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I miss the yellows, oranges and greens from the 70s

JKCalhoun 6y ago
Agree. Car colors went to shit after the 70's. I blame Mercedes for making all cars silver. Silver became the color of luxury. People play it too safe these days. They buy safe colored cars. Don't want to stand out, worried about resale... I was told by a friend, "Hey, silver doesn't show dirt as well." Is that the motivation for choosing the color of a car today? Man, what happened to being expressive, what happened to art? Then there was that whole decade of metallic... [What? No, I'm not mad. I'm on a rant though. Car colors have always just... Can I get back to you?] There were cars that I could only describe as Metallic Puke. Or Metallic Putty. Remember that decade? Christ! I want Kermit the Frog green. I want Candy Apple Red. Not this muted metallic rust crap they call red. I want my muscle-car colors. And, hey, what is it with the popularity of the "new" muscle cars but they flinch when it comes to colors? Or chrome bumpers for that matter.
- function_seven 6y ago
  Hear, hear. There's one current color that catches my eye every time I see it. Mazda's "Soul Red Crystal" (had to look that up just now. I just know it as "that crazy highlight-y red") It's insane to me how much it shimmers and varies depending on how the light hits it. I want more car companies to do this in more hues. https://insidemazda.mazdausa.com/the-mazda-way/design/soul-red-crystal/ https://insidemazda.mazdausa.com/the-mazda-way/design/soul-r...
- hef19898 6y ago
  Peugeot has some nice special colours. They had some nice red a couple of years ago. They had a red/black paint scheme for their GTi models. And a special blue (or was it a goldish yellow?) for their 208 EV. Not that a lot of people buy them, so... Which is a shame if you ask me. Heck, even Jaguar got rid of British Racing Green from their standard catalogue last time I checked...
  - wott 6y ago
    > Peugeot has some nice special colours. [...] Not that a lot of people buy them, so... Oh, on their catalogues, car manufacturers do still present various colours in general. However, once you get to their seller, he always announces large delays for coloured ones, while "you can get the grey/black/white tomorrow." They twist the buyer's arm this way.
    - hef19898 6y ago
      So true!
- nottorp 6y ago
  > I was told by a friend, "Hey, silver doesn't show dirt as well." I've had a green-ish brown car. It was exactly the colour of dried mud. I just had to remember not to lean on it :) But yeah. Go to Toyota. Look for a colour. You won't find any. Even what's labeled as a colour is so washed out it may as well be gray.

Agree. Car colors went to shit after the 70's. I blame Mercedes for making all cars silver. Silver became the color of luxury. People play it too safe these days. They buy safe colored cars. Don't want to stand out, worried about resale... I was told by a friend, "Hey, silver doesn't show dirt as well." Is that the motivation for choosing the color of a car today? Man, what happened to being expressive, what happened to art? Then there was that whole decade of metallic... [What? No, I'm not mad. I'm on a rant though. Car colors have always just... Can I get back to you?] There were cars that I could only describe as Metallic Puke. Or Metallic Putty. Remember that decade? Christ! I want Kermit the Frog green. I want Candy Apple Red. Not this muted metallic rust crap they call red. I want my muscle-car colors. And, hey, what is it with the popularity of the "new" muscle cars but they flinch when it comes to colors? Or chrome bumpers for that matter.

function_seven 6y ago
Hear, hear. There's one current color that catches my eye every time I see it. Mazda's "Soul Red Crystal" (had to look that up just now. I just know it as "that crazy highlight-y red") It's insane to me how much it shimmers and varies depending on how the light hits it. I want more car companies to do this in more hues. https://insidemazda.mazdausa.com/the-mazda-way/design/soul-red-crystal/ https://insidemazda.mazdausa.com/the-mazda-way/design/soul-r...
hef19898 6y ago
Peugeot has some nice special colours. They had some nice red a couple of years ago. They had a red/black paint scheme for their GTi models. And a special blue (or was it a goldish yellow?) for their 208 EV. Not that a lot of people buy them, so... Which is a shame if you ask me. Heck, even Jaguar got rid of British Racing Green from their standard catalogue last time I checked...
- wott 6y ago
  > Peugeot has some nice special colours. [...] Not that a lot of people buy them, so... Oh, on their catalogues, car manufacturers do still present various colours in general. However, once you get to their seller, he always announces large delays for coloured ones, while "you can get the grey/black/white tomorrow." They twist the buyer's arm this way.
  - hef19898 6y ago
    So true!
nottorp 6y ago
> I was told by a friend, "Hey, silver doesn't show dirt as well." I've had a green-ish brown car. It was exactly the colour of dried mud. I just had to remember not to lean on it :) But yeah. Go to Toyota. Look for a colour. You won't find any. Even what's labeled as a colour is so washed out it may as well be gray.