more than 20 years after the first Ford and Renault automobiles, the automobile manufacturing company Citroën has distinguished itself by its taste for avant-garde technologies, good in comfort, design and motorization.

André Citroën is the founder of the company. He is endowed with great ambition and it is only 23 years old that he has the audacity to invest all his family heritage in a mechanical manufacturing company. Gifted for business, Citroën will enter into a partnership with the French State to manufacture shells during the First World War.
Its first car factory was built in 1922.
With various collaborations and a certain basic dose, Citroën met with great success despite very strong competition which was surely a catalyst for all the manufacturers of the 'era. The brand has always tried to do better.
In 1976, Peugeot bought the company.

Where to find the color code of your Citroën car ?

For CITROËN brand vehicles, the plate mentioning the color code (vinplate) can be found in three different places. A doubt ? A question ? Do not hesitate to contact us. Our paint department has a base of 12,000 paint references, including all past and recent Citroën paints.
- At the level of the bonnet - Inside the passenger or driver's doors
- At the level of the fuses
You can use the images provided below which illustrate the location.
The color code is always composed of characters (letters or numbers).
In this category, we offer either Citroën paint alone (in various packaging from 250ml to 5L or aerosol), or the complete kit with primer base and clearcoat.

The emblematic colors of Citroën cars

Citroën has always been a major player in the field of design among other manufacturers. The quality and care taken in the choice of colors is very visible on Citroën bodywork.
Today, most shades are composed of metallic or mother-of-pearl. The choice of colors has been standardized as for other manufacturers.

Here is an example of a Citroën color code from the 2000s :

Code    Color Name
EZRC   GRIGIO ALUMINIUM-MET.
EZR      GRIGIO ALUMINIUM-MET.
KTV      NOIR PERLA NERA-MET.
KTP      GRIS SHARK-MET.

Before the 2000s, paints were often gloss and opaque finish lacquers.
Today, with the generalization of metallic paints, the process is different, with the application of a matt base, followed by a clearcoat.

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