# What color is your car?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-your-car/391272>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 7, 2007, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-your-car/391272 "2007-02-07T21:47:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![El\_Perro\_Fumando](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e9c0ed/32.png) [@El\_Perro\_Fumando](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Perro_Fumando)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2007, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-your-car/391272/81 "2007-02-11T13:57:52Z")

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My 99 Olds Cutlass is brown. No wait, it’s “Bronze Mist Metallic”.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2007, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-your-car/391272/82 "2007-02-11T14:04:35Z")

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[QUOTE=Robot Arm]  
Don’t be dissin’ the BRG, now. It’s official use dates back at least to the 1920’s. You could learn something from **blondebear**.  
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[British Racing Green](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_racing_green).

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**Author:** ![SkeptiJess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SkeptiJess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkeptiJess)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2007, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-your-car/391272/83 "2007-02-11T15:16:58Z")

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I would call it cream-colored. Chrysler calls it “Cool Vanilla.” I added the [red flames and wheels](http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k54/TamJamB/car.jpg) myself.

My husband’s Passatt is medium-grey, which Volkswagon calls Silverstone.

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