Linden Green

Linden Green (code 226) is a soft, medium solid green with a warm, slightly yellow tone — a naturalistic, botanical hue named for the linden tree (Tilia), whose leaves have a specific warm, light green quality that is more accessible and less formally dark than oak or ivy greens. In character it reads as a pleasant, uncomplicated garden green without the boldness of Lime Green or the depth of Oak Green Metallic — a color associated with summer parks and European urban trees rather than racing or drama. Like many Porsche greens of the 1970s, Linden Green was drawn from or shared with the broader VW Group palette, appearing across multiple brands and platforms during its active years. Its soft, warm character made it a more broadly appealing choice than the more assertive greens of the same period, though surviving examples are nonetheless uncommon given the advancing age of the vehicles on which it appeared. The name's connection to the linden tree — a tree associated in Central European tradition with warmth, community, and summer — gives it a gentle, humanistic quality that distinguishes it from the more dramatic naming conventions of Porsche's performance-associated colors.