CORVETTE COLORS
Bright Blue Corvette: Every Year, Code and How Many Were Built
Bright Blue Metallic on the Chevrolet Corvette, 1975–1976, 1981–1982: what the color is, the GM paint code in every year, how many were built and what share of the year that was, the interiors it came with, a picture gallery for each year, the chart of its run and the colors that came before and after it.
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The Basics
The Color: Bright medium blue, solid on the C3 and metallic in 1981–82
GM Codes: 22, 24, 31
Years Offered: 1975–1976, 1981–1982 (4 model years)
Generations: C3 (1968–82)
Built: 6,705 with GM counts
Best Year: 1976, 3,268 cars (7.0% of the year)
Color Family: Blue (every blue Corvette color)
Also Called: Code 22 (1975–76), 24 Bright Blue Metallic at St. Louis (1981, one car), 31 (1982)
Paint Codes: 1975–1976: WA4672; 1981: WA7270; 1982: WA7417
Pictures: 4 picture posts on the site, one per model year
By Generation: C3
The Overview
Bright Blue Metallic was offered on the Corvette in 1975–1976, 1981–1982: 4 model years across the C3 generation. GM’s color counts put 6,705 Bright Blue Corvettes on the road, 3,268 of them in 1976 alone.
Bright medium blue, solid on the C3 and metallic in 1981–82. Its share of a year’s production ran from 2 to 8 percent. It was a no-cost color. The interiors most often paired with it were Black, Charcoal. The chart below shows the run year by year; the generation sections carry every year’s code, count, share, interiors and picture.
This page has every year Bright Blue was offered with its GM code, how many were built, its share of the year and the interiors it came with, the site’s picture gallery for each year, a chart of the run, the related colors, and the FAQs. It is one of 77 color pages on CorvSport; the Blue Corvettes page lists every blue the factory ever sprayed, and Corvette Colors by Year has the full chart for each model year.
The Story of Bright Blue
Bright Blue was the C3’s blue for 1975 and 1976, 2,869 and 3,268 cars, a clean solid blue beside the darker Steel Blue. A Bright Blue Metallic appeared on the 1981 St. Louis chart (one car built) and ran for 1982 with 567 cars.
The site’s 1999 picture post titled Bright Blue (Nassau) is the C5’s Nassau Blue Metallic and is on that page.
The Bright Blue Cars to Know
1976 Bright Blue (3,268); The one 1981 Bright Blue Metallic; 1982 Bright Blue Metallic (567).
MORE: THE MOST POPULAR COLORS BY GENERATION / 70 YEARS OF LEAST & MOST POPULAR COLORS / ALL BLUE CORVETTES
Bright Blue by Generation
Bright Blue across the 1 generation it was offered on: the years, the GM paint code each generation used, how many were built with GM’s counts, the biggest year and the interiors most often paired with it. Each generation has its own section below with every year.
MORE: THE C3 HUB
| GENERATION | YEARS | CODE(S) | BUILT | BEST YEAR | INTERIORS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C3 Corvette | 1975–1976, 1981–1982 | 22, 24, 31 | 6,705 | 1976 (3,268) | Black, Charcoal |
Bright Blue by Year: How Many Were Built
GM’s production counts for Bright Blue in every year it was offered. The peak was 1976 at 3,268 cars; the full table for each year, with codes, shares and interiors, is in the generation sections below.
Bright Blue on the C3 Corvette (1968–82)
Bright Blue on the C3 (1968–82): offered 1975–1976, 1981–1982 as code 22, 24, 31. 6,705 cars by GM’s count, the best year 1976 with 3,268. Every year links to its research page (the full color chart, options and prices for that year) and to the site’s picture post for the color.
MORE: THE C3 HUB / THE 1976 RESEARCH PAGE / ALL C3 COLOR POSTS / ALL C3 COLORS
| YEAR | CODE | BUILT | SHARE | INTERIORS | PICTURES | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 22 | 2,869 | 7.5%, #8 of 10 | Black, Dark Blue, Silver | Pictures | — |
| 1976 | 22 | 3,268 | 7.0%, #8 of 10 | Black, Smoked Gray | Pictures | — |
| 1981 | 24 | 1 | 0.0%, #18 of 18 | Charcoal, Camel, Dark Blue, Silver Gray | Pictures | St. Louis |
| 1982 | 31 | 567 | 2.2%, #11 of 12 | Charcoal, Camel, Dark Blue, Silver Gray | Pictures | — |
Colors Related to Bright Blue
The colors that came before and after Bright Blue, the ones it is confused with and the ones that shared its slot on the chart. Each has its own page or a line on its family page.
MORE: EVERY BLUE CORVETTE COLOR / ALL CORVETTE COLORS / COLORS BY YEAR
| COLOR | YEARS | BUILT | FAMILY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steel Blue | 1975, 1990–1991 | 2,916 | Blue | See the Steel Blue page |
| Medium Blue | 1973–1974, 1979, 1984–1985 | 3,863 | Blue | See the Medium Blue page |
| Dark Blue | 1973, 1977–1982, 1988–1989 | 23,140 | Blue | See the Dark Blue page |
| Nassau Blue | 1965–1966, 1986–1989, 1997–2000 | 20,769 | Blue | See the Nassau Blue page |
Bright Blue Paint Codes: GM, WA, PPG and DuPont
The codes a body shop or a judge needs for Bright Blue: the GM order code on the trim tag or service parts label, GM’s WA formula number and the PPG / Ditzler and DuPont mixing codes where they are documented. Where a code is blank the sources did not list one; the notes say where a source disagreed.
MORE: THE RPO CODES LIBRARY / THE VIN DECODER
| YEARS | GM CODE | WA | PPG / DITZLER | DUPONT | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975–1976 | 22 | WA4672 | — | — | Bright blue metallic. (confidence: medium) |
| 1981 | 24 | WA7270 | — | — | Bright blue metallic; 1 built. (confidence: medium) |
| 1982 | 31 | WA7417 | — | — | Bright blue metallic. (confidence: medium) |
Blue Corvette Wallpapers
Desktop and phone wallpapers of blue Corvettes from the site’s wallpaper collections.
Blue Corvette Wallpapers — the color collection
All Corvette Wallpapers — by generation and by color
FAQs
What years was the Corvette offered in Bright Blue?
1975–1976, 1981–1982: 4 model years on the C3. Bright Blue was the C3’s blue for 1975 and 1976, 2,869 and 3,268 cars, a clean solid blue beside the darker Steel Blue.
What is the GM paint code for Bright Blue?
GM used 22, 24, 31 across the years; the code changed when GM changed its coding system, not the paint. The paint-shop codes are 1975–1976: WA4672; 1981: WA7270; 1982: WA7417.
How many Bright Blue Corvettes were built?
6,705 by GM’s counts (3,268 in 1976, the biggest year).
Which Corvette models and editions came in Bright Blue?
1976 Bright Blue (3,268); The one 1981 Bright Blue Metallic; 1982 Bright Blue Metallic (567). In its years it was available on every body style and model unless the year’s note says otherwise; the year tables above say which.
Is Bright Blue a metallic, a tintcoat or a solid color?
Bright medium blue, solid on the C3 and metallic in 1981–82. It was a no-cost color in every year it was offered.
What was the most popular year for Bright Blue?
1976, with 3,268 cars, 7.0% of that year’s production.
What colors are similar to Bright Blue?
Steel Blue, Medium Blue, Dark Blue, Nassau Blue. The Blue Corvettes page has every blue the factory offered, with the years and counts side by side.
Where can I see pictures of Bright Blue Corvettes?
The site has a picture post for each year Bright Blue was offered — real cars photographed in the real color — linked from the year tables above and in the picture grids on this page; the Blue Corvettes page and the wallpaper collection have more.
How does the Bright Blue page fit with the rest of the Corvette colors research?
Every model year has a research page with the full color chart (codes, counts, interiors and soft tops), the Colors by Year page indexes them, every color with three or more years has a page like this one, and the twelve family pages (Red, Blue, Black, White, Silver, Yellow, Gray, Green, Orange, Purple, Gold, Brown) list every shade ever offered.
