Discover How Bespoke Paint Colors Are Crafted for Porsche Vehicles
Few automotive experiences capture individuality like owning a Porsche that is finished in a color that’s your own. At Porsche of Colorado Springs, we’re excited to share how Porsche transforms color dreams into reality, turning anything from a vintage model car to your favorite handbag into a custom paint finish worthy of a legendary sports car.
How Custom Colors Are Created for Porsche Performance and Luxury Models
Whether you’re drawn to iconic hues from the 1990s like Maritime Blue or Ruby Star, or you’d like to design a completely new color, Porsche makes it possible through its Paint to Sample and Paint to Sample Plus programs. These options open a world of creative freedom for drivers configuring a new 718, 911, or Taycan, and even for owners of the Panamera, Macan, and Cayenne.
Paint to sample offers a stunning palette of over 190 pre-approved colors, more than 130 choices for select models built at the Zuffenhausen plant, and around 50 choices for others. These cult-classic colors carry a rich Porsche heritage and can be selected in the new car configurator. Opting for a Paint to Sample color usually means about three months longer in production, but the result is a Porsche finished in a head-turning shade that feels unmistakably yours.
For those who imagine something even more exclusive, Paint to Sample Plus brings visions to life. Customers bring a physical sample, anything from a nail polish to a unique fabric, and the brand’s color experts begin developing a paint formula to match it perfectly. The process takes an average of nine months and includes countless refinements under different lighting conditions to achieve the right depth and brilliance.
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This journey doesn’t stop at mixing the colors. Experts must define the exact layer thickness so the paint remains consistent across aluminum, plastic, and composite surfaces. Before a customer car is sprayed, at least one test body is painted and compared against the sample under natural and artificial light. If the new color lives up to the Porsche brand’s strict quality standards, the customer then approves the result and even gets to name their custom color.
What’s particularly fascinating is how much craftsmanship goes into every step. At the heart of the process in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen, Porsche maintains a color mixing bank where specialists combine dozens of pigments down to the milligram. These hand-mixed batches are divided into separate cans for the car’s body and add-on parts to maintain flawless color consistency.
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More Than Just Paint: A Personal Statement
Creating a truly bespoke Porsche paint finish is about more than color; it’s about making a sports car an extension of your personality. From a shade inspired by childhood nostalgia to a tone that matches your favorite accessory, the only real limit is your imagination.
Paint to Sample and Paint to Sample Plus reflect the Porsche brand’s commitment to craftsmanship and individuality, making it possible to drive a vehicle as unique as your fingerprint. This dedication keeps classic Porsche colors alive while welcoming new, one-of-a-kind shades into the family.
If you want to learn more about customizing your Porsche, visit us at Porsche of Colorado Springs. We’re here to help turn your dream color into a reality, whether a celebrated cult classic or a completely new creation.
Explore the endless possibilities and make your next Porsche a work of art as unique as your vision.
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