The colours of the Citroën DS in England and Commonwealth, by le Docteur Danche version en français: Some Citroën DS were produced between 1956 and 1966 in the Slough factory, in the suburbs of London, in very few quantities (9000 exemplaries?). I will try some day to present the characteristics of such models. But for now, as an example for these models, here is a presentation of a remarkable brown DS 1962 And here is a guide of the official Slough colours. This is only a guide, as Slough could provide any colour provided it was in the ICI or Valentine catalogues (Ken Smith interview, Citroënian, April 2011). Just click to see models illustrating the colour.
color name	Colour formula	snapshot	pictures link (click when available)	Overview	model years
Regal Red	Regal Red		PICTURES		1956-1962
Sherwood Green	Sherwood Green		PICTURES		1960-1961-1962-1963?
Thundercloud Grey	Thundercloud Grey		PICTURES		1956-1958
Mist Grey	Mist Grey		PICTURES		1956-1958
Cream	Cream		PICTURES		1956-1958
Black	Black		PICTURES		1956-1959
Airways Blue	Airways Blue				1959
Avion Blue	Avion Blue		PICTURES		1959
Silver Blue (metal)	Silver Blue (metal)		PICTURES		1964-1966
Off-White	Off-White				1959
Daffodil Yellow	Daffodil Yellow		PICTURES		1960 1961?
Coral	Coral		PICTURES		1960 1961?
Dove Grey	Dove Grey				1960-1961-1962 1963?
Pearl White	Pearl White		PICTURES		1961-1962 1963?
Solent Blue	Solent Blue				1961? 1962 1963?
Minster Grey	Minster Grey		PICTURES		1963?
Ermine White	Ermine White				1964-1966
Racing Green	Racing Green				1963? 1964-1966
Regency Red	Regency Red		PICTURES		1964-1966
Midnight Blue	Midnight Blue				1964
Pastel Blue	Pastel Blue				1965-1966
Tudor Grey (metal)	Tudor Grey (metal)				1963? 1964-1966
Diamond Blue (metal)	Diamond Blue (metal)				1965-1966
Clover Green (metal)	Clover Green (metal)				1965-1966

NB: I am quite unsure about the exact years, because my reference documents seem to have internal contradictions.

Reference documents:

• color chips
• Slough colours 1959
• Slough colors 1960
• Slough colors May 62
• Slough colors Oct 64
• Slough colors Sept 65
• 1966 (with colour names in French)
• 1969 (with colour names in French)

After the end of the Slough production line, il was still possible to get a "made in France DS" with right hand drive. See this link.

To have a D model in England was most sertainly sign of orignality, with every day difficulties...

Here some good adresses:

DS World

http://www.dsworldltd.com/about_us.html

PALLAS AUTO:

http://www.pallasauto.co.uk/

 
FRENCH CLASSICS

http://www.frenchclassics.co.uk/
 

CITROEN CLASSICS
 
http://citroenclassics.co.uk/
 

Centreville

http://home.btconnect.com/centreville/html/home.html#homeanchor

Brodie Engineering

http://www.brodie.co.uk/