Vehicle Colors, or Lack Thereof

[Headsong]

Famous sailboat designer Nathanael Herreshoff once said “There are only two colors to paint a boat, black or white, and only a fool would paint a boat black.”

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[Beach_Bum]

“ Tis lame” ……..but fear not, the Bronco brain trust at Ford will come up with some pathetic new trim concept.

Stellantis says hold my beer. They just released their latest Smoky Mountain Edition at Jeep Invasion. It's a black Willys Jeep with a hood decal.

 

[Beach_Bum]

Oddly enough, wehn I bought the Focus used, I really wanted a Silver or Black one, the yellow was the nicest I found and it was close by. I grew to like it and like you, don't really care what others think, I just buy what I like and in the case of the Focus, I really wanted an SVT, not a yellow car. On my Bronco, I really wanted the Rapid Red metallic, Ford discontinued that color in 2023 so I went with the Hot Pepper Red which originaly In wasn't crazy about but have grown to really like.

Rapid Red was only for MY'21.

 

[Headsong]

Circular arguments. The car companies tell us no one wants colors. People, of course, can't buy colors. Go figure.

As much as I can't stand Jeep or whomever they are....have you seen their colors!!!!???? They're not scared. . .

 

[BroncoChallenger]

This is the psychology part I find interesting. I guess I’ve never been someone who cares about comments or complements on a car. I’ve always just considered my vehicle a tool that helps me get stuff done. Ironically, tools are all neon colors now!

This is pretty much what it boils down to - many customers don't really care what color the vehicle is, as long as it meets their needs. Many don't even care what it LOOKS like as long as it has the things they want/need.

Personally, I gravitate toward the darker end of the color spectrum. Dark green, black, dark gray, maroon, dark blue, and a purple.

It is nice to get a compliment on them though. I got the most compliments on my Power Wagon. All black with the black lettering in 2017 was understated, but MAN did it look SHARP, and MEAN, when it was clean.

 

[Pipper99]

That
Then vs now
AI generated and/or Colorized picture.

Think back, think clearly, with no bias.
Think of the standard, not the anomaly.
Not the one year +Plum Crazy, not Hugger Orange...

Colors haven't changed much.

LOL I remember very clearly, thanks for the lecture.

 

[ducksface]

LOL I remember very clearly, thanks for the lecture.

Yup.
Just wild colors. Like that vw colorized European ai pic

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