2024 Bronco Colors Predictions - Rendering Previews

[TopRecon]

I've been thinking about this for quite some time, and it's been a slow week, so I decided to fire up my rendering software and put together a list of predictions for the 2024 paint palette. These predictions are based on several different factors including colors confirmed by Ford, colors shared with the Ranger, likely carryovers from 2023, leaks and testing pictures, Mustang S650 colors, and finally my own conjecture. I've ranked this list from most to least likely based on all the information we currently have on hand, and I've rendered out colors we've not yet seen on the Bronco based on color codes and existing images to try and get as close as possible to the real world paint colors.

CONFIRMED COLORS:
Peak Blue Metallic

The information from Ford slates Peak Blue Metallic as the Heritage Limited's exclusive color for the first half of 2024. I don't have a 3D model on hand for the Heritage Edition but this color-matched Wildtrak should provide a close approximation.

RANGER COLORS:
Oxford White

Thanks to the Ranger's prevalence as a fleet truck, and the use of neutral white paint thereon, I would say there's pretty much a 0% chance of white not occupying a paint booth at MAP, and thus Oxford White will almost certainly be a constant every year.

Shadow Black

Another fleet truck favorite, removing black from the Ranger's color palette would similarly be unheard of, and I imagine it will remain indefinitely as well.

Iconic Silver

While not as prevalent on fleet vehicles as flat white or black, silver has never not been a color option for Ford pickups and I don't see that changing any time soon.

Carbonized Grey Metallic

Gunmetal grey has become as much of a staple to trucks and SUVs as silver has, and the popularity of this color on both Broncos and Rangers, along with its confirmed availability for the 2024 Mustang leads me to believe it's probably not going anywhere, though it's possible this could be replaced with Leadfoot Grey given the similarity in their hues.

LIKELY CARRYOVERS
Azure Grey Metallic

We've seen glimpses of Azure Grey Metallic in spyshots, but here it is replicated and fully rendered out. Being that it debuted just this year, I'm almost certain Ford will give it at least another year in rotation for 2024, and I suspect that it may replace Area 51 given the similarity in their hues.

Code Orange

Again, having debuted just this year and Ford's trademark exclusive color for the Raptor means Code Orange is very likely to stay as a part-time resident in MAP's paint booths for 2024.

Race Red

I can say with some confidence that Race Red is nowhere near the most popular Bronco color, but it's useful to Ford in that it can double as a retro color on the Heritage Edition. It's also being used on the 2023 F-150 and has been confirmed for the 2024 Mustang. Economies of scale lead me to believe that it's unlikely Ford would replace it for the Bronco.

Eruption Green Metallic

Maybe I'm biased, but Eruption Green is one of the finest colors for the Bronco, and it's probably the most popular non-grey color that I personally see on the roads. Given that it's also one of the newer colors, debuted just last year, and that Ford didn't include it as an option on the Heritage Edition despite proclaiming it as a spiritual successor to the classic Mallard Green leads me to believe this color has at least another year on the roster.

Cactus Grey

I have no evidence for Cactus Grey's inclusion beyond its own popularity, I place it at the end of this list because it is no longer being offered on the Mustang, which weakens the case for its inclusion on just the Bronco/Ranger. Additionally, like Carbonized Grey Metallic, it's liable to be replaced with Leadfoot as the signature flat-grey color.

LEAKS
Leadfoot Grey

Leaked from a touch-up paint site before being spotted on a test mule, I believe Leadfoot Grey will almost certainly be available on the Bronco for 2024, though the specifics are still up in the air. It may be a wide-release color to replace Cactus Grey and or Carbonized Grey Metallic, or it may replace Terrain as the Everglade's exclusive color.

Atlas Blue Metallic

Leaked previously from several paint touch-up sites, Atlas Blue Metallic's inclusion on the 2023 F-150 and 2024 Mustang make it a likely replacement for Velocity Blue.

MUSTANG S650 COLORS
Splash Yellow

A likely contender to replace Cyber Orange based on its inclusion on the Mustang, this is a more solid metallic yellow compared to Yellowstone's pale yellow and Cyber Orange's darker goldenrod.

Grabber Blue

I've seen a lot of demand for Grabber Blue on the Bronco, and I think its availability on the Mustang and Mach-E are promising for its inclusion on the Bronco as well, especially as an alternative to the much darker Atlas Blue Metallic, similar to Velocity Blue vs Antimatter Blue.

PURE CONJECTURE
Sage Green

Assuming Ford continues the trend of alloting two exclusive colors to the Heritage Limited Edition, I think a likely candidate for the second half of 2024 after Peak Blue Metallic's run is Sage Green, a slightly darker successor to the popular Boxwood Green. Its popularity as a request, along with it looking somewhat out of place on the rest of Ford's more modern lineup, lead me to think something like this could be the next exclusive color for the Heritage Limited.

This list is my best guess for what we'll see in 2024, however new information is always coming to light, and I'd be happy to be proven wrong for the sake of a more accurate list if there's anything I'm unaware of.

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[Lewisj41]

Do like the Sage green. Would like to see a copper.

 

[Rick Astley]

First off, love your work! Having done something like this and conjecture in the past I love how you did this for '24.

Some personal opinions on your work above:

1. Grabber Blue: not happening on Bronco, the Grabber paints will stay on Mustangs and sports cars.

2. Anything Everglades: the trim level will be a 1-year limited run, as Heritage will be along with whatever trim is limited/exclusive for MY24. Ford has already announced they will be using the Jeep playbook of many limited editions with marginally different builds to drum up constant news/interest.

3. Splash Yellow: I also believe this will become a Bronco color for '24

4. Standard phase-outs:
- Hot Pepper Red should have its final run for '23, expect it to rotate out as all tri-coats are 2-3 years at most
- whatever boring colors hit their lifetime phase out will just get a newer version for the same basic thing for those who are colorblind (black, white, silver, dark gray). Ingot Silver is almost assuredly replacing Iconic Silver as an example.

5. Atlas Blue: should replace Velocity Blue fleetwide

6. Vintage inspired colors: Eruption green will probably phase out, keeping the "inspired" colors on a timeline to match the tei-coats.

-Robin's Egg stays on some edition, rotates out for '25

- the massively popular Calipso turquoise and coral will get something eventually, a new limited edition for '24 makes sense. Or '25.

 

[swooshdave]

Too many greys.

 

[jasonkosi]

Probably will be black, white, silver, grey, pastel grey, dark grey, metallic grey, blue grey, one or two reds and blue.
Also Velocity Blue is far superior to Atlas Blue, I wish Ford was keeping VB instead of replacing it

 

[TopRecon]

Too many greys.

That's how you know it'll be accurate.

 

[Rick Astley]

Too many greys.

I bet Lead Foot Gray will be a standard MY23.5 Braptor color much in the way that paint colors were added part way through MY22 for the limited editions.

 

[Wolfpack]

I bet Lead Foot Gray will be a standard MY23.5 Braptor color much in the way that paint colors were added part way through MY22 for the limited editions.

I was thinking Lead Foot Gray would be a MY23.5 on the Everglades. It will show up on some Limited model. I wonder if they will do away with the Heritage with the white mod top like you said for MY23. They have been teasing those mules around town with the black grill (with red Ford lettering) and black mod top. I believe it was Velocity Blue. Not sure if those mules are meant to be a future Limited Edition or a package option. Let's not forget the Oates Edition which I believe was in the MY23 VIN decoder thread, which may or may not get an exclusive color. I guess it could get pushed to MY24, but it's more than likely on the way.

 

[Jr87mustang]

All I know for sure is that any really good colors will be locked behind exclusives or expensive pay to play models....LE HE, Braptor, and the like. We will never get Brittany Blue, Wimbleton White, Calypso Coral or any of those others on the standard line. This is an area where Jeep beats Ford into the dirt.

 

[shieldsy]

Holding out for Azure Cactus Grey in quadcoat.

 

[2fast4u]

I think there needs to be more gray's and silvers

 

[BlueBronco]

Grabber Blue for the win.

 

[BSheppard]

Grabber Blue for the win.

If they make grabber blue, I’ll trade my badlands right on in!

 

[JimmyG]

When are they bringing Antimatter Blue back? And why did they dump it? FOOLS!

 

[2fast4u]

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