The ones i can remember off the top of my head:

Hairy Lime
Am Eye Blue (believe that was leyland)
Plum Loco
Home on th'orange
Oh Fudge Brown
Yellow Devil
Gambier Turqoise
Scarlet o'hara

The most common ones ive seen are in bold

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You're so square
Baby I don't care

Some crazy names there!

My first clubman was N.V Green. I loved that color. Only ever seen 2 other minis that color though.

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88 Rover 1.3i "Reggie"
99 Rover 1.3i “Grover”
12 Mini Cooper S "The shitter"
17 Mini Clubman JCW “Noddy”

I love the clubman colours - and their names...

Rave Red
Royal Purple
Am Eye Blue
Antarctica White (NOT Arctic White!)
Bitter Apricot
Bold As Brass
Dry Red
Hairy Lime
Home On Th'orange
N.V. Green (Ford have copied the name!)
Oh Fudge
Peel Me A Grape
Plum Loco
Scarlet O'Hara
Spanish Olive
Nugget Gold
Hiho Silver (away!!)

http://www.ozcooper.com.au/paint_codes.htm

I guess Nugget Gold sounds better than Nugget Brown.

Our GT is sugarcane.

While my 71 roundy is Gambier Turquise ( the original colour is a dark green)
And my 71 clubby (mini maxxs old one) is originaly Gambier turquise.

we have got a moke out the back with original colour plum loco (YUKK)

The following sticky was created to answer questions like this.

http://www.ausmini.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=66469

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ex-NSW Police 1970 MK II Cooper S
VMCI #43

Hiya,

Don't forget Camino Gold. Pure 70s!

cheers! jon

According to a magazine story the most common colour from the factory was white.
It is usually the way, most people don't notice the white ones and think that the bright colours are the most popular ones.

yay we got two white cars. The moke and one of our sports sedans

Wow !
I must admit now ive painted mine devil yellow.
I wish i hadnt now. plum loco may make a come back ?

I seriously hope not

go the plum loco

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'62 Morris 850 (Marion)
'65 Mini Delux - sleeper 1275/S discs (Ms Plum)
'69 Vanden Plas Princess 1300
'71 Wolseley 1300
'74 Austin 1300 Countryman
'94 XJ6 Sport 3.2
'04 Rover 75 CDTi

Let there be colour I try to keep the Leylands/Clubmans together....

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Plum Loco. This car has been repainted, but it is the original colour and from what I could see it was a good match.

Are we only talking Clubman colours, or any Leyland Mini, as there are some much later than 1973 colours mentioned.

I'll go out on a limb and assume its all Leyland Minis - so, how about Silver Blue metallic (Mini LS) and Omega Navy metallic or Nutmeg metallic (Mini SS), Hi-Ho Silver, Iridium metallic, Brooklands Green, Squadron Blue, Oceanea Green Metallic, Bitter Apricot, Blaze, Viareggio Blue, Corinthian Blue, Cassino Blue. I have seen Minis in all these colours, but there were others, which may or may not have been available on Minis.

Then of course there is black, but I reckon the most common colour would have been white - although the white changes from year to year - Crystal White, Snow White, Blue Toned White.

Cheers,
Watto.