The canopy top design was carry over from 1976 where the vinyl top extended forward of the sail panels to the windshield, unlike those from 70-75 that covered the entire roof. Colors and texture were little modified from 1978 with the exception of Beige replacing the slightly lighter Sand and a much lighter shade of green.

The Redbird Special Edition, based on the Firebird Esprit, was continued for 1979. Once again the Redbird featured the Mayan Red upper with a darker red lower accent named "Redbird Red." This lower color was not available on any other model. The two colors were sperated with gold striping and a distinct, gold Redbird graphic on the sail panels and trunk or spoiler if so equipped. Although the package was identical to 1978 the lower two tone and striping was adapted top fit the new front and real bumper treatments.

New for 1979, all Formulas were painted in two tone colors with the W50 still vailable to add the large FORMULA script on the lower doors. Instead of black or gold lower colors were changed to Charcoal, Blue, or Brown. Buyers could not mix and match colors on Formula models. The standard Formula had small Formula decal IDs within the border stripes on the front fender and a new bird graphic on the spoiler (same as Firebird and Esprit). The W50 added large FORMULA lettering on the door bottoms and new large FORMULA lettering on the spoiler.
The FORMULA door decals were altered very slightly this year from the 1976 to 1978 style. You may notice the the FORMULA lettering is completely vertical versus the slightly slanted font of 76 to 78. The change eliminated the need to have separate right and left door decals. Select a button below to view the color and graphics scheme (Standard or W50) to view color combinations. Select paint colors from the left column to see the color choices.