Toyota Paint Code
by VIN

Where the Toyota paint code is

Toyota keeps it simple. On Toyota cars, trucks and SUVs, the paint code is on the vehicle label in the driver’s side door jamb. Open the driver’s door and look at the B-pillar for the sticker with the VIN and a barcode.

On that label, find C/TR. It stands for color and trim, and it’s followed by two codes:

• The first three characters are the exterior paint code.
• The next group is the interior trim code.

So a label reading C/TR 3P1 FA09 means paint code 3P1 and trim code FA09. The trim code has nothing to do with the paint. Don’t add it to your touch-up order.

What Toyota paint codes look like

Toyota paint codes are three characters and can mix digits and letters, like 040 or 1G3.

Real Toyota colors and codes, as listed by touch-up suppliers and Toyota’s parts site:

Color name	Code
Super White II	040
Blizzard Pearl (tricoat)	070
Magnetic Gray Metallic	1G3
Midnight Black Metallic / Attitude Black Metallic	218
Barcelona Red Metallic	3R3

Read the code off your own label before ordering. These are examples, not a substitute.

Which Toyota silver or black do I have?

• Generic names cover many paints. Touch-up catalogs list several separate Toyota codes, including 1D4, 1F7 and 1J9, all sold under the plain name “Silver Metallic”. Telling a supplier “silver” isn’t enough.
• One code, more than one name. Toyota’s own parts site sells code 218 as both Midnight Black Metallic and Attitude Black Metallic. A seller using either name has the same paint.
• Similar blacks are different paints. Black (202), Black Sand Pearl (209) and Midnight Black Metallic (218) all read as “black” in a listing, but each is its own formula.
• Layered whites aren’t plain white. Blizzard Pearl (070) is a tricoat, while Super White II (040) is a solid white. Both get called “white” in a listing, and a single bottle of white won’t reproduce the pearl layer of 070.

Is the Toyota paint code in the VIN?

No, a dealer can pull the color from Toyota’s build record, but the 17 characters can’t tell you whether a Camry is 040 or 1G3 (why the VIN doesn’t contain the paint code).

How StickerByVIN helps with a Toyota paint code

For Toyota we get original window stickers through a licensed window-sticker data partner, as part of the $9.99 Full Report. A free check, before any payment, shows whether that exact Toyota VIN has a sticker on file. With no sticker on file, we say so up front. The Full Report then has the decoded build data, full recall details and owner complaint counts in one PDF with a permanent link. It can’t match a paint code or list option prices, so read C/TR on the door jamb for the color.

For a Toyota with a sticker on file, the Full Report works through the color in three steps. The label locations on this page stay free.

1. We read the exterior color name exactly as printed.
2. We map it to a Toyota code only on a confident match for that model and year.
3. If the name is ambiguous, like a generic silver, we show the name and point you to the C/TR entry on the door jamb.

Every VIN also gets the free NHTSA decode and recall count. See Toyota window sticker for sticker coverage and Toyota build sheet for packages and options.

How do I touch up Blizzard Pearl (070) on a Toyota?

• Match the code, not the name. Order by the three characters after C/TR.
• Tricoats need extra steps. Blizzard Pearl (070) is a three-stage paint with a base coat and a pearl mid-coat under the clear. Buy a tricoat kit, not a single color bottle.
• Test on a hidden spot, like the lower edge of the door, and let it dry before you judge.
• Expect some fade on older cars. Fresh paint mixed to the factory formula can look darker than paint that’s spent ten years in the sun.
• Check for repaints. If a panel’s color looks different from the door jamb, it may have been resprayed and won’t match the label.

For other makes, see the paint code lookup.

Sources

• Toyota owners site, for manuals and owner support
• NHTSA vPIC VIN decoder, the free federal database behind our decode
• NHTSA recall lookup, to check open recalls on your exact VIN