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FM3 Panther Pink (Dodge) / Moulin Rouge (Plymouth)

1970–1971 high-impact pink. The rarest of the canonical high-impact colors; mid-1970 introduction.

color swatch

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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.

paint-supplier cross-references

  • Ditzler / PPG 71531Per mymopar.com paint chart.

Historic Ditzler / DuPont / PPG cross-references. Brand reformulations and supplier-side renumbering happen — verify against the current chart at your paint store before mixing.

FM3 is the high-impact pink in Chrysler's 1970–1971 paint program — Dodge marketed it as 'Panther Pink', Plymouth as 'Moulin Rouge'. The color was introduced mid-1970 alongside the 'green' (FJ6 Sassy Grass / Green Go) and pulled from the lineup after 1971, with the heaviest production concentrated in E-body Challenger and 'Cuda orders. Total volume across both years and all body styles is small — FM3 is the rarest of the canonical high-impact set.

Earlier collector literature occasionally attributed Panther Pink to FK6; the Dodge Garage high-impact retrospective resolves this in favor of FM3 being the correct code. The Ditzler / PPG cross-reference is 71531 per the mymopar.com paint chart (historic reference — verify against current supplier formulary before mixing).

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