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Here’s What The Cadillac Celestiq’s Green Paint Color Is Called

Back in December 2023, GM Authority reported on a Cadillac Celestiq painted in a shockingly-green exterior paint color that demanded attention everywhere it went. Now, we’ve learned exactly what this color is called.

General Motors calls the green paint hue on the uber-luxury sedan Venom. This is certainly a fitting name when considering how bright and striking the color is.

It’s worth noting that this Venom paint color is just one of a few unique Cadillac Celestiq paint shades GM Authority has covered in the recent past, including Boysenberry Matte and Habanero.

Front view of Cadillac Celestiq.

As a reminder, the Celestiq stands as the pinnacle of the luxury marque’s lineup. To help achieve this effect, the luxury sedan can be customized to its buyers’ imagination to create a unique, one-of-one vehicle.

Of course, this ideal applies to the interior as well, which features hand-finished trim pieces throughout the cabin. A 55-inch coast-to-coast center screen is just one of five high-definition displays, as rear-seat passengers also get an advanced 12.6-inch-diagonal displays. Meanwhile, an all-glass roof panel – which features Suspended Particle Device (SPD) technology – allows variable transmission of sunlight into the cabin area.

In regard to structure, the GM BEV3 platform underpins the Celestiq, and features a 111 kWh battery pack that powers an advanced all-wheel drivetrain. Total system output is rated by GM at 600 horsepower and 640 pound-feet of torque, which results in a claimed 0-60 acceleration time of 3.8 seconds.

Production officially commenced at the GM Global Technical Center in Michigan in December 2023, with availability by waitlist only and pricing starting around the $340,000 mark. Additionally, Celestiq examples will be built by hand, with GM expecting that only two vehicles will be built per day, or between 100 and 150 units annually.

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  1. John Deere’s version of the Wienermobile….IMHO.

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    1. A Detroit pimp would`t touch one, no matter the color.

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  2. What an awful green colour. I drive a red Cadillac ATS. The only other coulour I would drive is gray

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    1. I’m a green person, with the exception of olives. I’ve owned light sage and darker hunter green Buicks. (Late teens dark green Carrageen is most awesome). I like this. It’s bold but pleasant, instantly sporty and highlights the car’s design folds and creases. I see this color (wrapped?) very occasionally on high end BMW and MB’s. Not for everyone, granted….but for some folks, nice!

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  3. I really thought this was a Photoshop but guess not. It should be called Exorcist Vomit. Along with the 2 other atrocious colors listed, it makes you think the GM paint department is hallucinating. But the car itself shouldn’t exist, either.

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    1. Good name. But I was thinking along their current ‘word similarity naming’, by calling similar to another word already in the dictionary, and call it ‘Obtruse’, after ‘chartreuse’.

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  4. “Stomach Bile Green”:

    IMHO, this color is for a young kid that wants to grab attention at high school. Let them paint their ’96 Civic in this color, but keep it off a brand new Cadillac. I don’t see this color lasting very long.

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    1. My guess is that GM expects hip hopsters and rappers to be the main buyers and they WANT to be noticed (well, a lot of them do).

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    2. But, it’s a $340,000 and up car. For kids?

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      1. Please reread my comment, slowly.

        I said that the COLOR is for kids, not the Cadillac. I do not see many people over the age of 17 wanting to drive a car of this color, let alone a 60 year old millionaire. JMHO.

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  5. I call it ugly.

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  6. A headache. Expect to get a headache.

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  7. I actually kind of like it. Initially, I found it repulsive, similar to Cyber Yellow; but like the Habanaro(Orange) it’s so different and unexpected/untraditional that I like it. It truly makes a bold and striking impression that will for sure have people talking about the brand, good or bad(I believe that was the goal anyway)

    Everyone wants something “different” until different arrives(i.e. C7 with its aero lights & C8 going mid-engine)

    Again, the opinions of those that don’t matter seem to be voicing the most concern. Are the commentators even in the Target audience tax bracket? Most will dislike the truth.

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  8. I’ve seen enough Rolls Royces, Bugattis, Lambos, etc. in hideous colors to know that money does not equal taste.

    Rich person: “I’m gonna custom order this $400k car in a stupid color because that’ll be so funny.”

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  9. Venom? Vomit? Vomitiq?

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  10. The next Pontiac Aztec…in a hideous grinch green.
    Will GM do a product placement in the next sequel to “How The Grinch Stole Christmas”?

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  11. Will appeal to a certain segment of the population dat drives Cadlacks anyway.

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  12. The color is Hideous but the fact the rear-end looks like it was designed by the person responsible for the Pontiac Azrec is unforgivable 🤮

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  13. Agree with Aztek comments. Another hideous loser from a company that seems to be floundering.

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    1. The Chief Engineer (aka Vehicle Line Executive) for the Aztek was none other than Mark Reuss who by all accounts was proud of the Aztek. Clueless failures like the Aztek obviously didn’t hinder his rise to the Presidency of a much smaller gm.

      With that dubious distinction in mind, is it any wonder that a product like the Celestiq came into existence…or that wretched color?

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  14. It’s spelled Aztek, and I’ve been driving mine since December 2001. Does everything I need it to.

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  15. A bright green (not necessarily this one) would look better on a C8 than the Celestiq. Bright green is not for everyone, but sport/supercars wear it best.

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  16. On some cars, this color would work. But not on this one. Even if I were Uber rich and wanted to make a statement, it wouldn’t be with this car and/or color. But everyone is different. The very wealthy can be quite quirky so maybe the car will do well. One other thing I’ve noticed. Designers seem to have trouble finishing off cars. The front might look pretty good but once you get to the back, it’s all fouled up. The powersports side of things is in the same predicament. On the Celestiq, I do see a bit of Studebaker Avanti in the rear. Not a fan

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    1. The Lamborghini Miura had this color (or very similar) and it looked quite good. Of course it was an exotic car from the 60/70’s.

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      1. And a lot better looking.

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  17. Why not just call it U-G-L-Y

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  18. YUK! is the only thing that comes to mind.

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  19. You cannot make a pig look better by putting on ANY color lipstick! This thing is a PIG regardless of how Mary and Cadillac are attempting to make it something else.

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  20. I’d call it Radioactive Lime. It’s an odd color to put on a $300,000 car and not as luxurious as Ferrari’s and even Mazda’s strategy of using attractive shades of red to promote their brand. Given that the Celestiq is all about being custom, I’d like to see more premium paint jobs instead of something that looks like it belongs in a sherbet cup.

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    1. Google Ferrari green, you may be surprised the images that appear. One I saw was essentially the one on the caddy.

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  21. Looks like a second grader drew it.

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  22. An intentional GM color. I have no words.

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  23. So, “Venom” as in what the general public has spit in the direction of this color? It can’t be good when an article about a Rolls-Royce in a similar shade is titled, “Green Rolls-Royce Ghost Takes Bad Taste To A Whole New Level”…lol

    Why not just call it “It’s Not Easy Being” and call it a day? That could describe the color OR the car… 😉

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  24. The color is ugly but not as bad as the styling . A four-door hatchback. This will go down as one of most ugliest cars GM ever designed.

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  25. I heard that the “Green Hornet” ordered three !

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  26. ‘Metallic Pee’. You think you hate it now, but wait til you drive it.

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  27. Whats the paint code? Looks like the 2017 Krypton green from the Camaro

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  28. Come on people, call it what it is, a disgusting ugly green not fit for any vehicle Period.

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  29. I’m sorry, but this is the ugliest vehicle that GM has EVER produced! It makes the Aztek look like a beauty pageant winner!! The fact that it’s also an EV makes it a complete loser, all the way around!! Nobody is gonna but these. “gm” will put celebrities in them for “good press” purposes. Picture LeBron driving one in 2-tone Lakers colors!! LOL!!

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  30. Looks a lot like Krypton Green, from the Camaro and Sonic in 2016.

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  31. Please put it on the C8, been waiting for green to pull the trigger.

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  32. It’s sad GM is trying to compete with Rolls Royce, this color doesn’t belong on a world class car so there must be a reason why it was painted like this. It’s not in the same class as Rolls.

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  33. I would have called it “Ghostbusters slimmer green!”

    I bet that colour can be seen from orbit!

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  34. The good news is, if you can afford to buy this thing, you can also afford to re-paint it…

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  35. Barbieland green?

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  36. IMO, majority of the CELESTIQs ordered by clients will have a more premium conservative paint color in blacks and white hues.

    Down here, I’ve seen most RRs and Bentleys in white and black mostly with different color hues seen every once in a while.

    Cadillac will have at least 200 color hues to order from so odds of beautiful unusual colors seen will be far and between which all CELESTIQs will be bespoke.

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  37. The Cadillac designers apparently have unearthed the color palette for the 1960’s Schwinn Sting Ray bicycles, and liked what they saw. Maybe that’s not a bad thing after all.

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  38. I had a 1976 Renault R5 that same color, what a POS.

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  39. Seen one on 75 tonight driving and that screen in the inside was massive I got a good video of it but sadly I can’t post a video in the comments 😒

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  40. I have it, Gangrene! A atrocious color for a atrocious ugly car! There is nothing but wackos running GM.

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  41. 100% FLOP GM IS NOT TRYING TO WIN

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  42. It’s called ugly ASF just like the rest of that hideous car.

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  43. Well, to each his own I guess. Definitely not a color id choose, but then again the car itself is not great beauty either. I’ll keep the Rolls…..

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