Designo solid - Selenite grey magno
Metallic - High tech silver
Metallic - Obsidian black
Metallic - Cavansite blue
Metallic - Iridium silver
Manufaktur metallic - Diamond white
Manufaktur metallic - Hyacinth red
Designo metallic - Diamond white
Designo metallic - Hyacinth red
Special paint - Classic grey
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Colour guide
Designo solid - Selenite grey magno
Free
Metallic - Emerald green
Free
As with other dark metallic colours, there’s a danger that Emerald green can hide too many of the car’s lines, but the warmth and depth of this shade makes up for that and the CLS really does look very, very handsome indeed in this colour. The best of the bunch.
Specifications
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Metallic - Graphite grey
Free
Like Obsidian black, it’s likely that many CLS buyers will just default to this dark metallic grey, but like the black it’s a colour that just washes away the CLS’ handsome lines, so it rather torpedoes the point of buying a car such as this.
Metallic - High tech silver
Free
Another default Mercedes colour choice, but one that works very well with the CLS as it allows you to really see the car’s styling, which is after all the whole point.
Metallic - Mojave silver
Free
Mojave silver is one of Mercedes’ strongest paint offerings, and it’s a warmer and more welcoming shade than a more conventional, brighter silver metallic. On the CLS’ low-slung shape it’s especially effective.
Metallic - Obsidian black
Free
As with other models in the Mercedes lineup, Obsidian black works just fine, and it is a deep and rich version of metallic black, but it arguably just hides too much of a car’s styling and when the car is as handsome as the CLS, what’s the point in that?
Metallic - Selenite Grey
Free
You’d think Selenite grey would work fine here, but it’s a duller, flatter shade than either Mojave or High-tech silver, and so it tends to hide the CLS’ natural handsomeness. It’s OK if you want a plain, but classy, colour but there are definitely better options.
Metallic - Spectral blue
Free
We’ll mark this down under ‘brave choices’ as the brightness of Spectral blue doesn’t quite work on the CLS’ lines — at least not in the UK. In sunnier climes it would look really good, but here under our wintry skies, it just doesn’t work.
Solid - Black
Free
Solid - Polar white
Free
Speaking of better options, this isn’t one. Who on Earth would buy a car as expensive and gorgeous as the CLS and put this plain, ordinary shade of white on it?
Metallic - Cavansite blue
£685
Metallic - Citrine brown
£685
Metallic - Iridium silver
£685
Metallic - Ruby black
£685
Manufaktur metallic - Diamond white
£695
Speaking of white, this is much better colour than plain Polar white, with a richness and a depth that makes the CLS’ lines pop, rather than fading them into the background. Even so, it’s tricky to get white to work on a car as large as this, and we’re not sure Mercedes has been entirely successful here.
Manufaktur metallic - Hyacinth red
£695
A bright red on a car like the CLS could easily look garish, but Hyacinth red just about gets away with it, managing to look striking rather than desperate for attention. It’s arguably not the classiest colour in the CLS’ palette but it works better than you might think.
Designo metallic - Diamond white
£895
Designo metallic - Hyacinth red
£895
Special paint - Classic grey
£2,850