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1942-1948 Paint Charts On Convertible Models the dash was painted to match the body color. Other models had simulated woodgraining.

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 Original Paint Chips These images are charts from the backside of the paint chips. I used them to get the info on the charts below. I could also scan the chips themselves but I don't think they would actually work for matching colors. Let me know if you would like to see them. 41-47 Colors and Codes.        This chart will give you the codes and colors available.
46 Codes and Combinations    -including the striping and wheel colors.
46 supplemental                       -including the striping and wheel colors.
47 Codes and Combinations    -including the striping and wheel colors.
48 Codes and Combinations    -including the wheel colors. (No striping was used on the 48's)

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Paint Codes and Color Combination Charts

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1942 Pontiac Color Combinations Original issued Oct. 1,1941  

Combination Number	DUCO Body and Fender Color	Wheel Color	Striping
4200	Black	Carteret Red	Litchfield Gray
4201	Regency Blue Metallic	Regency Blue	White
4202	Parma Wine Metallic	Parma Wine	Mt. Ash Scarlet
4204	Beverly Gray Metallic	Lucian Gray	Mt. Ash Scarlet
4205	Skipper Blue Metallic	Skipper Blue	White
4206	Milori Green	Milori Green	Tokio Ivory
4207	BeaverHead Brown Metallic	BeaverHead Brown	White
4208	Cinnebar Red	Radnor Red	Mt. Ash Scarlet
4209	Mermaid Green	Caliente Green	Tokio Ivory
4210 - Upper           -Lower	Pearl Gray Metallic  Black	Carteret Red	Litchfield Gray
4211 - Upper           - Lower	Pearl Gray Metallic          Regency Blue Metallic	Regency Blue	White
4214 - Upper           - Lower	Lucian Gray                    Beverly Gray Metallic	Lucian Gray	Mt. Ash Scarlet
4215 - Upper           - Lower	Casino Gray                   Skipper Blue Metallic	Skipper Blue	White
4216 - Upper           - Lower	Harbor Gray  Milori Green	Milori Green	Tokio Ivory
4217 - Upper           - Lower	Rosewood Beige            BeaverHeadBrownMetallic	Beaver Head Brown	White
4218 - Upper            - Lower	Radnor Beige             Cinnebar Red	Radnor Beige	Mt. Ash Scarlet
4219 - Upper           - Lower	Caliente Green  Mermaid Green	Caliente Green	Tokio Ivory
4220	Rochelle Blue	?	?

1946 Pontiac Color Combinations (Original) Original issued February 11,1946

Combination Number	DUCO Body and Fender Color	Wheel Color	DULUX Striping
4600	Black	Black	Cheruit Vermillion
4601	Mariner Blue Metallic	Black	Cheruit Vermillion
4602	Parma Wine Metallic	Parma Wine Metallic	Cheruit Vermillion
4604	Silver Wing Gray Metallic	Black	Cheruit Vermillion
4607	Smoked Pearl Metallic	Black	Cheruit Vermillion
4614 - Upper            -Lower	Mariner Blue Metallic        Silver Wing Gray Metallic	Black	Cheruit Vermillion
4617 - Upper           - Lower	Silver Wing Gray Metallic Smoked Pearl Metallic	Black	Cheruit Vermillion

     1946 Pontiac Color Combinations (Supplemental) Supplemental issued October 25,1946

4608	Cairo Cream	Cream   (optional  Black)	Cinnebar Red
4609	Catalina Cream	Black	Cinnebar Red
4615 - Upper           - Lower	Burbank Green Metallic  Asbury Green Metallic	Burbank Green Metallic    (optional  Black)	Upper - French White    Lower - Litchfield Gray

  1947 Pontiac Color Combinations   Issued Aug. 1 1947

Combination Number	Duco Body and Fender Color	Dulux Wheel Color	Dulux Fender Stripe
4700	Black	Carteret Red	Argent Silver
4701	Mariner Blue Metallic	Carteret Red	Argent Silver
4702	Parma Wine Metallic	Black  Opt. Parma Wine	Argent Silver
4704	Silver Wing Gray Metallic	Carteret Red	Upper - Trianon Blue             Lower - French White
4705	Asbury Green Metallic	Black	French White
4707	Smoked Pearl Metallic	Carteret Red	Argent Silver
4708	Cairo Cream	Black	Kentfield Gray
4714 - Upper           - Lower	Mariner Blue Metallic       Silver Wing Gray Metallic	Carteret Red	Upper - Trianon Blue             Lower - French White
4715 - Upper           - Lower	Burbank Green Metallic  Asbury Green Metallic	Black	French White
4717 - Upper           - Lower	Silver Wing Gray Metallic Smoked  Pearl  Metallic	Carteret Red	Upper - French White    Lower - Litchfield Gray

  1948 Pontiac Color Combinations  Issued Feb. 16 1948            1948 Models had no Striping * These Combinations for Convertibles only.  ** Note: Comb. 4803  replaced  4802   February, 1948

Combination Number	Duco Body and Fender Color	Wheel Color
4800	Black	Carteret Red
4801	Mariner Blue Metallic	Carteret Red
**4802	Parma Wine Metallic (202-33039-MM)	Black
4803	Parma Wine Metallic (202-55104-M)	Black
4804	Belgian Gray Metallic	Carteret Red
*4805	Frances Ivory	Black
*4806	Rio Red	Black
*4807	Genesee Green Metallic	Black
4808	Blue Lake Blue Metallic	Black
*4809	Oyster Gray	Black
4810	Volunteer Green Metallic	Volunteer Green Metallic
4814 - Upper           - Lower	Oyster Gray  Belgian Gray Metallic	Carteret Red
4817 - Upper           - Lower	Volunteer Green Metallic            Genesee Green Metallic	Volunteer Green Metallic
4818 - Upper           - Lower	Oyster Gray  Blue Lake Blue Metallic	Black
4819 - Upper           - Lower	Blue Lake Blue Mettalic                   Oyster Gray	Black