List of international auto racing colors

From the 1920s until the late 1960s, before sponsorship liveries came in use, vehicles competing in Formula One, sports car racing, touring car racing and other international auto racing competitions customarily painted their cars in racing colors (which sometimes resembled political national colours).

Although this color scheme was abandoned by the FIA, it is still informally used, especially by automakers and teams that want to emphasize traditions. Often, sponsorship agreement respect this. Many concept cars follow the color scheme, and many amateur racers prefer them as well.

In Germany of the 1930s to early 1960s, the white paint was often not applied to bare sheets of metal in order to save weight, giving rise to the term Silver Arrows. When aluminium was replaced by fibreglass materials in the 1960s, some German teams returned to white paint, while others continued to use silver.

Major competitors

Code	Country	Body	Numbers	Marques/Teams
D	Germany	White	Red	Mercedes, Benz, Porsche, BMW
D	Germany	bare metal (Silver Arrows)	Red	Mercedes-Benz, Auto-Union, Veritas, Borgward, EMW, Porsche, Audi
F	France	Light Blue	White	Bugatti, Talbot, Matra, Renault
GB	Great Britain	Green (British racing green)	White	Jaguar, Vanwall, Cooper, Lotus, Brabham, BRM
I	Italy	Red (Rosso corsa)	White	Alfa-Romeo, Maserati, Lancia, Ferrari, Abarth
J	Japan	White with red "sun"	Black	Honda, Toyota
USA	USA	White, Blue underframe	Blue	NART, Shelby

Alphabetic list

Code	Country	Body	Bonnet	Other Colors	Numbers
A	Austria	Blue			Black on white
ARG	Argentina	Blue	Black		Red on white
AUS	Australia	Green	Gold	Blue
B	Belgium	Yellow			Black
BR	Brazil	Pale yellow		Chassis/Wheels: Green	Black
BUL	Bulgaria	Green	White		Red on white
C	Cuba	Yellow	Black		Black on white
CDN	Canada	Red with wide lengthwise white stripe from front to rear			Black on white
CH	Switzerland	Red	White		Black
CZ	Czech Republic	White	Blue/white	Underframe: Red	Blue
D	Germany	White (see also Silver Arrows)		blank Aluminium	Red
DK	Denmark	Silver-grey		National flag as a lengthwise stripe on bonnet	Red on white
E	Spain	Red	Yellow	Chassis/Springs: Red	Black on yellow or white on red
ET	Egypt	Pale violet			Red on white
F	France	Blue	Blue		White
FIN	Finland	White		Two blue stripes on bonnet shaping a Latin cross	Black on white
GB	Great Britain	Green			White
GR	Greece	Pale Blue		Two white lengthwise stripes on bonnet	Black on white
H	Hungary	Front: White Rear: Green	Red		Black
HJK	Jordan	Brown			Black on white
I	Italy	Red			White
IRL	Ireland	Green		Horizontal band of orange all around	White
J	Japan	Ivory White		Red disk on bonnet	White on black
L	Luxembourg	Tricolor lengthwise stripe (red/white/blue) from front to rear			Black on white
MC	Monaco	Gold		Blue cross-stripe on bonnet	Black on white
MEX	Mexico	Gold		Blue cross-stripe on bonnet	Red on white
NL	Netherlands	Orange			White
P	Portugal	Red		Underframe: White	White
PL	Poland	White		Underframe: Red	Red on white
RA	Argentina	Blue	Yellow	Chassis: Black	Red on white
RCH	Chile	Red	Blue	Underframe: White	Blue/red or red on white
S	Sweden	Blue bottom, yellow top, three cross bands of blue on top of bonnet			White
T	Thailand	Pale blue with yellow horizontal band around body and bonnet		Wheels: Pale yellow	White on blue
U	Uruguay	Pale blue with large red band around the lower part of bonnet			White on black
USA	United States of America	White		Underframe: Blue	Blue on white
ZA	South Africa	Gold	Green		Black on yellow

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