Jade Green Metallic

Jade Green Metallic (Jadegrünmetallic, code 5405) is a dark, complex metallic green at #404233 — a deeply muted, almost grey-green metallic that reads as forest-adjacent and sophisticated rather than vibrant, with enough grey in the base to flatten the green just enough to produce a colour of considerable elegance. Rennbow confirms code 5405 on the 356 in 1954–1955, describing Jade Green Metallic as a metallic dark green with grey tones that fits the 356's class well, looking elegant and fancy. Two documented community examples reflect both the extreme rarity of surviving original-paint 1954–1955 356s and the narrowness of the production window — two of the earliest model years for which documented Porsche colour records exist in the database. The colour represents a moment when Porsche's palette drew from a Central European tradition of refined, muted metallic finishes, before the bold, American-influenced colours of the late 1960s and 1970s transformed the catalogue entirely.