The colours of the Citroën DS in England and Commonwealth, by le Docteur Danche

Some Citroën DS were produced between 1956 and 1966 in the Slough factory, in the suburbs of London, in very few quantities (9000 exemplaries?).

As an example for these models, here is a presentation of a remarkable brown DS 1962

And here is a guide of the official Slough colours. This is only a guide, as Slough could provide any colour provided it was in the ICI or Valentine catalogues (Ken Smith interview, Citroënian, April 2011).


Just click to see models illustrating the colour.


color name
snapshot
pictures link
(click when available)
Overview
model years
Regal Red
1956-1962
Sherwood Green
1960-1961-1962-1963?
Thundercloud Grey
1956-1958
Mist Grey
1956-1958
Cream
1956-1958
Black
1956-1959
Airways Blue  
1959
Avion Blue
1959
Silver Blue (metal)
1964-1966
Off-White  
1959
Daffodil Yellow
1960 1961?
Coral
1960 1961?
Dove Grey  
1960-1961-1962 1963?
Pearl White
1961-1962 1963?
Solent Blue  
1961? 1962 1963?
Minster Grey
1963?
Ermine White  
1964-1966
Racing Green  
1963? 1964-1966
Regency Red
1964-1966
Midnight Blue  
1964
Pastel Blue  
1965-1966
Tudor Grey (metal)  
1963? 1964-1966
Diamond Blue (metal)  
1965-1966
Clover Green (metal)  
1965-1966


NB: I am quite unsure about the exact years, because my reference documents seem to have internal contradictions.

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