2021 Nissan Altima
9 factory colors were offered on the L34 (sixth generation) Altima. Your code is on the driver's door jamb sticker on the line marked C/TR — the characters before the slash.
No color changes from 2020. All 9 codes carried over unchanged into 2021. If you are matching paint on a 2020 or 2021 Altima, the roster is identical.
Verified against 3 independent sources: Nissan USA official 2021 Altima brochure (nissanusa.com CDN): https://www.nissanusa.com/content/dam/Nissan/us/vehicle-brochures/2021/2021-nissan-altima-brochure-en.pdf - CHOOSE YOUR COLOR page; PaintRef Nissan Altima 2021 cross-reference: https://paintref.com/cgi-bin/colorcodedisplay.cgi?year=2021&manuf=Nissan&model=Altima - nine chips, exact match; ImportArchive per-colour page: https://importarchive.com/color/ray/nissanaltima2023 (Deep Blue Pearl).
Carryover roster, unchanged. The brochure grid re-orders the trims as S SV SR SL PLT but still shows every colour on every trim.
Where to find your paint code
Colour label on the driver's-side door jamb / B-pillar
Driver's door jamb
- Open the driver's door and look at the B-pillar and door jamb area.
- Find the small silver, white or black Colour ID tag carrying barcodes and dense alphanumeric text.
- Read the 3-character value printed under the heading COLOR (for example QAB, K23, XEX).
- On a two-tone Rogue the label shows the single X-prefixed combination code, not the individual body and roof codes.
If the sticker is missing or faded
- Check low on the door jamb near the striker - on some cars the label sits in the bottom corner and needs a crouch to read.
- Look at the bottom corner of the VIN plate, where the colour code is tucked beneath the word COLOR.
- Call Nissan Consumer Affairs at 1-800-647-7261 with the VIN and ask for the factory paint code.
- Ask any Nissan dealer parts department to run the VIN - the build record lists the exterior colour code.
Other Altima years
Color availability changed year to year. Codes often carried over; names sometimes did not.