With a new year, automakers often like to offer new paint colors, and for the 2027 Chevrolet Corvette, there will reportedly be two. The HorsePower Obsessed YouTube channel recently revealed that a leak from GM’s ordering system shows two new codes: GEC and GTR. The former refers to a brand-new color called Pitch Metallic, which sounds like a grey or black hue, while the latter is listed as Opulent Blue Metallic. This one is of particular interest. If neither description is familiar, it’s because these are internal names, but you may know the latter as Admiral Blue, a color we’ve previously seen on a variant that hasn’t made its way to the C8 Corvette, the Grand Sport. At least, not yet.
Admiral Blue Could Be More Confirmation of a C8 Grand Sport
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Admiral Blue was previously applied to the C7 Corvette Grand Sport, and the C4 Grand Sport before that. Therefore, the reappearance of this color seems to be yet another sign pointing to the return of the Grand Sport nameplate, after an audio clip last month was said to tease the sound of its engine and a separate GM Parts Book leak seemingly confirmed a new LS6 V8 engine with both direct and port injection, dual overhead cams, and a monstrous 6.7-liter capacity. Of course, it’s entirely possible that GM could offer Admiral Blue on the Stingray, or the Z06, or even the ZR1 twins, but that would be like finishing a Mustang in Dark Highland Green paint and not calling it “Bullitt.” As advanced as the C8 Corvette is, nostalgia is important, too. And as pointed out by Corvette Blogger, another RPO code uncovered at the end of December applied to the Z15 Grand Sport Heritage Package.
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This was previously offered with the 2017 C7 Corvette, adding fender hash mark graphics and center stripes. Put all these facets together, and a C8 Grand Sport is all but confirmed. As for the other new color, Pitch Metallic, the only thing we can be certain of is that it will vary from the one-off Dark Satin Steel ZR1X that recently sold for $2.6 million.
In with the New, Out with the Old
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Chevy has given with one hand and taken away with the other, as these new colors won’t add to the overall count of colors for the Corvette. Riptide Blue, a lighter hue, is leaving this year, as is the attention-grabbing Hysteria Purple. For the record, the 2026 Corvette’s other available colors are Arctic White, Black, Torch Red, Blade Silver Metallic, Roswell Green Metallic ($500), Competition Yellow Tintcoat Metallic ($995), Sebring Orange Tintcoat ($995), and Red Mist Metallic Tintcoat ($995).
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