This is a small collection of automotive color bulletins from the DuPont Company Finishes Division, Refinish Sales unit.

The bulletins are arranged by model of vehicle. They were grouped together in binders over several years, presumably to show buyers or prospective buyers the color options available for each model car each year. Each bulletin includes color chip samples, color mixing formulas, and color combinations (e.g., body, stripe, fender, molding, door saddle convertibles, artillery steel wheels, steel wheels, and sheet metal). The materials have been removed from the binders for preservation purposes; the binders have not been retained.

The first five volumes of bulletins date from 1935 to 1959. The makes of vehicles the DuPont Company paints were available for include: American Motor Corporation (AMC), General Motors (GM), Chrysler, Ford, and Studebacker-Packard.

The models of GM vehicles include: Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Oldsmobile, and Pontiac. Of these, only the bulletins for Cadillac consist of a full set, and all of the others are missing between the first five to ten issues. These models began as their own independent companies, becoming divisions of General Motors between 1908 and 1931.

The models of American Motor Corporation vehicles include: Hudson, Kaiser, Nash, Rambler, and Willys. The Kaiser and Willys color bulletins are full sets. Hudson is missing the first issue. Nash and Rambler are missing the first five and six issues, respectively. The first Ramblers date to 1897; the company was purchased by Nash in 1950. In 1954, Nash merged with Hudson to form the American Motor Corporation (AMC). Kaiser began as the Kaiser-Frazer Corporation in 1947. In 1953, Kaiser took over Willys (unofficially Kaiser-Willys); the company was renamed "Willys-Overland," then "Willys Motor Company," before being renamed again in 1963 as the Kaiser Jeep Corporation. It was sold to AMC in 1970.

The models of Chrysler vehicles include: Chrysler, DeSoto, Dodge, and Plymouth; all of these have been divisions of Chrysler since 1928. None of these have a full run; all are missing the first five to six issues.

The models for Ford vehicles include: Ford, Edsel, Lincoln, and Mercury. All are full runs except for Ford, which is missing the first five issues. The Lincoln division began in 1917, while the Mercury division began in 1939. The Edsel automobile was marketed by Ford from 1958 to 1960 before it was discontinued.

Packard began in 1899, and Studebaker began in 1852; the two companies merged to form Studebaker-Packard. In 1962, Studebaker reverted to using its former name. There is a complete run of the Packard color bulletins; Studebaker is missing the first four issues.

After 1959, there was a gap in the color bulletins and a change in formatting. The color bulletins were no longer released by individual car models; instead, they were released by car make with individual car models included within the same bulletin.

The reformatted bulletins date from 1968 to 1986 and are for AMC, Chrysler, Ford (missing the 1968 issue, but including 1965 and 1967), and GM (missing the 1983 issue). For Studebaker, there is only the 1969 issue.

For DuPont color lines for trucks, there are issues dating from 1938 to 1952 and 1964 to 1982.

Additional materials include price lists, sales memoranda, color bulletin advanced memoranda, blending and mixing formulas, striping/lettering/tinting information, color codes, international automobile color bulletins, and Imron enamels.