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2-Tone              
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Your choice of any two 1955 Buick colors
-- over 200 combinations in all -- at exceptionally modest cost.
Drag your cursor across the colors at the left.
All Paint schemes shown with Carlsbad Black tops.
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3-Tone    
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3-Tone color choices
are limited to the following combinations.
Drag your cursor across the colors at the left.
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EXPLANATION OF 1955 BUICK OVERALL, TWO-TONE AND THREE-TONE COLOR COMBINATIONS
The Buick Motor Division has devised a new system for identifying exterior body finishes used in production on the 1955 models which follows:
Alphabet Code Letters designate colors which are available for solid, two-tone, or three-tone color combinations. The firsst alphabet letter designates the upper color, the 2nd alphabet letter denotes the center color, and the 3rd alphabet letter denotes the color below molding, i.e., Combination AAA would be all Black, and ADB would be Upper-Black, Center-Windsor Gray Metallic, and below moulding- Dover White.
Color code numbers appear on
a plate on the right side portion of the firewall under the hood.
I scanned the below colors from a DuPont December, 1954 Color Bulletin and matched them as close as I could with "web colors".
| 55-U
Condor Yellow |
55-R
Titian Red Metallic |
55-M
Willow Green |
| 55-T
Gulf Turquoise |
55-H
Cascade Blue |
55-L
Belfast Green Metallic |
| 55-E
Temple Gray |
55-D
Windsor Gray Metallic |
55-G
Victoria Blue Metallic |
| 55-N
Galway Green |
55-K
Stafford Blue Metallic |
55-B
Dover White |
| 55-C
Cameo Beige |
55-S
Cherokee Red |
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The 3-tone Color Combinations will be available ONLY in the following four color combinations:
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Upper |
Center |
Below
Molding |
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| ADB |
Carlsbad
Black |
Windsor
Gray Metallic |
Dover
White |
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| EKH |
Temple
Gray |
Stafford
Blue Metallic |
Cascade
Blue |
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| BML |
Dover
White |
Willow
Green |
Belfast
Green Metallic |
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| ASC |
Carlsbad
Black |
Cherokee
Red |
Cameo
Beige |
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| YXW | Mist Green | Nile Green Poly | Spruce Green Poly |
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CODE |
DUCO
CODE |
COLOR |
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55-A |
246-2048 |
Carlsbad
Black |
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55-B |
246-58162 |
Dover
White |
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55-C |
246-58181 |
Cameo
Beige |
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55-D |
202-58345 |
Windsor
Gray Metallic |
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55-E |
246-58165 |
Temple
Gray |
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55-G |
202-58493 |
Victoria
Blue Metallic |
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55-H |
246-58092 |
Cascade
Blue |
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55-K |
202-58409 |
Stafford
Blue Metallic |
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55-L |
202-58159-H |
Belfast
Green Metallic |
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55-M |
246-57734 |
Willow
Green |
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55-N |
246-58401-H |
Galway
Green |
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55-R |
202-57728-H |
Titain
Red Metallic |
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55-S |
246-58343-H |
Cherokee
Red |
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55-T |
246-57960 |
Gulf
Turquoise |
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55-U |
246-57727 |
Condor
Yellow |
My Buick has the following information:
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It appears that my car was originally 100% Dover White. Ambulance?
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