Why does everyone like 'bland' coloured cars?

[pottery beige]

matte brown.. or satin brown???

[pauljh74]

Originally Posted by Nikked

Brown?

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Matches the colour of your undies after unleashing that V12

Having bought solely 2nd hand cars, I buy on price and condition first, then colour. First car was an XE in "caramel". The paint was in good nick and so was the car. Second was the EL, Hot Chilli Red. As of last week, I've changed camps and got a 2008 Mazda 3 SP23 in Metallic Blue. Very happy with the colour, as well as the price and condition. I almost went for a white one as the paint looked very good in the photos and the price was right. But it had been snapped up when I called.

I would have taken silver, carbon grey among others, but not red or black. Red has a tendency to fade faster I have discovered, so isn't a good long term option and black looks great..... when it is clean and shiny, once you get some stone chips and marks in a few years, and the paint ages a little, it isn't such a good choice. To add is reduced visibility of you by other drivers and greater heat absorption in warmer weather. The beige in the Mazda is like a silver with a hint of brown - a so so colour, not as bad as the image that "beige" conjures, but that example was only $1000 less and 2 years older than what I got.

[tex]

Originally Posted by pottery beige

matte brown.. or satin brown???

Not sure.

How 'bout

TOUGH brown...

[Nikked]

Originally Posted by pottery beige

matte brown.. or satin brown???

Seems more a satin...


suits it, actuallly...

[H.G]

I see that lambo and straight away think of Chocolate Eclair lolllies.

[Ben73]

Does white really stay clean? I hired a white mustang and after a week of driving around LA and Vegas it looks filthy.

Surely silver is the easiest colour to keep clean. My girlfriend has had a silver car for over 2 years. It's been washed twice and still look pretty clean all the time.

[DJM83]

My car stays clean, little bit of dust but that's it. That said it never sees dirt or mud.

[superyob]

Vermillion Fire - best colour ever!! Colours over the past 25 years have tended to be bland unless on a high performance model.

[aussie muscle]

Originally Posted by Adrenaline

Ahh, young blokes. When you need to be seen, only the brightest colours will do. If it's grey, it's gay. Silver is bland. White belongs on fridges and delivery trucks.

i was a young boy in the 1970s, when HOT colours came from the FACTORY! Vermillion, Purr-Pull, Tor-red. There's a reason they call them High-Impact-Colors

I also like Dukes of Hazzard, so it's no coincidence my Falcon is Octane.

[H.G]

fancy colours are probably ok on a vehicle that lives its life in a shed.. but if your car doesn't have that luxury the sensible way to go is the *bland* colours... they are lot more durable.
unless you like the look of a faded highlighter that is..

[SVR73]

Originally Posted by Mr. Grinzy

Hi everyone!
Don't want to start a war by asking this, but why do so many of you love silver, grey, an black cars?

To me, these colours just look like the road, and blend in, and are just a bit, well, bland! I notice that so many of you out there really like these colours. Comments like "I'd love one in Ego!" and all the rest.

For example a couple of my personal favourite cars on the forums, Linz's BFIII wagon and Dhru's FAWD BFII. Both are Ego! I love the cars and these guys do a fantastic job with them. But I really think that both cars would look better in a different colour!

White could be called boring and bland too, but I actually do really like white. When it's clean it looks very clean and light, doesnt blend in so it can look really good (especially on an overcast day). Looks best though with red mud splattered down the sides! May be slightly biased with our cars being white too..


I'd always pick colours like Seduce and Breeze or Kinetic, or an orange or some kind of blue... anything but silvers greys and blacks! I just don't see why they appeal really.

Maybe it's just me? I already know I'm pretty strange for much preferring cars with mudflaps in almost any case, and sedans with spoilers rather than without!

Look forward to readin some reasons!

I agree with you. look at all the cars in shopping centre car parks. silver, white, grey and very little of much else

My favourite colours are galaxy blue, vixen red, cobalt blue, seduced, breeze, burnt orange, acid rush, old XA-XC falcon yellow, plum crazy, volcano orange (MG F) and the really rich reds. colours like that

black will always be awesome and some white is good.

[MrZ]

Never liked silver or owned a silver car. I agree with you that white is a great colour - my current car is white (flat, not pearl), and always looks great. At night, especially, white really reflects light like no other colour and stands out.

As for black, well, I agree that it has become too common these days, and therefore boring, but this wasn't always the case. My first car back in 2000 was black, and back then, black was a *very* rare colour on Australian roads, as most cars were not even available to buy in black. My car was an SUV and looked great in that colour.

[duaned]

Originally Posted by Burnout

Winter White is..... just right!

Pfft, that's a fridge on wheels!
Just read a Wiki that states Black is not a colour at all. No photons of light. So when you purchase a new car it should be stated that, What colour would you like sir/madam? Or would you like black?

[GasoLane]

Originally Posted by Mr Hardware

Why the hell would you have some boring silvery grey when you could have Breeze???????

They had to call it something.

If they called it Turquoise no one would touch it

[mrghia]

hmmm sounds like bright colours are not the in thing at the moment maybe i shouldn't of sprayed my XD in bionic blue..

[Ben73]

Originally Posted by MrZ

As for black, well, I agree that it has become too common these days, and therefore boring, but this wasn't always the case. My first car back in 2000 was black, and back then, black was a *very* rare colour on Australian roads, as most cars were not even available to buy in black. My car was an SUV and looked great in that colour.

I wish black was a rare colour again. I used to own a Black SUV too and it looked great.
Black is the best car colour car by far. I love it.

By colour, I mean lack thereof, Duaned

[Sprint]

I hate my shockwave car, i want to paint it and have a black car again.

Stupid new id stickers makes that difficult :/

[MrZ]

My current car was only available in a choice of 5 colours, so it's not that I "like" bland colours per se, it's just that out of those 5, white was the best. The others were black, silver, dark grey, and maroon.

[Full Noise]

Originally Posted by pottery beige

heres some bland colours...

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How can this be bland?

I’m planning of having my GT 40 this colour combination because I want it to hit people in the face like a baseball bat at a set of traffic lights in Dandenong.

[Nikked]

Originally Posted by duaned

Just read a Wiki that states Black is not a colour at all. No photons of light. So when you purchase a new car it should be stated that, What colour would you like sir/madam? Or would you like black?

White = Refelection of all light rays

Black = Absorbstion of all light rays.


These are the reasons why the two are often not called colours. But, in the automotive world, the colours arn't in a pure state, with either being made up of many pigments (ie, not just a white or black pigment).

[Sprint]

white= absence of all colours
black=collection of every colour

also known as neutrals

[MAGPIE]

I choose the colour that I think suits the particular car...

MY05 WRX had to be World Rally Blue

BF XR8 was Black

11 Mustang, was waiting for a Black or Race Red, but also considered Grabber Blue. Mustang and red just go together.

[aussie muscle]

Originally Posted by Nikked

Brown?

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Chocolate!

In the 90s i rang Ford to get the colour name of my brother's XD (wagon+351=sleeper) from the tag code. i described it as 'brown' to which the operator said, Ford doesn't have any browns! (the colour was called something red)

Originally Posted by Full Noise

I’m planning of having my GT 40 this colour combination because I want it to hit people in the face like a baseball bat at a set of traffic lights in Dandenong.

now you're talking!

[pottery beige]

Originally Posted by Full Noise

How can this be bland?

I’m planning of having my GT 40 this colour combination because I want it to hit people in the face like a baseball bat at a set of traffic lights in Dandenong.

engine bay shot for you bud... sleeper val ftw...

[OffRoadFalcon]

Well, loads of good points to my question.

After looking around I see how these colours can look good. I personally still love eye catching colours. Though there are lots of the others that I like. Still like white on the right cars.

[GREGL]

White is the easier colour to sell down the track. It isn't a colour that kills a sale., most people will consider a car in white because they can live with it. When I bought my rapid yellow ute it was not by choice it was the best I could find at the time for the price. Oww all that yellow (hardlid and all) was to much. A polished alloy tray fixed that.
I personally love breeze in the later fords but like all the brighter colours in the falcon range it is personal taste. The brother in law put forward a very valid point being a biker he loves it, he can see it in any weather unlike the greys/silvers.
Hate to bring it up but around brissy there seems to be a lot of black cars ( SUVS worst ) that drive on near dark with no lights. Everyone else has them on. Is this a prerequisite of owning a black car you are in stealth mode all the time?

[OffRoadFalcon]

Originally Posted by GREGL

White is the easier colour to sell down the track. It isn't a colour that kills a sale., most people will consider a car in white because they can live with it. When I bought my rapid yellow ute it was not by choice it was the best I could find at the time for the price. Oww all that yellow (hardlid and all) was to much. A polished alloy tray fixed that.
I personally love breeze in the later fords but like all the brighter colours in the falcon range it is personal taste. The brother in law put forward a very valid point being a biker he loves it, he can see it in any weather unlike the greys/silvers.
Hate to bring it up but around brissy there seems to be a lot of black cars ( SUVS worst ) that drive on near dark with no lights. Everyone else has them on. Is this a prerequisite of owning a black car you are in stealth mode all the time?

Speakin' of Breeze, that's got to be the best colour I've seen on probably any factory car. Saw a Breeze BFII SR sedan today, just looks gorgeous!
Could never get sick of that one.

[madwag]

Originally Posted by Mr. Grinzy

Speakin' of Breeze, that's got to be the best colour I've seen on probably any factory car. Saw a Breeze BFII SR sedan today, just looks gorgeous!
Could never get sick of that one.

What ever happened to that breeze wagon? I was enjoying that build.

[The G6ET Spot]

Although Silver may be classed as bland by some people, it is an easy colour to keep clean.

My last three cars have all been totally different colours in a big way

From this



To this



Then onto this

[SteveJH]

Originally Posted by Full Noise

How can this be bland?

I’m planning of having my GT 40 this colour combination because I want it to hit people in the face like a baseball bat at a set of traffic lights in Dandenong.

Did you just say GT40??