CORVETTE COLORS
Black Corvettes: Every Black Factory Color (1954–Present)
Every black Corvette paint: Black, Onyx Black, Tuxedo Black, Carbon Flash and the rest, with the years, the codes, how many were built and the pictures. 7 named colors, 271,495 cars with GM counts, and a picture post for every color and year.
The Basics
The Family: 7 named black colors, 1954, 1956–1969, 1977–2027
Built: 271,495 with GM counts
The Most Popular: Black (246,175), Tuxedo Black (10,496), Pace Car replica (6,502)
With a Page: Black, Tuxedo Black
Pictures: 61 picture posts, tagged Black Color Shade
Wallpapers: A color collection on the site
The Overview
Chevrolet has offered 7 named black colors on the Corvette between 1954 and 2027, and GM’s records count 271,495 cars in them. Black is the simplest family and the strangest history.
The variations are the metallics: Black Sapphire on the 1988–89 cars the site pictures, and Carbon Flash Metallic, the Centennial Edition color of 2012, the 70th Anniversary color of 2023 and a regular color from 2024.
This page lists every black color ever on a Corvette order guide — with a picture, its years and its code — then every black color by generation and year with the counts, the picture posts and the related pages. The colors with three or more years have their own pages; the rest live here.
Black on the Corvette
Black is the simplest family and the strangest history. Four 1954s were black; Onyx Black and Tuxedo Black covered 1956 to 1969; then no black Corvette was built for seven years, 1970 to 1976, before plain Black returned for 1977 and never left. Black was the most popular C6 color and is first or second on every C7 and C8 chart.
The variations are the metallics: Black Sapphire on the 1988–89 cars the site pictures, and Carbon Flash Metallic, the Centennial Edition color of 2012, the 70th Anniversary color of 2023 and a regular color from 2024.
MORE: THE MOST POPULAR COLORS BY GENERATION / 70 YEARS OF LEAST & MOST POPULAR COLORS / ALL CORVETTE COLORS
Every Black Corvette Color: The Full List
All 7 black colors in order of first appearance, with a picture from the site, the years and the GM code. Names in bold link to the color’s own page.
MORE: ALL CORVETTE COLORS / COLORS BY YEAR
| THE COLOR | YEARS | BUILT | |
|---|---|---|---|
 |
Black 1954, 1977–2027 · code 19, 41, GBA Pictures |
51 | 246,175 |
 |
Onyx Black 1956–1957 · code none on the early charts Pictures |
2 | 2,189 |
 |
Tuxedo Black 1958–1969 · code 900, AA Pictures |
12 | 10,496 |
| Pace Car replica 1978 · code 19/47 |
1 | 6,502 | |
| Two-tone Medium Gray / Black 1986–1987 · code none on the early charts |
2 | — | |
 |
Black Sapphire 1988–1989 · code none on the early charts Pictures |
2 | — |
 |
Carbon Flash 2012, 2023–2024 · code 58, GAR Pictures |
3 | 6,133 |
The Most-Built Black Corvette Colors
The black colors ranked by GM’s production counts across every year they were offered. The by-generation table follows; each generation section has the year-by-year detail.
Black Corvettes by Generation
How many black colors each generation offered, which they were, and the biggest single color-and-year.
| GENERATION | COLORS | THE COLORS | BUILT | BIGGEST YEAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C1 Corvette | 3 | Black · Onyx Black · Tuxedo Black | 6,888 | Onyx Black 1957 (2,189) |
| C2 Corvette | 1 | Tuxedo Black | 5,093 | Tuxedo Black 1964 (1,897) |
| C3 Corvette | 3 | Tuxedo Black · Black · Pace Car replica | 42,637 | Black 1979 (10,465) |
| C4 Corvette | 1 | Black | 60,922 | Black 1984 (7,906) |
| C5 Corvette | 1 | Black | 47,941 | Black 1999 (7,235) |
| C6 Corvette | 2 | Black · Carbon Flash | 48,708 | Black 2007 (9,526) |
| C7 Corvette | 1 | Black | 31,084 | Black 2016 (6,950) |
| C8 Corvette | 2 | Black · Carbon Flash | 28,222 | Black 2023 (6,403) |
Black C1 Corvettes (1953–62)
Every black color on the C1 chart, year by year, with the GM code, the count and its share of the year. Colors with their own page are linked; every year links to its research page.
MORE: THE C1 HUB / ALL C1 COLOR POSTS / ALL C1 COLORS
| YEAR | COLOR | CODE | BUILT | SHARE | PICTURES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | Black | — | 4 | 0.1% | Pictures |
| 1956 | Onyx Black | — | no record | — | Pictures |
| 1957 | Onyx Black | — | 2,189 | 34.5% | Pictures |
| 1958 | Tuxedo Black | — | 493 | 5.4% | Pictures |
| 1959 | Tuxedo Black | — | 1,594 | 16.5% | Pictures |
| 1960 | Tuxedo Black | — | 1,268 | 12.4% | Pictures |
| 1961 | Tuxedo Black | — | 1,340 | 12.2% | Pictures |
| 1962 | Tuxedo Black | — | no record | — | Pictures |
Black C2 Corvettes (1963–67)
Every black color on the C2 chart, year by year, with the GM code, the count and its share of the year. Colors with their own page are linked; every year links to its research page.
MORE: THE C2 HUB / ALL C2 COLOR POSTS / ALL C2 COLORS
| YEAR | COLOR | CODE | BUILT | SHARE | PICTURES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | Tuxedo Black | — | no record | — | Pictures |
| 1964 | Tuxedo Black | 900 | 1,897 | 8.5% | Pictures |
| 1965 | Tuxedo Black | AA | 1,191 | 5.1% | Pictures |
| 1966 | Tuxedo Black | 900 | 1,190 | 4.3% | Pictures |
| 1967 | Tuxedo Black | 900 | 815 | 3.6% | Pictures |
Black C3 Corvettes (1968–82)
Every black color on the C3 chart, year by year, with the GM code, the count and its share of the year. Colors with their own page are linked; every year links to its research page.
MORE: THE C3 HUB / ALL C3 COLOR POSTS / ALL C3 COLORS
| YEAR | COLOR | CODE | BUILT | SHARE | PICTURES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Tuxedo Black | 900 | 708 | 2.5% | Pictures |
| 1969 | Tuxedo Black | 900 | no record | — | Pictures |
| 1977 | Black | 19 | 6,070 | 12.3% | Pictures |
| 1978 | Pace Car replica | 19/47 | 6,502 | 13.9% | — |
| 1978 | Black | 19 | 4,573 | 9.8% | Pictures |
| 1979 | Black | 19 | 10,465 | 19.4% | Pictures |
| 1980 | Black | 19 | 7,250 | 17.9% | Pictures |
| 1981 | Black | 19 | 4,712 | 11.6% | Pictures |
| 1982 | Black | 19 | 2,357 | 9.3% | Pictures |
Black C4 Corvettes (1984–96)
Every black color on the C4 chart, year by year, with the GM code, the count and its share of the year. Colors with their own page are linked; every year links to its research page.
MORE: THE C4 HUB / ALL C4 COLOR POSTS / ALL C4 COLORS
| YEAR | COLOR | CODE | BUILT | SHARE | PICTURES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Black | 19 | 7,906 | 15.3% | Pictures |
| 1985 | Black | 41 | 7,603 | 19.1% | Pictures |
| 1986 | Black | 41 | 5,464 | 15.6% | Pictures |
| 1987 | Black | 41 | 5,101 | 16.7% | Pictures |
| 1988 | Black | 41 | 3,420 | 15.0% | Pictures |
| 1989 | Black | 41 | 4,855 | 18.4% | Pictures |
| 1990 | Black | 41 | 4,759 | 20.1% | Pictures |
| 1991 | Black | 41 | 3,909 | 18.9% | Pictures |
| 1992 | Black | 41 | 3,209 | 15.7% | Pictures |
| 1993 | Black | 41 | 2,684 | 12.4% | Pictures |
| 1994 | Black | 41 | 4,136 | 17.7% | Pictures |
| 1995 | Black | 41 | 3,959 | 19.1% | Pictures |
| 1996 | Black | 41 | 3,917 | 18.2% | Pictures |
Black C5 Corvettes (1997–2004)
Every black color on the C5 chart, year by year, with the GM code, the count and its share of the year. Colors with their own page are linked; every year links to its research page.
MORE: THE C5 HUB / ALL C5 COLOR POSTS / ALL C5 COLORS
| YEAR | COLOR | CODE | BUILT | SHARE | PICTURES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Black | 41 | 2,393 | 24.5% | Pictures |
| 1998 | Black | 41 | 6,597 | 21.2% | Pictures |
| 1999 | Black | 41 | 7,235 | 21.7% | Pictures |
| 2000 | Black | 41 | 5,807 | 17.2% | Pictures |
| 2001 | Black | 41 | 6,971 | 19.6% | Pictures |
| 2002 | Black | 41 | 7,129 | 19.9% | Pictures |
| 2003 | Black | 41 | 5,597 | 15.8% | Pictures |
| 2004 | Black | 41 | 6,212 | 18.2% | Pictures |
Black C6 Corvettes (2005–13)
Every black color on the C6 chart, year by year, with the GM code, the count and its share of the year. Colors with their own page are linked; every year links to its research page.
MORE: THE C6 HUB / ALL C6 COLOR POSTS / ALL C6 COLORS
| YEAR | COLOR | CODE | BUILT | SHARE | PICTURES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Black | 41 | 7,995 | 21.4% | Pictures |
| 2006 | Black | 41 | 7,243 | 21.3% | Pictures |
| 2007 | Black | 41 | 9,526 | 23.5% | Pictures |
| 2008 | Black | 41 | 9,380 | 26.6% | Pictures |
| 2009 | Black | 41 | 3,665 | 21.6% | Pictures |
| 2010 | Black | 41 | 2,929 | 24.0% | Pictures |
| 2011 | Black | 41 | 2,891 | 21.3% | Pictures |
| 2012 | Carbon Flash | 58 | 2,201 | 18.9% | Pictures |
| 2012 | Black | 41 | — | — | Pictures |
| 2013 | Black | 41 | 2,878 | 21.4% | Pictures |
Black C7 Corvettes (2014–19)
Every black color on the C7 chart, year by year, with the GM code, the count and its share of the year. Colors with their own page are linked; every year links to its research page.
MORE: THE C7 HUB / ALL C7 COLOR POSTS / ALL C7 COLORS
Black C8 Corvettes (2020–)
Every black color on the C8 chart, year by year, with the GM code, the count and its share of the year. Colors with their own page are linked; every year links to its research page.
MORE: THE C8 HUB / ALL C8 COLOR POSTS / ALL C8 COLORS
| YEAR | COLOR | CODE | BUILT | SHARE | PICTURES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Black | GBA | 2,383 | 11.7% | Pictures |
| 2021 | Black | GBA | 2,818 | 10.7% | — |
| 2022 | Black | GBA | 2,766 | 10.7% | — |
| 2023 | Black | GBA | 6,403 | 11.9% | — |
| 2023 | Carbon Flash | GAR | 1,948 | 3.6% | — |
| 2024 | Black | GBA | 5,319 | 12.4% | — |
| 2024 | Carbon Flash | GAR | 1,984 | 4.6% | — |
| 2025 | Black | GBA | 4,601 | 17.8% | — |
| 2026 | Black | GBA | — | — | — |
| 2027 | Black | GBA | — | — | — |
Black C8 Corvettes: The Pictures
The picture posts for the black C8 colors, one per color and year.
Black Corvette Wallpapers
The site’s black wallpaper collection and the rest of the wallpapers.
Black Corvette Wallpapers — the color collection
All Corvette Wallpapers — by generation and by color
The Other Color Families
Every Corvette color, grouped by shade.
Red Corvettes — every red factory color
Blue Corvettes — every blue factory color
White Corvettes — every white factory color
Silver Corvettes — every silver factory color
Yellow Corvettes — every yellow factory color
Gray Corvettes — every gray factory color
Green Corvettes — every green factory color
Orange Corvettes — every orange factory color
Purple Corvettes — every purple factory color
Gold Corvettes — every gold factory color
Brown Corvettes — every brown factory color
Corvette Colors — the home page
Corvette Colors by Year — every model year’s chart
FAQs
What black colors has the Corvette been offered in?
7 named colors from 1954 to 2027: Black (1954, 1977–2027), Onyx Black (1956–1957), Tuxedo Black (1958–1969), Pace Car replica (1978), Two-tone Medium Gray / Black (1986–1987), Black Sapphire (1988–1989), Carbon Flash (2012, 2023–2024).
What is the most popular black Corvette color?
Black, with 246,175 cars by GM’s counts, then Tuxedo Black (10,496) and Pace Car replica (6,502).
Which black Corvette is the rarest?
The rarest named black colors by GM count: Two-tone Medium Gray / Black (1,454), Onyx Black (2,189), Carbon Flash (6,133), Pace Car replica (6,502). One-year and one-edition colors are rarer still where no count survives.
Is a black Corvette worth more?
Color moves the price at the edges: a rare factory color with documentation (tank sticker, build sheet, Protect-O-Plate) adds to a collector car, a repaint in a non-original color takes away, and for most drivers’ cars the popular colors sell fastest. The buyer’s guides on the site cover what to check.
How do I find the paint code for a black Corvette?
The GM order code is on the trim tag (C1–C3), the service parts identification label (C4 on) and the build sheet; this page lists it for every color and year, and the RPO Codes library has the year’s order guide.
Where are the pictures of black Corvettes?
Every color-and-year picture post on the site is tagged Black Color Shade; the grid at the end of this page shows them all, and each color page shows its own years.
