There were more than 25 paint colours available for the R50 generation over the years of production.
Known colours and model availability are summarised for the Cooper, Cooper S and Cabrio.
This page is a work in progress.
Content has be constructed from a variety of resources, and may be subject to minor inaccuracies requiring further refinement.
Years provided are sometimes approximate only, and may reflect model year rather than year of manufacture (e.g. 2005 colours started production in 2004).
Solid colours
Black II
668
Cooper: 2001-2005
Cooper S: 2002-2005
Cabrio: 2005
Roof options:
Chili Red
851
Cooper: 2001-2006
Cooper S: 2002-2006
Cabrio: 2004-2008
Roof options:
Pepper White
850
Cooper: 2002-2006
Cooper S: 2004-2006
Cabrio: 2005, 2007-2008
Roof options:
Liquid Yellow
902
Cooper: 2001-2006
Cooper S: 2002-2005
Cabrio: 2005, 2006 (Cooper only)
Roof options:
Mellow Yellow
A58
Cabrio: 2007-2008 (Cooper only)
Roof options:
Metallic colours
Astro Black
A25
Cooper: 2005-2006
Cooper S: 2005-2006
Cabrio: 2005-2008
Roof options:
Black-Eye Purple
A24
Cooper: 2005-2006
Cooper S: 2005-2006
Cabrio: 2005-2006
Roof options:
British Racing Green
895
Cooper: 2001-2006
Cooper S: 2002-2006
Cabrio: 2005-2008
Roof options:
Cool Blue
A27
Cabrio: 2005-2007
Roof options:
Cosmos Black
303
Cooper: 2001-2004
Roof options:
Dark Silver
871
Cooper S: 2002-2006
Cabrio: 2005-2008 (Cooper S only)
Roof options:
Electric Blue
870
Cooper: 2003-2005
Cooper S: 2002-2005
Roof options:
Hot Orange
A26
Cabrio: 2005-2007
Roof options:
Hyper Blue
A28
Cooper: 01/2005-2006
Cooper S: 2005-2006
Cabrio: 2005 (Cooper S only), 2006
Roof options:
Indi Blue
862
Cooper: 2001-2004
Cooper S: 2002-2004
Roof options:
Laser Blue
A59
Cabrio: 2007-2008
Roof options:
Lightning Blue
A63
Cabrio: 2007-2008
Roof options:
Nightfire Red
857
Cabrio: 2007-2008 (Cooper only)
Roof options:
Pure Silver
900
Cooper: 2001-2006
Cooper S: 2002-2006
Cabrio: 2005-2006
Roof options:
Royal Grey
A48
Cooper: 2006 (Park Lane)
Cooper S: 2006 (Park Lane)
Roof options:
Silk Green
901
Cooper: 2001-2003
Roof options:
Solid Gold
859
Cooper: 2003-2005
Cabrio: 2005 (Cooper only)
Roof options:
Space Blue
A49
Cooper: 2006 (Checkmate)
Cooper S: 2006 (Checkmate)
Roof options:
Sparkling Silver
A60
Cabrio: 2007-2008
Roof options:
Velvet Red
903
Cooper: 2002-2003
Roof options:
White Silver
A62
Cabrio: 2007-2008
Roof options: