Picking a colour is the one part of ordering a vehicle that people quietly agonize over, and it is also the part nobody wants to admit they are agonizing over. You will live with it for eight years. You will see it every single morning in the driveway. And unlike almost everything else on the build sheet, it is the one choice you cannot change your mind about later without spending several thousand dollars at a body shop.

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So when Dodge adds a colour, it is worth more than a shrug. As of the start of September the 2027 Durango has a ninth paint choice called After Dark, and it is open for orders right now. If you are already deciding on a build, our new Dodge Durango inventory shows what is on the ground here in Portage la Prairie, and we can order the new colour against any of it. Here is the straight read on what After Dark actually is, who it suits, and how a deep metallic behaves out here once the gravel and the salt get involved.

Key Takeaways

• After Dark is a deep metallic blue, and the point of it is that it changes with the light. In direct sun the metallic flake comes up and it reads as a genuine blue. In low light it pulls down toward a darker, almost black finish. It is a colour with two personalities on purpose.
• It is the ninth colour in the 2027 Durango range. The full lineup is now After Dark, Redeye, B5 Blue, Destroyer Grey, Green Machine, Night Moves, Pitch Black, Red Oxide, and White Knuckle.
• It is available across the full 2027 Durango lineup, from the Durango AWD with the 3.6 litre Pentastar V6 up through the GT HEMI, the R/T 392, and the SRT Hellcat.
• The Canadian option price is $595, less any applicable incentives, and it is open for orders now.
• The honest local note: a dark metallic hides less than a light colour on a gravel road and shows more salt film in February, but it also holds a depth that flat black never gets near. If the vehicle lives outside in a Manitoba winter, know what you are signing up for before you tick the box.

What After Dark Actually Is

Dodge describes After Dark as a deep metallic blue finish that shows metallic highlights in sunlight and takes on a darker, more aggressive appearance at night. That is a fair description and it is also the whole trick of the colour.

A flat solid colour looks the same at noon and at nine in the evening. A metallic does not. The flake suspended in the paint catches direct light and throws it back, so on a bright July afternoon the panels come alive and the blue is unmistakably blue. Move that same vehicle under a yard light at eleven at night and the flake has nothing to work with, so what you see is the base tone, and the base tone here is dark. People will assume it is black until they see it in the sun.

Whether that appeals to you is genuinely a matter of taste, not a spec. Some buyers want a colour that announces itself in every condition. Others want exactly this, something that reads as understated in a parking lot and then shows its actual colour when the light is right. Dodge is clearly aiming at the second group, and the name is not subtle about it.

Worth saying plainly: this is a paint choice, not a package. After Dark does not add wheels, badging, or equipment. It is a colour, priced as a colour.

The Full Nine, and Where After Dark Sits

The 2027 Durango palette now runs nine deep: After Dark, Redeye, B5 Blue, Destroyer Grey, Green Machine, Night Moves, Pitch Black, Red Oxide, and White Knuckle.

That is an unusually broad range for a three row SUV, and it is deliberate. Dodge has leaned into personalization on the Durango for years now, to the point that the SRT Hellcat Jailbreak configuration is quoted at over 16 million possible combinations once you factor colours and options together. Matt McAlear, who runs Dodge, framed the addition as giving customers more ways to build a Dodge with attitude, which is marketing language for a real strategy: they would rather sell you the one you specified than the one that happened to arrive.

If a dark, moody paint is what you are after, note that you already had options and now you have another. Pitch Black is the flat, no argument black. Night Moves is its own thing. After Dark is the one that is dark until it is not. If you want the opposite end of the spectrum, we wrote up the Durango Redeye colour when it landed, and that post is the companion to this one.

For the wider picture on what changed on the Durango for this model year beyond paint, our 2027 Durango what's new breakdown covers the lineup properly.

Which Durango You Can Order It On

This is the part that usually trips people up with a new colour, because plenty of paint options land on one trim and one trim only. After Dark did not. Dodge has it available across the full 2027 Durango lineup, which is:

Durango AWD. The 3.6 litre Pentastar V6, 295 horsepower, with best in class V6 towing of up to 2,812 kg (6,200 lb). This is the volume Durango and the one most families here actually buy.

Durango GT HEMI. 360 horsepower from the HEMI V8. The step up that most people describe as the sweet spot once they have driven both.

Durango R/T 392. 475 horsepower, which Dodge fairly calls SRT levels of performance in a three row body.

Durango SRT Hellcat. The supercharged 710 horsepower version, and still the most powerful gas SUV ever built.

So the colour question and the powertrain question stay separate, which is how it should be. You are not being pushed up two trims to get the paint you want. If towing is what drives your choice between them, our Durango towing capacity post has the numbers by configuration.

What $595 Buys, and Whether It Is Worth It Here

The Canadian manufacturer's suggested retail price for After Dark on the 2027 Durango is $595, before freight and applicable taxes, and less any applicable incentives. Check our current pricing here on the new Dodge Durango inventory page for the most up to date pricing information, because incentive programs turn over monthly and any figure sitting on a blog post ages fast.

Is a paint premium worth it? Here is the version we would give you across the desk.

Where it earns its money: resale, mostly. A specified colour that somebody wanted is easier to sell in four years than a colour that was simply available. We take Durangos in on trade constantly, and the ones that move quickest off our used line are almost never the ones nobody chose on purpose. A distinctive metallic in good condition sells itself in a way that a tired base white does not.

Where a dark metallic costs you effort: out here specifically. Portage la Prairie is surrounded by gravel, and gravel dust settles grey on a dark panel where it more or less disappears on a light one. In February the salt film on Highway 1 goes on every vehicle equally, but you see it on a dark blue and you do not see it on white. And a fine scratch in a clearcoat over a dark base shows up in raking sunlight far more readily. None of that is a reason to skip the colour. It is a reason to know that you will be at the wash bay more often, and to accept that trade honestly.

The one thing that genuinely helps: keep the finish maintained rather than chasing it after the fact. If the vehicle lives outside all winter, a proper wash routine through the salt months does more for a dark metallic than anything you buy afterward. We can talk through what actually protects paint here when you are in, and you can book service any time for the seasonal side of it.

Ordering, Timing, and the Practical Move

After Dark is open for orders now. That is the whole timing story, and it is a simpler one than most launches, because paint does not carry the allocation headaches that a limited edition trim does.

The practical sequence looks like this. Decide the trim first, because the powertrain is the decision you actually feel every day. Then choose the colour, since it is available on all of them. Then place the order and wait out the build and the rail time.

Two things worth knowing before you commit. First, a factory order is not the only route. If there is a Durango already on the ground in a colour you like, the money can work out better than waiting, especially at model year changeover. Second, if you are ordering because you want a specific colour that nobody stocks, that is exactly the right reason to order rather than settle. We walk people through both sides of that call regularly, and our post on factory ordering a Ram or Jeep in Canada covers how the process runs.

On the value side, every new Durango we sell carries our Eh+ offer, and it is worth asking how the current one applies to a 2027 order. If you are trading something in, get a real number on it first with our instant cash offer. And if a new build is not the plan this year, there are usually strong Durangos in our used inventory worth a look.

FAQs

What colour is After Dark on the 2027 Dodge Durango?

It is a deep metallic blue. Dodge designed it to shift with the light, so metallic highlights come up in direct sunlight and the finish reads much darker, close to black, at night or under low light. It is the ninth exterior colour in the 2027 Durango range.

How much does After Dark cost?

The Canadian manufacturer's suggested retail price is $595, before freight and applicable taxes, and less any applicable incentives. Because incentive programs change monthly, check our current pricing on the Durango inventory page or ask us for the number on your specific build.

Which 2027 Durango trims can I get After Dark on?

All of them. Dodge made it available across the full 2027 lineup, which includes the Durango AWD with the 3.6 litre Pentastar V6, the Durango GT HEMI, the Durango R/T 392, and the Durango SRT Hellcat.

What are all nine 2027 Durango colours?

After Dark, Redeye, B5 Blue, Destroyer Grey, Green Machine, Night Moves, Pitch Black, Red Oxide, and White Knuckle.

Can I order After Dark now?

Yes. It opened for orders at the start of September. Talk to us about pairing it with the trim and options you want and we will get the order placed.

Is a dark metallic a bad idea for a Manitoba winter?

Not bad, just higher maintenance. Salt film and gravel dust are more visible on a dark colour than a light one, and fine clearcoat scratches show more in low sun. The finish itself is no less durable. If you are willing to wash it more often through the salt months, it holds a depth that lighter colours cannot match.

The Bottom Line

After Dark is a good colour and an honest addition. It is not a package pretending to be a colour, and it is not locked behind the top trim. It is a deep metallic blue available on every 2027 Durango, at $595 less any applicable incentives, open for orders today.

Whether it is right for you comes down to two questions that only you can answer. Do you want a colour that changes character with the light rather than one that looks the same all day, and are you prepared to wash a dark vehicle more often than a light one out here. If both answers are yes, it is worth the box.

Come look at what a Durango does in person before you commit to any colour off a screen, because paint never photographs the way it looks in the yard. Our new Dodge Durango inventory is online and current, and we will order exactly the build you want if it is not sitting here.

Tyler Dunn, Dunn Ram Trucks, Portage la Prairie