All but the blond and gold were original colors (and the gold might have been but it escapes me) , American car colors to be exact. The burgundy Mist I believe was a Hudson color, Fiesta Red...T-bird, Daphne Blue Chevy???. Apparently Leo liked cars a lot. There is a guy that wrote a research paper that was something like 50 pages just on the development of Fender color schemes. It is available on-line. I used it to research paints to formulate liquid instrument grade lacquers for those who don't like rattle cans.
I have heard it said that the inspiration for the Jag was automotive styling and if you look at all the chrome cover plates and the style of the knobs and auto colors it isn't hard to believe that theory.
Also, Fender was quite liberal with custom colors in the early days and would paint some truly weird bursts and solid colors as well. Some have shown up in collections and I saw one in a photo from a museum.
Also, They used Poly-Lacquer for some a true nitro later on. When they clear coated some (not all got the clear) over time with UV exposure, it yellows a lot. So there are a lot of vintage instruments that have the strangest color, like Daphne Blue changing to almost an emerald green, some even look Surf Green. In fact if you buy the light yellow (cream) strats and Tele's it is a mixture that is pre-yellowed to make it look like very old Olympic White.
I can get the link (if I can dig it up) if anyone is interested and I have a set of museum photos of some of the colors. Even Shell Pink was available originally.
I really like the Burgundy as well.
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