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

version en français:

Some Citroën DS were produced between 1956 and 1966 in the Slough factory, in the suburbs of London, in very few quantities (9000 exemplaries?). I will try some day to present the characteristics of such models.

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


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

Reference documents:

After the end of the Slough production line, il was still possible to get a "made in France DS" with right hand drive. See this link.

To have a D model in England was most sertainly sign of orignality, with every day difficulties...


Here some good adresses:


DS World


http://www.dsworldltd.com/about_us.html


PALLAS AUTO:

http://www.pallasauto.co.uk/

 
FRENCH CLASSICS

http://www.frenchclassics.co.uk/
 

CITROEN CLASSICS

 
http://citroenclassics.co.uk/
 

Centreville

http://home.btconnect.com/centreville/html/home.html#homeanchor


Brodie Engineering

http://www.brodie.co.uk/