# Burnt orange: the "in" color for cars? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 25, 2004, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burnt-orange-the-in-color-for-cars/256843 "2004-07-25T20:56:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burnt-orange-the-in-color-for-cars/256843/21 "2004-07-26T23:29:47Z")
Sundance Gold, AKA Metalic Nuclear Amber is not like Competition Orange or Fusion Orange. [Here](http://www.cardomain.com/member_pages/view_page.pl?page_id=254885&cat=25&val=1) is a picture I found (not our car) that shows the color. My husband actually got a really good deal on it, because that was the only color the dealer had left when he was shopping and he claimed that great domestic discord was going to result if he brought that hideous thing home. Actually, I couldn’t care less; he drives it, not me. And yes, he can’t hide. Although there is another one just like it somewhere not too far away. Our daughter called me one time to ask how dad got all the way to the mall before she did, but he (and his glowing car) were still here. He actually likes it. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burnt-orange-the-in-color-for-cars/256843/22 "2004-07-27T01:34:53Z")
Burnt orange was big back in the muscle car days. An example. [A 1970 Dodge Challenger](http://www.musclecars-and-classics.com/1970_Challenger_1.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burnt-orange-the-in-color-for-cars/256843/23 "2004-07-27T02:31:43Z")
> [@MLS](#): > > Sundance Gold, AKA Metalic Nuclear Amber is not like Competition Orange or Fusion Orange. > > [Here](http://www.cardomain.com/member_pages/view_page.pl?page_id=254885&cat=25&val=1) is a picture I found (not our car) that shows the color. Found [the same color on a '56 Chevy](http://www.hotrodscustomstuff.com/Davids56Chevy-19.html). I was really looking for a bronze-colored '56, didn’t find one but I found a ['57 instead](http://adcache.collectorcartraderonline.com/10/2/4/74179824.htm). Terrible picture though. Now [this](http://www.countryclassiccars.com/Cars/2120_3.jpg) is how to do copper on a car. ---
**Author:** ![Ashkicker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@Ashkicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashkicker)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burnt-orange-the-in-color-for-cars/256843/24 "2004-07-27T03:29:57Z")
I know what color you are talking about and I love it. Yes I would buy a car that color. Call me weirdo I know. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burnt-orange-the-in-color-for-cars/256843/25 "2004-07-27T03:46:53Z")
> [@Ashkicker](#): > > I know what color you are talking about and I love it. Yes I would buy a car that color. Call me weirdo I know. Me too. As long as we mean metalic burnt orange/umber, not flat. Someone who works in the same building as I do has a jeep that color, and it is **sharp**. OTOH, I just like that color in general. That’s why I [made](http://www.geocities.com/simthingdifferent/objects.html) a couch download that color for The Sims. ---
**Author:** ![Politzania](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3ab097/32.png) [@Politzania](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Politzania)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burnt-orange-the-in-color-for-cars/256843/26 "2004-07-27T19:57:54Z")
A neighbor has a [Chevy Avalanche](http://www.chevrolet.com/avalanche/gallery.htm) in Sunburst Orange II Metallic – Here’s a Colorado in [that color](http://www.chevrolet.com/colorado/#top) Yuk. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burnt-orange-the-in-color-for-cars/256843.md?page=1)