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EK2 Go Mango (Dodge) / Vitamin C (Plymouth)

1969–1970 high-impact citrus orange. Distinct from EV2 (HEMI Orange / TorRed) — brighter, more yellow-leaning.

color swatch

#E87A3A

closest-approximation hex from the vocab. Real factory paint shifts under the sun and after fifty years; treat the chip as a starting point, not a match.

chemistry & process

Single-stage acrylic enamel chemistry

ForMatter holds the chemistry, application process, restoration paths, and where-to-buy for this paint generation. Plenum holds the codes; ForMatter holds the matter.

EK2 was part of the original 1969 launch of Chrysler's high-impact paint program — the first wave that established the marketing pattern of vivid colors with divisional names. Dodge sold the color as 'Go Mango'; Plymouth as 'Vitamin C'. Same paint formulation, two divisional marketing words, both attested in the 1969 and 1970 dealer fact-data books.

EK2 is often confused at a glance with EV2 (HEMI Orange / TorRed), which is the deeper, more red-leaning saturated orange that also spans the program. In daylight EK2 reads citrus and pulls toward yellow; EV2 reads warm and pulls toward red. Per the Dodge Garage high-impact retrospective the two were sold concurrently and a buyer ordering 'orange' would have chosen between them on the dealer color chart.

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