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#4397460 - 12/30/17 03:14 PM Automotive Color Monotony  
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Is it just my location but are most cars today painted monotone shades of white-gray-black?


Fully half of the cars/trucks I see on the road are either white, black or some shade of gray in between. Throw in the various shades of brown/tan and that makes up about 75% of all the cars I see.

Red, green, yellow, blue etc. are almost oddities.


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#4397478 - 12/30/17 05:23 PM Re: Automotive Color Monotony [Re: F4UDash4]  
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I just got a red car.


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#4397479 - 12/30/17 05:25 PM Re: Automotive Color Monotony [Re: oldgrognard]  
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Originally Posted by oldgrognard
I just got a red car.



My wife has one too. It's easy to spot in a parking lot, amongst all the drab monotone cars.


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#4397517 - 12/30/17 09:45 PM Re: Automotive Color Monotony [Re: F4UDash4]  
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Everyone knows red cars go really really fast. The only way to go faster is to add racing stripes. At that point, your car would be the fastest car ever! biggrin


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#4397521 - 12/30/17 10:06 PM Re: Automotive Color Monotony [Re: F4UDash4]  
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Red car owner here. Unfortunately it's a Volvo V70.

#4397524 - 12/30/17 10:39 PM Re: Automotive Color Monotony [Re: F4UDash4]  
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Only red car I ever had was a 68 Triumph Spitfire when I was stationed at Lakenheath (2000-02).

I blew a softball-sized hole in the engine block by throwing a rod.

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I have a black 2017 Ford Escape now. Prior: white Escape, white Mustang, green Mustang, black BMW, green Civic, white Escort.


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#4397563 - 12/31/17 03:41 AM Re: Automotive Color Monotony [Re: RogueSqdn]  
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Originally Posted by RogueSqdn


I have a black 2017 Ford Escape now. Prior: white Escape, white Mustang, green Mustang, black BMW, green Civic, white Escort.



Which illustrates my OP, 5 monotone cars and 2 green. wink


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#4397581 - 12/31/17 07:02 AM Re: Automotive Color Monotony [Re: F4UDash4]  
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Silver was the number one sold color for a few years (can you say 2002 Grand AM), so blame the bean counters for the 'new silver'.


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#4397587 - 12/31/17 09:14 AM Re: Automotive Color Monotony [Re: F4UDash4]  
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Originally Posted by F4UDash4

Which illustrates my OP, 5 monotone cars and 2 green. wink



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#4397590 - 12/31/17 10:54 AM Re: Automotive Color Monotony [Re: F4UDash4]  
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I have 2 blue cars, my wife has a white one and the youngest son and middle daughter have grey and the rest have 3 black.

My Range Rover looks like black at first glance but when the sun shines on it you can see the blue shine out through the dark base coat.


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#4397599 - 12/31/17 12:20 PM Re: Automotive Color Monotony [Re: F4UDash4]  
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I prefer bold colors. Here is what is in my garage; one blue, one red, and plum metallic. Outside is another blue.


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#4397600 - 12/31/17 12:23 PM Re: Automotive Color Monotony [Re: F4UDash4]  
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Nice Maserati OG

His n hers convertibles?

Edit: just noticed you have the same garage opener as I have, I had to get the left hand side of the lifting spring fitting reinforced as I have a personal access door in that side of the garage door.

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#4397616 - 12/31/17 02:31 PM Re: Automotive Color Monotony [Re: F4UDash4]  
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Scientific proof of my anecdotal observation!

Attached Files DupontNAmericaColorChartHR.jpg

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#4397617 - 12/31/17 02:32 PM Re: Automotive Color Monotony [Re: F4UDash4]  
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And, not just in the US but worldwide.

Attached Files DupontWorldColorChartHR.jpg

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#4397640 - 12/31/17 04:43 PM Re: Automotive Color Monotony [Re: F4UDash4]  
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I find this interesting:

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Of course, it's not data from the same area size or year... and one should not over-simplify when looking for causes.

#4397809 - 01/01/18 07:02 PM Re: Automotive Color Monotony [Re: F4UDash4]  
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Red Dodge Caravan here.


Hate the car's color that blend into the road.

#4397810 - 01/01/18 07:20 PM Re: Automotive Color Monotony [Re: F4UDash4]  
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I prefer red, but my current car is burgundy, so a little off. My wife’s is red.
Black, white, red, blue, silver are the more timeless colors, so good for value and won’t look as dated in the ling run.
After 4 black cars though, I think I’ve finally learned my lesson that although it looks great when maintained, it just isn’t worth it!


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#4397837 - 01/01/18 10:17 PM Re: Automotive Color Monotony [Re: F4UDash4]  
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Red car here.At work a friend said I was crazy for buying a red car of which I said WTF?!? he said that red cars get in to more accidents and insurance companies actually charge more for red cars because of this.Lo and behold I was sitting at a light one week later and a car just rear ends me.The person was sorry and just said they got distracted....WTF!?!?!?

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#4397857 - 01/02/18 01:05 AM Re: Automotive Color Monotony [Re: F4UDash4]  
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Here almost all vehicles (largely 4WD and utes) are white. But this is country NSW. smile


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I bought this a little over a year ago.
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Replaced a red Jetta I drove for about 2-3 years. Love it! BUT, I have been pulled over more times in one year than I EVER was pulled over driving this for over 10 years:
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I love the Tangerine Scream color, but i wish I had bought it in Magnetic gray, or Oxford White.(Black is cool, but shows dirt worse than white.)


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