You're correct. Sometimes the links used for timing have simply been paint marked versus colored. One is probably cheaper than the other. I also double checked your link counts and they are correct. The key word that I missed at first was that they are the links between the colored/painted links.
So 12 + 27 + 30 + 3(colored) = 72 links total. Note: This only applies to the 8mm chain introduced on the 2.5/3.0L around the 2000 model year.
