Paint code is, I think, a three digit number preceded by DB (my 280 SE is DB387, for example). It's on the body code plate by the hood latch, about the third or fourth line down.

Any automotive paint supplier can probably help you find the correct one.

Peter

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1972 220D ?? miles
1988 300E 200,012
1987 300D Turbo killed 9/25/07, 275,000 miles
1985 Volvo 740 GLE Turobodiesel 218,000
1972 280 SE 4.5 165, 000 - It runs!