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Mercedes GLE Colour Guide: Which Should You Choose?

Mercedes gle colour guide: which should you choose?

Here’s a detailed look at the paint palette available on the Mercedes-Benz GLE 5-door, 7-seater SUV, and its more rakish spin-off in the form of the 5-door, 5-seat GLE Coupe, which we hope will help you choose your perfect new car colour.

There are 8 main paint options for the GLE and GLE Coupe ranges, comprising 1 solid paint and then 7 metallic paints – 2 of which are more prestigious finishes which Mercedes sells under its ‘Manufaktur’ umbrella. Alongside the exterior finishes, we also outline the interior colours that Mercedes provides to go with these paint choices.

Paint Types

Solid = a simple body colour with no additives in the paint. Usually comprises 3 coats, these being a primer, then the paint, then a clear, protective lacquer. Solid paints aren’t particularly shiny and are normally the only standard/no-cost colours offered by manufacturers.

Metallic = same application process as above but the paint now has powdered metal mixed into it, which reflects more light to give the car a shinier appearance. Metallic finishes usually cost more than solid paints.

Pearlescent/Mica = as above, only instead of metal, ceramic crystals (known as ‘mica’) are added to the paint. These not only reflect light but refract it too, giving one colour different appearances in different levels of light. They’re normally as expensive as or pricier than metallic paints.

Matte = uses special ‘flattening’ agents in the paint/layering make-up to give the car a non-reflective appearance, and sometimes an unusual texture too. These are normally the most expensive and rarest of paint options, and are not offered on many new car models.

Exterior

Obsidian Black

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Type: Metallic

Cost: No cost (standard colour for all GLEs)

Available On: All models

Mercedes’ opening colour for the GLE and GLE Coupe families is Obsidian Black, a metallic shade. This is unusual, as most manufacturers normally only provide a solid paint for free, while white is the preferred ‘base’ paint instead of black. Nevertheless, the GLE’s Obsidian Black is a nice take on the shade, veering towards being a very, very dark charcoal grey. It’ll need a bit of washing but it’s a classy opener for these plush Merc SUVs.

Polar White

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Type: Solid

Cost: No cost (free optional colour for all GLEs)

Available On: All models

There is a solid white paint available for the GLE but it’s not the standard paint choice – you have to actively specify Polar White if you want it. That said, it is still a no-cost option, and as flat paints go it has a fair bit of life and sparkle to it – albeit it’s nothing like as bright and glossy as the ‘Manufaktur’ alternative at the other end of the palette. Like all whites, Polar will quickly end up looking grubby, especially in the depths of winter, but it’s a nice finish for the GLE.

Mojave Silver

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Type: Metallic

Cost: No cost (free optional colour for all GLEs)

Available On: All models

Mojave Silver is a warmer, bronze-tinged version of the colour when compared to the High-Tech Silver we’ll look at next. As the GLE and GLE Coupe models are considered very upmarket prestige vehicles, all the non-Manufaktur metallics cost you nothing over the standard Obsidian Black, which is a generous touch by Mercedes. Mojave will look lovely in mellow sunshine, where its hints of gold will really shine through, and it shouldn’t need too much in terms of regular washing to keep its general appearance smart.

High-Tech Silver

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Type: Metallic

Cost: No cost (free optional colour for all GLEs)

Available On: All models

High-Tech Silver is probably the classic colour you think of when you conjure up a silver Mercedes in your mind’s eye – it’s a sharp, cold, light take on the finish and it suits the GLE’s elegant lines well. High-Tech won’t need a lot of washing in winter and it’ll have a broad appeal in the eyes of onlookers, as it’s a subtle and non-divisive paint colour.

Selenite Grey

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Type: Metallic

Cost: No cost (free optional colour for all GLEs)

Available On: All models

Selenite Grey is a strong, traditional midtone of the colour and it’s the finish to pick if you’re the type of person who doesn’t want to get the Kaercher jet-washer out of the garage every Sunday, just to keep the car looking spick and span. Selenite is notably different to the 2 silvers Mercedes offers, justifying its use of the word ‘Grey’ in the paint’s official name.

Emerald Green

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Type: Metallic

Cost: No cost (free optional colour for all GLEs)

Available On: All models

This is a beautiful shade, a really deep, rich green which fully suits the name Emerald. Having said that, be prepared to have to wash it a lot – so dark is Emerald Green that it’ll look almost black in certain lights, which also means it will show up encrusted-on winter road salts in the colder months in much the same way Obsidian Black would. That means Emerald requires a lot of upkeep but this quality paint finish definitely makes that ongoing maintenance worth the effort. Emerald is the last of the 6 free colours on the GLE – those being the standard Obsidian Black metallic and then the other 5 solid/metallic paints listed above.

‘Manufaktur’ Diamond White

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Type: Metallic

Cost: £695

Available On: All models

The only 2 colours in the GLE range which will cost you any money to specify them are both called ‘Manufaktur’ finishes by Mercedes. The first is Diamond White, which isn’t a pearlescent but which glistens like such a paint. It’ll look amazing when it’s pristine and clean, and the sun is out in full force, but perhaps not quite so brilliant in the middle of January when you’ve neglected to wash it for a month or 2. As there is another white in the range (the no-cost Polar White solid), you’ve therefore got to really want the extra ‘pop’ of Diamond White to make its £695 outlay truly worthwhile.

‘Manufaktur’ Hyacinth Red

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Type: Metallic

Cost: £695

Available On: All models

This is arguably the finest colour in the entire Mercedes GLE range – perhaps why it is one of the joint-most expensive finishes at £695 – and it’s the one which will suit the high-performance AMG 53 and 63 S models the most. It’s Hyacinth Red, which isn’t the sportiest of names, we grant you, yet it’s definitely the raciest colour for Merc’s prestigious big SUV. It’s a fiery, deep-to-midtone red that will look just as good with a few weeks’ road grime caked to its flanks as it will when it is spotlessly clean and sitting in blazing sunshine.

Interior

Nappa Black

Type: Leather

Cost: No cost (standard interior for AMG Line, AMG Line Premium and AMG Line Premium Plus cars)

Available On: AMG Line, AMG Line Premium, AMG Line Premium Plus

Available With All Body Colours?: Yes

The GLE SUV is available in all 3 mainline specifications of AMG Line, AMG Line Premium and AMG Line Premium Plus, whereas the sportier GLE Coupe only comes in the last of these 3– if you don’t want it as a high-powered, full-on AMG model (either the 53 or 63 S), that is. Anyway, whichever body style you pick, all these specifications have black Nappa leather as their standard cabin upholstery. This is teamed to a black fabric headliner, Anthracite open-pore oak wood trim for the centre console, dashboard and door cards, and an Artico man-made leather dashboard upper surface with contrast stitching. To top all this off, every GLE comes with sports medal pedals in the driver’s footwell and 64-colour selectable ambient cabin lighting too.

Nappa Two-Tone White/Black

Type: Leather

Cost: No cost (optional interior for AMG Line, AMG Line Premium and AMG Line Premium Plus cars)

Available On: AMG Line, AMG Line Premium, AMG Line Premium Plus

Available With All Body Colours?: Yes

As a no-cost alternative to the standard finish of black Nappa leather, you can opt for 2-tone white and black upholstery. This doesn’t change anything but the centre sections of the seats, which are finished in white leather to contrast the black bolsters and head restraints. Strangely, this option is only available on the regular GLE SUV – it is not offered for the GLE Coupe, albeit the latter vehicle gets far more choice of interior colours by way of compensation.

AMG Nappa Black

Type: Leather

Cost: No cost (standard interior for AMG GLE 53 models)

Available On: AMG 53

Available With All Body Colours?: Yes

Moving up to the high-performance AMG models, the GLE 53 – SUV or Coupe – has the same cabin treatment as the regular models, only its black Nappa leather is a special AMG version of the hide.

AMG Exclusive Nappa Two-Tone Magma Grey/Black

Type: Leather

Cost: No cost (standard interior for AMG GLE 63 S SUV cars)

Available On: AMG 63 S SUV

Available With All Body Colours?: Yes

Available on the V8-powered high-performance flagship of the GLE SUV range is this AMG Exclusive Nappa leather. It’s black, in the main, but the seats have Magma Grey highlights which run across the shoulders of the seat backs, before framing the contours of the bolsters and then, finally, running laterally across the front of the seat squab. The 63 S models also have a Dinamica black headlining (Dinamica is a man-made suede-like material, similar to Alcantara), AMG carbon-fibre trim for the centre console, dashboard and door cards, and genuine Nappa leather for the upper dashboard surfaces. Incidentally, it doesn’t matter if you opt for a 63 S or not, if you’ve got a 7-seater model then the people sitting in the third row of seats at the back of the vehicle will not be on Nappa leather chairs, but instead items clothed in Artico man-made hide instead.

AMG Exclusive Nappa Black

Type: Leather

Cost: No cost (either standard interior for GLE 63 S Coupe cars, or free alternative to standard interiors on GLE 53 Coupe and GLE 63 S SUV)

Available On: AMG 53 Coupe, AMG 63 S SUV and Coupe

Available With All Body Colours?: Yes

As an alternative to the standard 2-tone finish listed above, on the regular GLE 63 S SUV-bodied vehicle, you can do away with the Magma Grey highlights and have your AMG Exclusive Nappa leather in all black if you prefer. And, again, there’s a difference here between the more pragmatically shaped GLE SUV and the racier Coupe – AMG Exclusive Nappa leather is not available on any SUV save for the 63 S AMG flagship, but in the Coupe line it’s also a no-cost option for the 53 variant. And another difference: the stitching pattern for this leather finish in the 63 S SUV and the GLE 53 Coupe is a horizontal ‘bar’ motif, yet on the GLE 63 S Coupe it is rendered in an attractive diamond-quilted pattern.

AMG Nappa 2-Tone Truffle Brown/Black

Type: Leather

Cost: No cost (optional interior for GLE 53 Coupe models)

Available On: AMG 53 Coupe

Available With All Body Colours?: Yes

For the GLE 53 Coupe models only, the AMG Nappa leather can be finished in this attractive 2-tone Truffle Brown and Black combination. This renders panels of the horizontally stitched leather in the Truffle Brown, creating a sort of ‘bar’ pattern, while bits of the door cards are also finished in the contrast colour.

AMG Nappa 2-Tone Pepper Red/Black

Type: Leather

Cost: No cost (optional interior for GLE 53 Coupe models)

Available On: AMG 53 Coupe

Available With All Body Colours?: Yes

This is as per the above finish, only instead of Truffle Brown, the barred panels on the seats and the door-card highlights are finished in bright, sporty Pepper Red.

AMG Exclusive Nappa Two-Tone Truffle Brown/Black

Type: Leather

Cost: No cost (optional interior for GLE 63 S Coupe models)

Available On: AMG 63 S Coupe

Available With All Body Colours?: Yes

You can have the same colour combinations for the AMG Exclusive Nappa leather of the 63 S Coupe as you can for the AMG Nappa leather of the 53 Coupe. So this is the same Truffle Brown and Black pairing, only here on the even more upmarket hide of the top-dog V8-powered GLE Coupe.

AMG Exclusive Nappa Two-Tone Pepper Red/Black

Type: Leather

Cost: No cost (optional interior for GLE 63 S Coupe models)

Available On: AMG 63 S Coupe

Available With All Body Colours?: Yes

As above, only this time with Pepper Red instead of the Truffle Brown sections of the upholstery. Unlike the standard diamond-stitched quilting of the AMG Exclusive Nappa leather in the GLE 63 S Coupe, if you opt for either this combination or the Truffle Brown/Black duo, you get the horizontally stitched hide instead. And yes, in case you’re wondering: the GLE Coupe gets natty brown and red two-tone leather options, and also diamond quilting, whereas the regular GLE SUV just has black, black and white or black and grey interior choices. .