The 1967 Shelby Mustang had the color of the exterior in the VIN number assigned to it at Shelby American. Seven numbers from the left was a numeral that indicated the color code. Just right of this numeral was a letter indicating the interior color. However, the first 89 cars did not have a color code indicated.
| Color Number |
Mustang Color Code | Color Name | DuPont Number |
Ditzler Number |
R-M Number |
| 1 | V | Bronze Metallic | 4793 | 22749 | |
| 2 | K | Dark Blue | 4780 | 13076 | A-1780 |
| 3 | A | Raven Black | 88 | 9000 | |
| 4 | M | Wimbledon White | 4480 | 8378 | A-1633 |
| 5 | Y | Dark Moss Green | 4788 | 43567 | A-1879 |
| 6 | 4** | Metallic Gray | 4733 | 32520 | |
| 7 | I | Lime Gold | 4790 | 43576 | A-1882 |
| 8 | Q | Brittany Blue | 4813 | 13619 | A-1643 |
| 9 | T | Candyapple Red | 4737 | 71528 | A-1782R |
| 0 | D | Acapulco Blue | 4857 | 13357 | A-1935 |
The interior options were A for black vinyl and U for the White or Parchment vinyl. Either interior color was available with any exterior color. For the September production only the first five colors were scheduled. Starting with car 0099 Red, Gray and Lime Gold were offered. Car 0288 was the beginning of Brittany Blue. Acapulco Blue was not offered until the final third of the production.
The R-M number was the brand of paint used on the Mustangs destined to be Shelby Mustangs at the San Jose Ford plant. Later model Shelby Mustangs were painted with Ditzler paints. The R-M stands for Rinished-Mason paints.
**Metallic Gray was not a Mustang color, it was Gray # 1900, a 1967 Thunderbird color. This is the only color that was unique to Shelby Mustangs. "Special Dark Metallic Gray" was also called Dark Gray Metallic and Medium Gray Metallic.