From http://www.bmwmregistry.com/model_faq.php?id=18#colors:

Color and Upholstery Selections


Exterior Colors:
Alpine White III (300), Imola Red (405), Jet Black (668), Titanium Silver metallic (354), Avus Blue metallic* (276), Le Mans Blue metallic** (381), Anthracite metallic*** (397), Sterling Grey metallic**** (472), Silverstone metallic*** (425), Blue Water metallic**** (896), Royal Red metallic*** (390), Chiaretto Red metallic**** (894), Oxford Green metallic (324), Carbon Black metallic (416)
*thru 02/00
**from 03/00
***thru 08/01
****from 09/01

Interior Colors (Sport):
Anthracite M Alcantara/Black Nappa leather (except for U.S. models), Black Nappa Point leather/Black Nappa leather, Le Mans Blue Nappa Point leather/Black Nappa leather, Imola Red Nappa Point leather/Black Nappa Leather, Silverstone Nappa Point leather/Black Nappa leather

NOTE: All colors offered in a choice of Extended leather interior or Complete leather interior (discontinued from 09/00 in North America). Extended leather interior includes leather door pulls, door armrests, center console, center armrest and sun visors. Complete leather interior includes leather door pulls, door armrests, door panels, center console, center armrest, sun visors, dashboard, glovebox door, upper door trims and lower B-pillar, plus Alcantara (synthetic suede) on the A-pillar, upper B-pillar, C-pillar and rear parcel shelf. An Alcantara headliner was available as a no-cost option with the Extended leather interior (standard with Extended leather from 9/00 in North America) and included with the Complete leather interior.

Interior Colors (Exclusive/Luxury):
Black Nappa Heritage leather, Caramel Nappa Heritage leather, English Green Nappa Heritage leather (thru 08/00 for U.S. models)

NOTE: All colors offered in a choice of Extended leather interior (discontinued from 9/00 in North America) or Complete leather interior. Extended leather interior includes leather door pulls, door armrests, center console, center armrest and sun visors. Complete leather interior includes leather door pulls, door armrests, door panels, center console, center armrest, sun visors, dashboard, glovebox door, upper door trims and lower B-pillar, plus Alcantara (synthetic suede) on the A-pillar, upper B-pillar, C-pillar and rear parcel shelf. An Alcantara headliner was available as a no-cost option with the Extended leather interior and included with the Complete leather interior.

Interior Trims:
Aluminum (Sport interior only), Bruyere Club Wood (Sport interior or Exclusive/Luxury interior), Burl Walnut Wood (Exclusive/Luxury interior only)

PS: I believe standard colors where the same world wide. European models could have an "individual" color which offered some quite unique ones.

I included the interior combo's for completeness (to avoid the next question) but it is a little hard to follow. In short, US models had a luxury interior (black or caramel) with extra leather, or a sport interior (black with colored inserts and std aluminum trim). 2000 models did offer more interior choices.

 

BTW, you will probably find Titanium Silver to be the most popular followed by Lemans Blue, Imola Red, Carbon Black, & Jet Black (not necessarily in that order). The remaining colors would be hard to find. Do a search (on any given color name) as there are tons of pics throughout the forum.

 

Alpine White is sweet and you don't see many of them around. This site has tons of pictures and info....just search around. You'll learn a great deal from this forum.

 

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AVUS BLUE

BLUEWATER

CARBON BLACK{if you look around the edges of the car you'll see how the whole car will look in REALLY REALLY BRIGHT SUNLIGHT}

TITANIUM SILVER

SILVERSTONE

ANTRACITE

STERLING GREY

LE MANS BLUE

ALPINE WHITE

JET BLACK

IMOLA RED

OXFORD GREEN

CHIARETTO RED

ROYAL RED

AND NOW FOR THE COLORS YOU CAN'T HAVE:

ESTROIL BLUE

SCARRAB PEARL

NACHBLAU

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ELECTRIC RED...I THINK?

VELVET BLUE

MORA METALLIC

OK THIS IS ELECTRIC RED:

PHOENIX YELLOW[board member custom job not BMW individual although theres no reason BMW couldn't/didn't make it]

PETROL MICA

THIS IS SEPIA which was available for the e39 but the picture of the e39 i had in sepia i can't find{the color is pretty much the same only it might have been a bit lighter on the e39}

ORINICO GREEN

HELL ROT

OH and i just ran across the other thread about colors and thanks to FINNISHFAN here's the answer to that violet M5...Porsche Weilchenblau

AND THERES MORE...ANYWAY WE DO HAVE A GALLERY YOU KNOW...

 

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OH and i just ran across the other thread about colors and thanks to FINNISHFAN here's the answer to that violet M5...Porsche Weilchenblau

a similar one is up for sale Weilchenblau/Veilchemblau

 

Love that Anthracite lovelove Sterling Grey too of course

 

oohhh: So many. I like all but the pink/red. The silver and grey stand out to me. For some reason I like the Bright red and I normally don't like red cars. Thanks for the info.

 

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i didn't do it to help out[well not directly anyway] the title is pretty basic and if you where in fact looking for M5 colors that's what'd you type in "E39 M5 COLORS" so i figured this will keep someone else from putting up the exact same thread in the future...as far as the individual colors go unless you plan on importing a car from europe or asia, they aren't available in the states[i'm sure there's a couple in the country but i doubt they'll be up for sale any time soon]...all the REDs except IMOLA RED are individual making IMOLA the only one available [obviously CHIARETTO and ROYAL are reds, but not necessarily the same as IMOLA]...also some of those color where replaced by others...BLUEWATER was replaced by SILVERSTONE, ANTRACITE, was replaced by STERLING, AVUS was replaced by LE MANS, JET BLACK not neccessarily replaced, but you'll find more CARBON BLACK 01's+ than 00s[i've only seen euro models in carbon black that where 00s MYs...JET BLACK on the other hand is available in all MYs]

 

...it should be very clear now, the best color is carbon black

 

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I VOTE FOR SEPIA


oh and here's a pick of MARKQC's car, the rear end shows off the CARBON BLACK better...

edit: also it points out what i mentioned before, his car is a 99' MY[squared rear-view mirror] and is in CARBON BLACK

 

I have Carbon Black and love it but if I could choose another color rather than what I have I would go with Alpine White or Avus Blue.

 

sterling gray cars are the fastest... jus so you know

:1:

 

lol, well technically its a tie or close battle btw:


jet black{el diablo/wilsodh}
pics attatched

le mans blue{area 51 twin/phillym5}

avus blue{bluethunder's car}

...and maybe the dinan s3's

oh yeah and "hpf's" car if they manage to do something other than turn their le mans blue car into a piston fireing claymore...

 

Electric Red does it for me.

Damn it looks HOT !!!

 

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CORRECTION:

HELL-ROT, JAPANESE RED, ELECTRIC RED [I'm pretty sure they are the same color]

also does someone know if NACHBALU isn't just a translation for MIDNIGHT BLUE[a color often used to refer to CARBON BLACK]

 

its nachtblau metallic, - night blue... and carbon black is carbonschwarz metallic -the nachtblau is a lighter shade than the carbon black...

 

and then there's the rarest of 'em ALL.....

Aegean Blue/Champagne Edition:trophy_bronze:...though only a 540 M-Tech/Sport.
1 & ONLY in North America (as far as I know).

 

Aegean Blue/Champage Edition:trophy_bronze:...though only a 540 M-Tech/Sport.
1 & ONLY in North America (as far as I know).

Pics???

 

I had an opportunity to get an "individual" 528i or 540i. My dealer had gone to Germany in 1998, saw a gun metal blue 540i and spec'd a 540i and a 528i for delivery to the US market. It worked. It was a geourgeous color but I don't recall its name. Too bad I had to wait for lease end to trade my car at the time or I would have strongly considered it. I even entertained taking a loss getting out of lease and settling for the 528i. One downside would have been a body shop getting the exact paint if I ever had an accident in it. It would have looked like Antracite but with a gun metal blue tint.

 

A little teaser...

to get an idea what Aegean Blue looks like + some other amazing Individual colour combo's (on M3's).

See ~~> http://www.themforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=282

Post #1 (from pic. #5 on) = Aegean Blue
Post #10 (last pic) = same colours as my interior
Post #11 (last pic) = my 2-tone steering wheel

"Damn", I still can't believe I found my car.
My knees go weak and my heart skipps a beat every morning I enter my garage.

 

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to get an idea what Aegean Blue looks like + some other amazing Individual colour combo's (on M3's).

See ~~> http://www.themforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=282

Post #1 (from pic. #5 on) = Aegean Blue
Post #10 (last pic) = same colours as my interior
Post #11 (last pic) = my 2-tone steering wheel

"Damn", I still can't believe I found my car.
My knees go weak and my heart skipps a beat every morning I enter my garage.

in another post i did mention how the individual colors are more exotic than just flashy tuner paint...but dakar yellow looks funny/funky...

-the full creme leather in the E39 looks...good
-pretty much all the purples look excellent, but MORA is still my favorite
-the BRASS METALLIC looks kinda like a SKYLINE R34 NUR

-well there's an individual in the states, dunno how motivated the person might be on selling:

 

Alpine White

Here's a newer picture of that same Alpine White car with the hood scoop, but now it has 19" BBS LM's and the OEM hood is back on.

 

had no idea they made an e39 in anthracite. i've never seen one but that one above is pure sex.

 

The anthracite is my first choice for the moment, followed by black, then Red. The silver isn't bad either.

 

Of course the greatest chick-magnet is Bluewater. (BMW also built them with an extra 100HP from the factory)

 

Definitely!

 

WOW!!! I thought I had Avus Blue all the time!!

 

I really like mine (Sterling Grey) - don't see that many in this colour.

If I was to have the choice from new I'd have probably gone for some shade of blue!

Car is filthy in the pic!!

 

I really love seeing how many colors E39 M5s came in. I really love the BMW Individual colors. I'm facinated with the custom colored M5s.

 

If I were to buy a 2000 M5 do they make a retro fit kit to convert it to have the angle eye headlights and if so how much$$$$?

 

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yeah they do, but at $600 a headlight[for euro clear corners] there's gotta be better things to spend $1200 dollars on...


...anyway my original reason for posting was this Carbon Black car I found on piston heads w/ a MUSTARD INTERIOR

 

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Have been told that the silvery blue looks better in person.....cause from the pic...I'm indifferent to it.

 

Have been told that the silvery blue looks better in person.....cause from the pic...I'm indifferent to it.

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Bluewater, Chiaretta Red, and Carbon Black all appear to change colors when you walk around the car. All 3 really have to be seen in person. Especially the CR, which usually gets dumped on here because it just doesn't photograph well. (This is a bad photo too...untill you zoom in on the top of the rear window)

 

A 530I this same blue just came into our dealership. It does look a lot better in person. I wouldn't turn down the color if a good deal on one came along.

 

My individual M5, Estoril Blue with Champagne leather:

 

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why the TVs in the headrests?...