New Car Colors

[danachevroletfor1967]

I read somewhere probably 2 years ago or more that 70% of new cars sold are white, black, gray, or silver. I honestly would have put it at 85% based on the cars I see locally and their colors. When I ordered my new 2017 Camaro 1SS I ordered it in Red Hot, and I love that color. In a cloth interior I could only get black or gray. I ordered black.

I definitely would not buy a new car in white, black, gray, or silver, or any of those pastel colors that seem to be quite common on Toyotas. I like colors on a car like shades of red, blue, green, even gold. I've always liked interiors in white, gold, bright blue, and red.

[markinnaples]

Could not agree more about the shades of gray these days. So many look like shiny primer with no depth to the color, kind of like a battleship gray. Silver and gray have been played to the end. One color that I think has stood the test of time on newer cars is Mazda Soul Red. It looks great on almost any color vehicle.

[Mr70]

Mazda Soul Red has one huge drawback.. https://hunterautobodyinc.com/manufa...louis-drivers/

[markinnaples]

That's a shame that it chips so much I guess, as I've always thought it looked a lot like candy apple red.

[juliosz]

Grey or battleship grey was a popular color for European cars after WW2. Mercedes, BMW, VW and others like the Fiat I was looking at in Hershey last fall seem to have offered this color up through the 60's.

[L_e_e]

All of my previous trucks have been either black or silver, my latest Ford is Antimatter Blue, it's a great looking very dark blue that really pops in the sunlight.
I'm not on board with the Navy boat gray color as I have flashbacks to when I was a kid driving gray primer beaters...now it just looks like someone got the brilliant idea to spay some clear over gray primer.

[luzl78]

Originally Posted by L_e_e

All of my previous trucks have been either black or silver, my latest Ford is Antimatter Blue, it's a great looking very dark blue that really pops in the sunlight.
I'm not on board with the Navy boat gray color as I have flashbacks to when I was a kid driving gray primer beaters...now it just looks like someone got the brilliant idea to spay some clear over gray primer.

Love the antimatter blue ford color. Most of my trucks are painted ford 7n which is dark shadow blue metallic, although most of my trucks are internationals. The colors are close but the antimatter blue is darker.

[1967 4K]

When I worked as an Industrial Services Contractor we called that plain gray, Machine Tool Gray. To me it’s spot on this new flat plain gray.

[bobbezss]

First time I saw one I asked why would you want to paint your car in the same color the Navy uses for its fleet vehicles and ships? Dumbfounded.

[GearheadSS]

Originally Posted by Bill Pritchard

When did various shades of 'Battleship Gray' become a desirable color for new vehicles? Leaves me cold.

I have no idea. I do think these battleship grays look OK on some vehicles that have black accents to offset the gray. In most cases though, I just see primer gray.

I had a 2022 ZR2 that was Sand Dune Metallic, which is similar to these grays in that it had no depth and most of the time, the metallic wasn't noticeable, but I loved that color on that truck.