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Heddon Colors Identification

LAST UPDATE: August 17, 2023

 

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0-9, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, V, W, X, Y, Z, UNKNOWN COLORS, MODERN COLORS, NEW ADDITIONS

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UPDATED: CDG - Yellow, Gold Spots, Red Blush
SOUL - Black with White Snake

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HEDDON COLOR CODES

0 - Black Sucker
0 - Fancy Back (Fancy Green Back)
0 - White body, Red & Green Spots
0 - All White
0RH - Fancy Green Back, Red Head
0S - White, Red & Green Spots
0S - Transparent body, Red & Green Spots
0YB - Fancy Back, Yellow Belly OR Fancy Green Back, Yellow Belly
1 - Rainbow
1 or I - Research
1 - Yellow body, brown and red spots
1 - Yellow Body, Green & Red Decorations
14KCD - 14 Karat Gold Coach Dog
1RH - Rainbow, Red Head
2 - Red Body with Black Decorations OR Red Body, Black Spots
2 - White
2 - White & Red Enamel
2 - White body, red eyes and tail
2 - White, Red Head
2LUM - Luminous Red & White markings
2M - White, Red Gills
2RBT - White & Red Enamel, Red Buck Tail
2XS - White & Red Shore Minnow
2XSRH - White & Red Shore Minnow, Red Head
2YB - Yellow with Black Markings?
2YB - Red Head, White, Yellow Belly
3 - Aluminum
4 - Red or All Red or Red Body with Dark Blended Back or Blended Red
5 - Yellow
5 - Orange with Red Spots
5 - Yellow Body, Red & Green Spots
5 - Fancy Green Back, White Belly
5BH? - Yellow, Blue Head
6 - Copper
6 - Gold
6XRS - Gold, Silver Shore Minnow
7 - Fancy Sienna-Yellow
7 - White body, Slate colored back
8 - White body, Gold Specks
8RH - Gold Speckled, Red Head
9 - White body, Silver Specks or Silver-White
9A - Yellow Perch
9B - Frog Spot or Imitation Frog or Frog Coloration or Frog Color or Green Frog
9BB - Meadow Frog
9BF - Bull Frog
9BK - Brook Trout
9BK - Brook Trout
9BP - Brown, Shiner Scale
9BRH - Frog Spot, Red Head
9C - Imitation Crab
9COP - Copper Sheen
9D - Green Scale
9DRH - Green Scale, Red Head
9DSB - Green Scale, Silver Back
9E - White body, Greenish black spots
9F - Yellow Body, Black Head
9FWH - Yellow Body, White Head?
9G - All Black
9GC - Green Crab
9GW - Glow Worm
9GWH - Black, White Head
9H - Scale Finish, Red or All Red or Red Scale
9J - Frog, scale finish
9JRH - Frog Scale, Red Head
9K - Goldfish Scale
9L - Perch or Yellow Perch Scale
9LC - Luminous Crab
9LRH - Perch, Red Head
9LUM - Luminous
9LYB - Perch, Yellow Belly
9M - Pike Scale
9MRH - Pike Scale, Red Head
9MYB - Pike Scale, Yellow Belly
9N - Dace
9NC - Natural Crab
9NRH - Dace Scale, Red Head
9NS - Natural Shrimp, Transparent Body
9O - Orange
9P - Shiner Scale
9PAS - Allen Stripey
9PBH - Blue Herring
9PL - Pearl
9PLB - Blue Pearl
9PLXB - Blue Pearl Shore Minnow
9PLXR - Pearl Shore Minnow OR Pearl X-Ray Shore Minnow
9PLXRRH - Pearl X-Ray Shore Minnow, Red Head
9PRH - Shiner Scale, Red Head
9PRHYB - Shiner Scale, Red Head, Yellow Belly
9PYB - Shiner Scale, Yellow Belly
9R - Mullet Scale
9R - Natural Scale
9RH - Silver Flitter, Red Head
9RH O - Red Head, Silver Flitter, ??
9RHYB - Silver Flitter, Red Head, Yellow Belly
9RRH - Natural Scale, Red Head
9SH - Silver Herring
9SHAD - Shad
9SK - Sucker
9SPEC - Special
9SPRH - Yellow-Spotted (Red Head)
9SS - Silver Scale
9SSD - Silver Shad
9SSRH - Silver Scale, Red Head
9V - Orange, Black Spots
9W - All White
9X - Blue Scale
9XBW - Black & White Shore Minnow
9XBY - Black & Yellow Shore Minnow
9XGF - Greenfish Shore Minnow
9XPLB - Blue Pearl Shore Minnow
9XRG - Green Shore Minnow or X-Ray Green or Glistening Green or Green/Black Shore Minnow
9XRB - Red & Black Shore Minnow
9XRP - Shiner Scale Silver Shore Minnow
9XRS - Silver Shore Minnow or X-Ray Silver Scale
9XRY - Yellow Shore Minnow
9XRY-G - Yellow Shore Minnow, Gold Ribs
9XRYPR - (Unknown name)
9XRX - Bluefish Shore Minnow
9XS - White/Red Shore Minnow
9XSK - Goldfish Shore Minnow
9XWB - White, Black Ribs or White & Black Shore Minnow
9XWB-LUM - Luminous White & Black Shore Minnow
9XWR - White & Red Shore Minnow
9XYB - Yellow & Black Shore Minnow
9XYR - Yellow & Red Shore Minnow
9XYS - Yellow Scale Shore Minnow
9YB - Silver Flitter, Yellow Belly
9YBS - Yellow, Black Stripes
9YG - Yellow, Gold Spots
9YRH - Yellow, Red Head
9YXB - Yellow with Black Bone
9YXR - Yellow with Red Bone
9YS - Yellow Scale
9Z - Purple Back Scale
9Z - Rainbow Scale


A - Yellow Perch
AGO - Amber Gold
AMB - Amber
AMG - Amber Green
AMP - Amber Pearl
AMR - Amber Red
AMW - Amber White
AMY - Amber Yellow
AYU - Sweet Fish?


B - All Black
B - Frog Spot or Imitation Frog or Frog Coloration or Frog Color or Green Frog
B - Tadpole
BAM - Amber Black
BAR - Bar Fish
BB - Baby Bass or Black
BB - Meadow Frog
BBF - Bone Bull Frog
BBL - Brown/Black?
BBR - Baby Bass Red Gill
BBW - Black and White
BC - Black Crappie
BC - Black/Chartreuse Buzzer
BCD - Black Coach Dog/White Spots
BCDS - Blue Coach Dog Spook?
BEB - White/Black Back & Head
BEC - Yellow Fluorescent/Red Fluorescent Back & Head
BEF - Yellow Fluorescent/Black Back & Head
BEG - Yellow/Green Back & Head
BER - White/Red Back & Head
BEY - White/Yellow Back & Head
BF - Bull Frog
BF - Bullfrog
BFYS - Bullfrog, Yellow Spots
BGL - Bluegill
BGC - Green/Black Crackleback
BGPK - Bubble Gum Pink
BGS - Brown, Gold Scales?
BH - White body, Blue Head
BHGB - Black Head, Glow Back
BHW - Blue Body, White Markings?
BHY - Black Head, Yellow Shore
BJG - (unknown name)
BJO - (unknown name)
BJY - (unknown name)
BK - Brook Trout
BKGLT - Black Glitter
BKHY - Black Head, Yellow Body?
BKS - Black and Silver
BL - Blue
BL - Blue Scale?
BL - Black Buzzer
BLBK - Blue/Black Back
BLCD - Blue Coach Dog
BLF - Blue Flitter Shad
BLGLT - Blue Glitter
BLM - Black Mouse
BLP - Pearl Herring
BLS - Blue and Silver
BLV - Blue
BLW - Blue, White Spots
BLWF - Blue Flitter with White Spots
BM - Brown Mouse
BN - Natural
NBGL - Black Coachdog, Natural Bluegill?
BO - Black, Orange Spots
BO - Bone
BOXB - Bone, Black Shore Minnow
BOBB - Bone, Black Bars?
BOBS - Bone, Black Scale?
BOC - Black/Orange Crackleback
BOD - Bone Orange Dot
BOG - Bone, Orange Glow?
BOO - Bone/Orange (c. 1990)
BOR - Bone, Orange Belly?
BOR - Pearl Shad
BOS - Black, Orange Spots
BOSS - Brown/Orange Scale
BOXG - Bone, Gold Shore Minnow
BOXR - Bone, Red Shore Minnow
BP - Blue Pearl
BP - Brown, Shiner Scale
BPB - Bone Pearl Blue?
BPF - (unknown name)
BPL - Blue Pearl?
BR - Brown Scale or Red or Brown Body, Wings & Hackle or Brown
BRF - (Unknown name)
BRGY CD - Brown/Gold/Black Coach Dog
BRH - Black, Red Head
BRH - Frog Spot, Red Head
BRRG - Brown Scale, Red Gill
BRS - Brown Crawdad
BRSO - Brown, Orange Scale?
BRSY - Brown, Silver Scale, Yellow Belly?
BRT - Baby Rainbow Trout
BRW - Brown/White Belly or Red & White
BRY - Brown/Red & Yellow Markings?
BS - Black Scale or Black Snake
BS - Black Shad
BSBO - Brown Spots, Bone?
BSD - Blue Shad
BSF - Midnight Flitter
BSK - Black and Silver
BSM - Smallmouth Bass
BSO - Orange Dace
BSR - Black Scale, Red Spots
BSS - (Unknown name)
BSU - Brown Sucker
BSW - Black Scale, White?
BSX - Blue/White/Black
BW - Black & White Crab or Black Body, Black Hackle or Black and White or All White
BWB - Bronze/White/Brown
BWBY -Unknown name
BWC - Black & White Check
BWH - Black/White Head
BWH - Black Hornet
BWN - White/Black Buzzer
BWR - Black/White Belly
BWS - Black, White Spots
BWX - Black/Black
BWX - (unknown name)Black with White Arrows
BWYB - Black Wing Yellow Bird
BYG - Yellow, Gold-Plated Minnows
BYN - Yellow/Black Buzzer
BYY - Black Yellow/Yellow??


C - Clear
CAT - Catfish
CBCH - Crackleback Chartruese
CBDGR - Crackle Back, Dark Grey
CBO - Crackleback Orange
CBO - Red Crayfish
CBR - (Unknown name)
CBS - Clear Blue Seagull
CBY - (Unknown name)
CC4 - (Unknown name)
CCB - (Unknown name)
CCMQ - Color-C-Lector® Purple
CCU - Color-C-Lector® Orange
CCW - Color-C-Lector® Yellow
CCW - Chartruese
CCX - Color-C-Lector® Red
CCY - Color-C-Lector® Green
CCY - Green
CCZ - Blue
CCZD - Color-C-Lector® Blue
CD - Coach Dog
CDA - Crawdad
CDF - Chartreuse Coach Dog or Coach Dog/Yellow Fluorescent
CDG - Yellow, Gold Spots, Red Blush
CD W - Coach Dog - Westinghouse Advertising
CDY - Coach Dog, Yellow?
CDYB - Coach Dog/Yellow Black?
CG - Unknown - (White with green ribs, silver flitter)
CGG - (Unknown name)
CGY - (Unknown name)
CH - Chartreuse Tadpole, Chartreuse (2000)
CHB - Chartreuse, Black Head & Stripe
CHBS - Chartruese/Black Scale
CHKFG-SP - Checkered Flag (Special)
CHS - Chartreuse Scaled (c. 1990)
CHT - Chartreuse
CL1E - Clear, 1 Eye
CLB - Clear, Blue Head
CM - Chartreuse Mouse
CM - Chipmunk
COPPER - Copper
COPR - Copper
CP - Copper Plate
COR - (Unknown name)
CPS - Clear Purple Seagull
CPRW - Outside White with Red Stripe and Copper Bowl
CR - Crystal Rainbow
CRA - Crappie
CRBSP - Clear Red Bone Special Order?
CRD - Crawdad
CRW - (Unknown name)
CRWS - Crystal Shad/White Spots?
CS - Crystal Shad
CS - Chartruese Speckled
CWS - Clear, White Spots?
CYG - (Unknown name)
CYS - Clear, Yellow Spots?


D - Green Scale or Dark Green, Scale Finish
D - Dace
DBL - Glo Blue Alewife
DD - Dark Dace
DG - Glo Green Alewife
DG - Green Body, Green Hackle OR Dark Green Body and Wings, Yellow Hackle
DL - Chipmunk
DLF - Lightning Bullfrog (Denny Brauer Pro Autograph)
DLS - Lightning Shad (Denny Brauer Pro Autograph)
DPK - Glo Pink Alewife
DPL - Glo Purple Alewife
DRH - Green Scale, Red Head
DSB - Green Scale, Silver Back
DY - Glo Chartreuse Alewife
DYB - Green Scale, Yellow Belly


E - White body, Greenish black spots
E+9WR - White & Red Water Wave
E+GB - Green & Black Waterwave
E+RW - Red & White Water Wave
E+YB - Yellow & Black Water Wave


F - Frog
F - Green, Fancy Back
F - Yellow Body, Black Head
F+BM - Fur Finish, Brown Mouse
F+CM - Fur Finish, Chipmunk
F+GFTG - Flash, Goldfish, Tiger?
F+GM - Fur Finish, Grey Mouse
F+GWH - Black, White Head (Fur Finish)
F+WM - Fur Finish, White Mouse
F+WP - (Unknown Name)
F+GWH - Fur Finish, Black, White Head
FABS - Fire Amber, Black Spots?
FAYS - Fire Amber, Yellow Spots?
FB - Black (with Feather Fly)
FB - Striped Alewife
FB - Flash Bass
FBW - Black and White (with Feather Fly)
FF+CWS - Fish Flash, Clear with White Spots
FF+CYS - Fish Flash, Clear, Yellow Spots
FF+GB - Fish Flash, Gold Reflector, Black Scale
FF+GBYS - Fish Flash, Gold Reflector, Black with Yellow Spots
FF+GR - Fish Flash, Gold Reflector, Red Scale
FF+GYBS - Fish Flash, Gold Reflector, Yellow with Black Spots
FF+SB - Fish Flash, Silver Reflector, Black Scale
FF+SD - Fish Flash, Shad
FF+SOB - Fish Flash, Spots On Black
FF+SR - Fish Flash, Silver Reflector, Red Scale
FF+SSOB - Fish Flash, Silver Reflector, Spots on Black
FF-SWBS - Fish Flash, Silver Reflector, White with Black Spots
FF+SX - Fish Flash, Silver & Clear
FF+WBS - Fish Flash, White with Black Spots
FF-YBS - Fish Flash, Yellow, Black Spots
FFS+GB - Fish Flash Saltwater, Gold Reflector, Black Scale
FFS+GR - Fish Flash Saltwater, Gold Reflector, Red Scale
FFS+SB - Fish Flash Saltwater, Silver Reflector, Black Scale
FFS+SR - Fish Flash Saltwater, Silver Reflector, Red Scale
FLS - Green Scale with Spots
FOB (Unknown Name)
FR - Red Ibis
FRB - (Unknown Name)(Fluorescent Rainbow?)
FRBS - Fire Red, Black Spots?
FRFG - French Flag
FRH - White, Silver Flitter, Red Head
FRT - Fluorescent Rainbow Trout
FRYS - Fire Red, Yellow Spots?
FS - Flash Shad
FTO - Fluorescent Tiger Orange?
FW - Nickel Finish, Weedless and Fly
FWH - Yellow, White Head?
FY - Yellow/Green Fluorescent or Chartruese Mullet
FYB - Green Rib Alewife
FYG - Yellow, Gold-Plated Minnows (with Feather Fly)
FYR - Fire Herring


G - Dark Green Back, Gold Speckled
G05 - Pearl/Purple (G-Finish)(c. 1989)
G28 - Pearl/Red Eye (G-Finish)
GAR - Green Bar
GB - Gold Reflector, Black Scale
GBB - Green, ?? (unknown name)
GBB - Gold Bass (G-Finish)
GBC - Green/Black Crackleback
GBL - Blue (G-Finish)
GBLSD Blue Shad (G-Finish)
GBRE - Gold Reflector, Red Eyes?
GBS - Gold, Black Spots
GBSD - Shad (G-Finish)
GBWS - Green Back, White Scale?
GC - Green Crab
GCB - Green Crackle Back
GCD - Green Coach Dog
GCO - Green Crackleback, Orange
GDS - Mackerel
GF - Gold Shiner or Gold Finish
GF - Green and Black Frog or Green Frog
GF-A - Goldfish, Yellow Coach Dog?
GFB - Goldfish with Black
GFBS - Goldfish, Black Scale
GFBYS - Goldfish, Black with Yellow Spots
GFL - Golden Bay Shiner
GFR - Goldfish with Red
GFRBW - G-Fleck Rainbow (2000)
GFRS - Green Fluorescent, Red Spots
GFSD - Goldfish, Shad
GFSSBW-S: G-Fleck, Silver Sparkle, Black & White, Silver?
GFTG - Goldfish, Tiger?
GFWBS - Goldfish, White with Black Spots
GFXBL - G-Fleck Blue Shore Minnow (2000)
GFY - Gold, Yellow Head and Hair
GFYBS - Goldfish, Yellow with Black Spots
GGR - Gold Green Shiner or Gold, Green Stripe
GHWSB - Green Head, White & Silver Body?
GL - Gold (2000)
GLCD - Gold Coach Dog
GLDS - Gold Spot?
GLDS - Gold Shad or Gold Scale?
GLSD - Gold Shad or Gold Scale?
GLWRM - Glowworm
GM - Gray Mouse, White Belly or Gray Mouse
GN - Green (2000)
GO5 - Pearl/Purple (G-Finish)
GOA - Golden Black Shiner
GOG - Gold
GP - Gold Plate
GPB - Gold Plate/Black Back
GPK - Pink (G-Finish)
GPL - Gold/Pearl?
GPO - Gold Plated Shiner (c. 1990)
GPS - Pumpkinseed
GR - Grey
GR - Gold Reflector, Red Scale
GR - Green Crawdad
GR - Grey Body, Grey Hackle OR Grey Body, Wings and Hackle
GRA - Fluorescent Green Crawdad
GRBK - Green/Black Back
GRE - Gold Reflector?
GRF - Green Spook
GRG - Green
GRH - Red Head (G-Finish)
GRS - Green Scale
GS - Gray Shad
GSB - Gold Scale, Black Head
GSBO - Gold Sparkle/Black/Orange
GSCD - Green Scale Coach Dog?
GSCH - Gold Sparkle/Chartruese/Chartruese
GSD - Green Shad
GSGW - Gold/Green/White
GSP - Green, Silver Shiner?
GSPW - Gold Sparkle/Pink/White (1995)
GSS - Grey Flitter Shad (1995)
GSY - Gold Scale/Yellow Eye?
GW - Glow Worm
GWF - Green & White Flitter?
GWH - Black, White Head
GWR - Green/Gray
GWR - (Unknown name)
GY - Green & Yellow? (Unknown name)
GYBS - Gold, Yellow with Black Spots
GYF - Green, Yellow Fluorescent Belly?
GYR - Green/Yellow/Red


H - Scale Finish, Red or All Red or Red Scale
HBS - Bleeding Shad (1999 Excalibur Series)
HFB - Flash Bass (Jimmy Houston Pro Autograph)
HFB - Florida Bass (1999 Excalibur Series)
HFS - Flash Shad (Jimmy Houston Pro Autograph)
HLFS - Lake Fork Shad (1999 Excalibur Series)
HN - Striper
HO - Hot Orange
HOS - Okie Shad
HR - Herring
HW - (Unknown name)
HY - Gizzard Shad


I or 1- Research


J - Frog Scale
JMP - Natural Campbell Perch or Natural Perch (2000)
JMS - Natural Campbell Shad
JON - Black, Red Belly
JPS - (unknown name)
JRH - Frog Scale, Red Head
JRH - Red Head Dace
JRHY - Frog Scale, Red Head, Yellow Belly


K - Gold Fish Scale
KA - Glo Khaki Alewife
KBB/S - Unknown name (Special)
KBO/G - Black Scale, Orange Belly/Gold Reflector?
KBS - Black Back, Silver Scale, Silver Insert?
KCH - Yellow/Red Muskie
KGT/S - Green Tiger?/Silver (insert)
KGW - Green Back, White Belly, Gold Insert?
KRR - (unknown name)
KYF/S - Yellow Flash/Silver?
KYG/G - Unknown name
KYG/S - Unknown name
KYW - Yellow Scale, White Belly, Silver Insert?


L - Perch
LBL - Blue Spook
LBLS - Light Blue Shad
LBS - Light Black Scale?
LC - Luminous Crab
LC - Natural Perch
LD - Light Green Scale
LRH - Perch, Red Head
LSO - (Unknown name)
LSS - (Unknown name)
LUM - Luminous
LWB - Perch, White Belly
LYB - Perch, Yellow Belly
LYS - Light Yellow Scale?


M - Pike Scale
MBCD - White Black Coach Dog?
MG - Golden Black Muskie
MGCD - White Green Coach Dog?
MK14KCDG - Metz Gold
MKOLBS - Metz OLBS
MKWCDS - Metz WCD
MN (Unknown name)
MPBH - Metallic Pink, Black Head
MPCD - White, Yellow Coach Dog?
MS - Metallic Silver?
MY - Metallic Yellow?
MYB - Pike Scale, Yellow Belly


N - Dace
NAT. BT. - Natural, Buck Tail
NB - Natural Bass
NB - Nickel, Black Back
NB - Nickel, Blue Stripe
NBB - Natural Baby Bass?
NBF - Natural Bull Frog
NBL - Black Shiner or Nickel, Black Chrome
NBLG - Black Shiner/Glitter
NBRH - Chrome Blue Red Head
NBS - Nickel, Black Scale?
NBW - Nickel Plated, Black Back, White Belly
NC - Natural Crab
NCB - Nickel, Chrome Blue?
NCHB - Nickel, Chartreuse Head, Black Spine?
NF - Natural Leopard Frog
NFD - Green Shad Chrome
NFL - Bloody Mary
NFL - Chrome/Red Fluorescent Rib
NFRH - Nickel, Fluorescent Red Head?
NG - Northern Green
NGBR - Gold Black Red Head
NGF - Natural Green Frog
NGL - Natural Bluegill
NGM - Natural Green Mackerel
NP - Nickel Plate
NP - Shiner
NPB - Blue Shiner or Chrome Blue
NPBT - Nickel Plate, Buck Tail
NPC - Nickel Plate Coachdog
NPC - Blue Crappie Shiner or Chrome/Blue Coach Dog Spots
NPG - Nickel Plate, Green
NPP - Nickel Plate, Purple Scale?
NPR - Red Chrome
NPRB - Nickel Purple, Black Back?
NPRF - Nickel Plate, Red Fluorescent?
NPRH - Nickel Plate Red Head
NPRW - Outside White with Red Stripe and Nickle Bowl
NPS - Nickel/Black Back
NPTBLH - Nickel Plate, Treble Hook
NPY - Yellow Chrome
NPYBT - Nickel Plate, Yellow Buck Tail
NR - Nickel Red
NR - Nickel, Red Stripe
NRE - Natural Redfish
NRH - Dace Scale, Red Head
NRT - Natural Rainbow Trout
NS - Natural Shrimp
NSD - Green (Shad) Chrome
NSE - Natural Sea Trout
NSN - Natural Sunfish
NSO - Natural Snook
NSP - Natural Spotted Bass
NST - Natural Striper
NVRB - Natural Rainbow Shiner


O - Orange
OB - (Unknown Name)
OBB - Orange, Black Bone
OBS - Orange, Brown Scale?
OCD - Orange Coach Dog
OGB - (Unknown name)
OGG - Citrus Chub
OHP - Orange Head, Shiner Scale
OLB - (Unknown name)
OR - Bloody Mullet
ORH - Orange Head
OSD - Orange Head, Shad or Opaque Shad?
OSS - Orange, Silver Shore
OY - Orange Chub
OYG - Orange Crappie Chub


P - Shiner Scale
PAS - Shiner Scale, Red Head and Stripe
PB - (Unknown name)
PBAR - Purple Bar Fish
PBH - Blue Herring
PC - Purple, Clear??
PCDS - Purple Coach Dog, Clear Belly
PCH - Perch
PCHB - Pale Chartreuse, Black Spine?
PEP - Pepsi
PG - Golden Shiner
PG - Silver Dace
PGA - Gold Dace Shiner
PGL - (Unknown name)
PK - Pink
PL - Pearl
PL - Purple
PLB - Blue Pearl
PLP - Pearl Shiner
PLR - Pearl Luster Rainbow
PLS - Purple
PLXB - Blue Pearl Shore Minnow
PLXR - Pearl Shore Minnow OR Pearl X-Ray Shore Minnow
PLXRRH - Pearl X-Ray Shore Minnow, Red Head
PM - Glo Black Frog
PNK - Amber Pink
PRH - Shiner Scale, Red Head
PRHYB - Shiner Scale, Red Head, Yellow Belly
PRL - Pearl
PRL - Purple
PRY - Pearlescent Belly, Purple Back/Red Spots
PS - Pink Shrimp
PS - Purple Scale
PSA - Silver Dace Shiner
PSB - Pearl, Silver Back?
PSWB - Purple Scale, White Belly?
PUM - Natural Pumpkinseed
PUSF - Purple, Silver Finish?
PYB - Shiner Scale, Yellow Belly
PYB F - Shiner Scale, Yellow Belly, ??
PYBS - Shiner Scale, Yellow Belly (Special)
PYS - Purple, Yellow Spots


R - Natural Scale
R - Rainbow
R&W - Red & White
RB - Rainbow
RBA - Yellow, Red Back, Black Ribs
RBB - Red, Black Bone?
RBB - Red Head, Brown & Beige?
RBF - Red Bullfrog?
RBFF - Red Bullfrog Flitter?
RBL - Red Bellied Perch
RBO - Rainbow
RBR - Red, Black Ribs
RBT - White & Red Enamel, Red Buck Tail
RBY - Red, Black Ribs, Yellow Belly?
RCD - Red Coach Dog
RET - White, Red Eyes & Tail
RF - Redfish (1999 Excalibur Series)
RFB - Spotted Redhorse or Red Fluorescent/Black Spots
RFL - Fluorescent Redhorse
RFOS - Red Fluorescent, Orange Belly, with Spots?
RFS - Rainbow Flitter Shad
RFSS - Red Fluorescent, Silver Flitter?
RFY - Red Sucker
RH - White, Red Head
RHB - Red Herringbone
RHF - Red Head Flitter
RH/G - Red Head/Gold (insert)
RHS - Red Head, Silver?
RHXF - Red Head, Clear Flitter
RHYB - Silver Flitter, Red Head, Yellow Belly
RH&T - White, Red Head & Tail
ROB - Rockbass
RRGY - Red/Gold/Black Coach Dog Color
RPH - (Unknown name)
RRH - Natural Scale, Red Head
RS - Rattlesnake
RSC - Clear Rattlesnake
RSG - (Unknown name)
RSL - Red Snake Line
RT - Rainbow Trout
RW - Red
RW - Red & White
RWB - Blue Mullet
RWS - White/Red Ribs
RWS - White/Red Stripe
RWS - White and Red
RYBS - Red, Yellow with Black Spots?


S - Shad
S - Strawberry
S - White, Red & Green Spots
S - Transparent body, Red & Green Spots
S-1 - Smith #1
S-2 - Smith #2
S-2H? - (Unknown name)
S-3 - Smith #3
S-4 - Smith #4
S-5 - Smith #5
S-6 - Smith #6
S.BLK - Black, Red & Green Spots?
S+2M - Saltwater, Silver Salmon, White, Red Gills
S+9GW - Saltwater, Silver Salmon, Glow Worm
S+9P - Saltwater, Silver Salmon, Shiner Scale
S+9PAS - Saltwater, Silver Salmon, Allen Stripey
S+9PBH - Saltwater, Silver Salmon, Blue Herring
S+9PLXB - Saltwater, Silver Salmon, Blue Pearl Shore Minnow
S+9PLXR - Saltwater, Silver Salmon, Pearl Shore Minnow
S+9XRY - Saltwater, Silver Salmon, Yellow Shore Minnow
S+92XS - Saltwater, Silver Salmon, Red and White Shore Minnow
S+9YS Sp - Saltwater, Silver Salmon, Yellow Scale, Special (red ribs)
S+SP - Sparkle (saltwater)
SS+XRP - Silver Salmon, Shiner Shore Minnnow
SB - Silver Reflector, Black Scale
SB - Smokey Black
SBL - Silver Blue?
SCGR - Clear Green Perch Scale?
SD - Shad
SDBP - Blue Pearl Shad?
SDF - Shad
SDGS - Shad with Gold Stripes?
SDN - Natural Shad
SDS - Shiner Shad?
SF - Frog
SF - Silver Fish or Silver Finish
SF-B - Silverfish, Yellow Coach Dog?
SFB - Silverfish with Black
SFBR - Silverfish, Brown
SFBS - Silverfish, Black Spots
SFLWB - Silverfish, Perch, White Belly
SFR - Silverfish with Red
SFS - Silverfish, Spotted
SFSD - Silverfish, Shad
SFSOB - Silverfish, Spots On Black
SFSXS - Silverfish, Clear with Silver Scale?
SFW - Silver, White Head, Hair
SFWBS - Silverfish, White with Black Spots
SFYS - Silverfish, Yellow Spots
SG - Silver and Grey
SGA - Spotted Green Ape
SGL - Spook Glow, Perch?
SG-OSD - Spook Glow, Orange Body, Shad?
SGSO - Spook Glow, Spotted Orange
SG-XGY - Green Body, Yellow Shore Minnow
SG-XLB - Red Body, Black Shore Minnow
SG-XOY - Orange Body, Yellow Shore Minnow
SG-XYS - Yellow Body, Silver Shore Minnow
SH - Silver Herring
SHA - Shad
SHAD - Shad
SHD - Backwater Shad
SIBRH (Unknown)(Blue/Red Head)
SIC (Unknown)(Copper Body)
SIGYH (Unknown)(Green/Green Head)
SJ - Smokey Joe
SJG - Smokey Joe Gold Prismatic
SJS - Smokey Joe Silver Prismatic
SJ/S - Smokey Joe/Silver Insert
SK - Sucker
SL - Red Head, Luminous Body
SL - Silver (2000)
SM - Silver Mullet (1999 Excalibur Series)
SMBH - (Smith) Blue Head
SMBR - (Smith) Brown & Red
SMGS - (Smith) Green Scale
SO - Goldfish Herring
SO - Spotted Orange
SOB - Spots on Black
SOF - Spotted Orange Flitter
SOUL - Black with White Snake
SP - Sparkle
SPEC - Special
SPRH - Spotted, Red Head or Yellow Spotted
SR - Red Sucker
SR - Silver Reflector, Red Scale
SRB - Silver Body, Black and Red Spots
SR-XRB - Spook Ray, Red & Black
SR-XBY - Spook Ray, Black & Yellow
SR-XCW - Spook Ray, Chartruese & White
SR-XGY - Spook Ray, Green Body, Yellow Shore Minnow
SR-XLB - Spook Ray, Red Body, Black Shore Minnow
SR-XOY - Spook Ray, Orange Body, Yellow Shore Minnnow
SR-XRW - Spook Ray, Red & White
SR-XYS - Spook Ray, Yellow Body, Silver Shore
SS - Flitter Shad (2000)
SS - Silver Flitter
SS - Silver Flash
SS+XRP - Silver Salmon, Shiner Scale
SSBL - Silver/Blue/White
SSBW - Silver/Black/White
SSD - Silver Shad
SS04 - Sparkle Silver/Red Head/White
SSOC - (Unknown name)(Japanese color)
SSPB - Star Spangled Banner
SSRH - Silver Scale, Red Head
SSRHYB - Silver Flitter, Red Head, Yellow Belly
SSRT - Silver Sparkle/Rainbow Trout (2000)
ST - Stainless (c. 1990)
ST - Speckled Trout (1999 Excalibur Series)
SU - Sucker Bronze
SUBBL-SP - Brown/Black, Fur Finish (Special)
SUC - Natural Sucker
SUKCH-SP - Yellow/Red Muskie, Fur Finish (Special)
SUN - Sunfish
SUOGG-SP - Citrus Chub, Fur Finish (Special)
SUOLB-SP - (Unknown name), Fur Finish (Special)
SUPSWB-SP - Purple Scale, White Bars, Fur Finish (Special)
SUS-SP - Spotted, Fur Finish (Special)
SUSMBH-SP - Smith, Blue Head, Fur Finish (Special)
SUYBS-SP - Yellow, Black Spots, Fur Finish (Special)
SW - Blue Head, White Body
SWBS - Silver, White with Black Spots?
SX - Clear, Silver Insert?
SXYS - Clear, Silver Insert, Yellow Spots?


Tbl - Treble hooks
TG - Tiger
TS8 - Purple Scale, White Bars, Teardrop (eye)?
TSD - Tennesse Shad



V - Orange, Black Spots
V+Y - Vibra Flash, Yellow
VBL - Vibrant Blue?
VCD - Shrimp Shiner
VGE - Metallic Green
VGO - Metallic Gold?
VGR - White, Orange Spots, Luminous?
VGS - Gold/Brown Chrome
VRB - Rainbow Shiner, Rainbow Chrome, Nickel Rainbow Shiner (1990)
VRBG - Rainbow Shiner/Glitter
VRG - Sea Green Shiner
VRH - (Unknown name)
VRY - (Unknown name)
VRY-SP (Unknown name)
VY - Yellow Dace Shiner


W - All White
W - White Cloud
W+0S - Luminous, White, Red and Green Spots
W+1 - Luminous Rainbow or Rainbow, White Belly
W+2 - Luminous White, Red Head or White, Red Head, White Belly
W+9D - Luminous Green Scale or Green Scale, White Belly
W+9L - Luminous Perch or Perch, White Belly
W+9M -Luminous Pike Scale or Pike Scale, White Belly
W+9N - Luminous Dace Scale or Dace Scale, White Belly
W+9P - Luminous Shiner Scale or Shiner Scale, White Belly
W+9PL -Luminous Pearl or Pearl, White Belly
W+9R - Luminous Natural Scale or Natural Scale, White Belly
W+9SS -Luminous Silver Scale or Silver Scale, White Belly
W+9XPLB - Luminous Blue Pearl Shore Minnow or Blue Pearl Shore Minnow, White Belly
WA+XPLB - Unknown type of Blue Pearl Shore Minnow
WB - White and Black
WBB - White, Black Bars?
WBC - White/Black Crackleback
WBD - White, Black Dots
WBE - Blue-eyed Albino
WBH - White, Black Head or White Hornet
WBL - White Belly, Silver Side, Blue Back
WBR - White/Brown Crackleback
WBS - White, Black Spots
WBSRD -White, Black Stripes, Red Dot?
WBSRG - White, Black Spots, Red Gills
WBt - White Bucktail
WBX - White, Black Arrows
WC - White Crappie
WCDS - White Coach Dog, Clear Belly
WE - Walleye
WF - Nickel Finish, Weedless and Fly
WFSOB - White Face, Spots on Black
WGB - White belly, gold side, black back
WGC - White/Green Crackleback
WGH - White, Black Head
WGR - Glo, Spotted Orange?
WGS - Glo Rib Alewife
WHRB - White Head, Red Body
WHS - White Scaled
WILBOURNE SPECIAL
WL - Gray Ghost
WM - White & Red or White Mouse
WPS - White,Purple Spots
WR - White Body, Red Hackle OR White Body and Wings, Red Hackle OR White and Red
WRB - White/Red/Black?
WRX - (unknown name)White with Red Arrows
WSB - Sea Pearl
WSH - White Belly, Silver Side, Black Back
WSL - White Snake Line
WSW - White Flasher
WSX - (unknown name)White with Silver Arrows
WTG - White Tiger
WTGYB - White Tiger, Yellow Belly
WYC - White/Yellow Crackleback


X - Clear Spook
XBL - Blue Shore Minnow
XBLW - Blue & White Shore Minnow?
XBP - Pearl & Black Shore Minnow
XBPRL - Pearl & Black Shore
XBS - (Unknown name)
XBW - Black & White Shore Minnow
XBW W - Black & White Shore Minnow - Westinghouse Advertising
XBWS - Black & White Shore?
XBY - Black & Yellow Shore Minnow
XFB - Fluorescent Black Shore?
XGF - Greenfish Shore Minnow
XGL - Gold Shore Minnow?
XGW - White and Gold Shore Minnow?
XGY - Clear Green/Yellow
XLB - Clear Pink/Black
XPLB - Blue Pearl Shore Minnow
XRB - Red & Black Shore Minnow
XRC - Chartreuse Shore Minnow
XRG - Green Shore Minnow or X-Ray Green or Glistening Green or Green/Black Shore Minnow
XRP - Shiner Scale Silver Shore Minnow
XRO - Orange Shore Minnow?
XRS - Silver Shore Minnow or X-Ray Silver Scale
XRW - Red & White Shore Minnow
XRX - Bluefish Shore Minnow
XRY - Yellow Shore Minnow
XRY-G - Yellow Shore Minnow, Gold Ribs
XRYPR - (Unknown name)
XRYBB - Yellow Shore, Black Bone?
XS - White & Red Shore Minnow
XSK - Goldfish Shore Minnow
XWB - White & Black Shore Minnow
XWR - White & Red Shore Minnow
XYB - Yellow & Black Shore Minnow?
XYBW - Yellow & Black Shore, White Belly?
XYR - Yellow & Red Shore Minnow
XYS - Transparent Yellow
XYS - Yellow Scale Shore Minnow
XYS - Yellow & Silver Shore Minnow?


Y - All Yellow or Yellow Body, Yellow Hackle
Y - Yellow Shiner or Yellow
YB - Yellow and Black
2YB - Red Head, White, Yellow Belly
YBC - Yellow/Black Crackleback
YBRS - Yellow, Black & Red Spots?
YBS - Yellow, Black Spots
9YBS - Yellow, Black Stripes
YBSRG - Yellow Body, Black Spots, Red Gills
YBX - (Unknown name)(Yellow w/black arrows)
YC - Chartreuse Buzzer
YCD - Yellow Coach Dog
YCDS - Yellow Coach Dog, Clear Belly
YF - Yellow Anchovy
YF - Yellow Frog
YFB - Yellow Fluorescent, Black Stripe?
YFBRS - Yellow Fluorescent, Black & Red Spots
YFBS - Yellow Fluorescent, Black Spots
YFC - (Unknown name)
YFD - Yellow Fluorescent Black Dots?
YFO - Yellow Fluorescent, Red Ribs, Black Back
YFO - Yellow Shad
YFRR - Yellow Fluorescent, Red Ribs?
YFRS - Yellow Fluorescent, Red Spots?
YFSL - Yellow Fluorescent Snake Line
YG - Yellow, Gold Spots
YG - Chartreuse/Yellow Buzzer
YH-SP - Yellow Hand
YOB - Yellow, Orange Spots, Brown Back?
YOC - Yellow/Orange Crackleback
YOF - Fluorescent Yellow with Orange Spots?
YPR - Yellow Back & Sides, Pearl Belly
YR - Brown Back/Yellow Scale Red Dot
YRH - Yellow Hornet or Yellow, Red Head
YRHS - Yellow, Red Head & Spots?
YRS - Yellow, Red Spots?
YS - Yellow Scale
YSB - Yellow/Brown
YSL - Yellow Snake Line
YSR - Cream Dace
YSY - Yellow Flasher
YTG - Yellow Tiger
YTGYB - Yellow Tiger, Yellow Belly
YWS - Yellow/Silver Ribs
YXB - Yellow with Black Bone
YXR - Yellow with Red Bone


Z - Rainbow Scale, Purple Back


Modern Heddon Colors & Codes

Beginning in approximately 1990, Heddon began assigning numbers to lure colors in addition to the use of letters. The color number is particular to the lure model so there can be a #01 for two different lures and the color and description can be different. Thus a Super Spook model code would be X925601 for one in Baby Bass. This section lists the color number, name, and if available, a picture and description of these numbers.

Model: Super Spook (X9256), Super Spook Jr. (X9236)
01 - Baby Bass
02 - Black Shiner
03 - Clear
04 - Fluorescent Green Crawdad
05 - Blue Chrome
06 - Frog
07 - Clown
08 - Red Head
09 - Black Shore Shad
10 - Flitter Shad
11 - Nickel
12 - Blue Shore Shad
13 - Rainbow
14 - Bone
15 - Yellow Shore Shad
16 - Perch
26 - Minnow's Magic Saltwater
518 - Peacock
Limited Edition - Blue Moon
Limited Edition - Toho Gold
Limited Edition - Red Sled

Model: Swayback Spook (X9251)
30 - Chartreuse Ghost
31 - Watermelon Purple Ghost
32 - Olive Ghost
33 - Citrus Shad
34 - Black Shad
35 - Blue Shad

Model: Tadpolly (X9000), Clutter Tad (X9900), Clutter Mag Tadpolly (X9906)
51 - Tickled Pink
52 - Scarlet Poly
53 - Lemon Lime
54 - Green Pirate
55 - Flakey Doctor
56 - Sun Fire
57 - Silver Shad
58 - Passion Polly
59 - Blue Pirate
60 - Blue Polly
61 - Copper Polly
62 - Black Widow
63 - Red Dog
64 - Panda

Other Model Heddons
67 - Yellow Sparkle OR Silver Shad
68 - Blue Sparkle
71 - Green Sparkle
75 - Red Sparkle
86 - Clear Sparkle

Model: Diving Ticker Shad (S11), Diving Little Ticker (S31), Deep Diving Ticker (S41), Diving Tiny Ticker (S51)
120
152
162
171
271
481

Model: Minnow Mate (S22)
100
120
152
162
170
271

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