I had arranged the order of the colors based on my non-systematic observations in the Toronto area but the list rearranged the colors by number and then alphabetically. Here’s my order:
White
Silver
Black
Grey
Red
Bronze
Blue
Green
Brown
Yellow
Orange
Pink
Other
Also, I’m guessing that dopers with unusual colors are more likely to respond to the poll.
Probably goes without saying but I’ll say it anyway:
If you have more than one vehicle, pick the one that you use the most often. Only one choice in the poll.
Please provide details in your post e.g. bright dark blue or silvery pale blue.
All of my cars for the past 20 years have been either silver or dark grey but I would like my next one to be dark red.
I know you have “other,” but I’m surprised you don’t have “gold” ahead of pink and orange. (That might be classifed as “natural” under @kenobi_65’s chart.) I’m lucky if I see a pink car once a month, but I’m pretty sure I see a gold one every day. My last car was gold. My current one is silver. My preference would have been to get a kind of darker red but the car on the lot that I wanted was boring silver, so I went with the silver. My wife’s is white, yet another non-color I’m not particularly fond of. I feel like growing up in the 80s, there was more variety of colors in the 70s and 80s vehicles on the road, but perhaps I’m only remembering the colorful cars. I just hate the monotone-ness of today’s traffic.
Hmm… beige, sand. I just looked at the nationwide rankings and was surprised to see that tan/beige/sand is now very uncommon. When we bought the car in 2004 it seemed completely mainstream and boring.
(I’m not sure what color “bronze” is in the OP’s poll.)
My Sonata is blue. FCD’s caddy is black. Our pickup is white. But I voted blue because I’m active here and he isn’t!
In the past, we’ve had brown, 4 different greens, three reds, silver, 2-tone blue, white, black, burgundy, gray, 2 different blues… yeah, we’ve owned a lot of vehicles in the last 37 years.
Pulykamell
I’m surprised you don’t have “gold” ahead of pink and orange.
I think I was including it in “bronze”. Strange, too, because goldish silver (or silvery gold) was the color of my car 20 years ago and I agree with you: it is more popular than pink or orange.
Black. All other colors except white I believe costed extra. No way. Since 2005.
Before: white (ugh!), light blue (boring), dark blue (that was nice). But those were already like that, I bought them second hand. And a black motorcycle with two thin white stripes (BMW R100R, 1994)). And a red one before, with a white swoosh (Yamaha SR500, 1988).
Mhhh…, that is less vehicles than I thought. Am I missing some? I believe not. Strange. And half of them bought new?
Ah – yeah, I could lop that into “bronze.” I must have glossed over it looking for “gold” or even “beige.” My gold car I would describe more of as a warm silver or halfway between gold and silver, but definitely not plain silver. I believe the color name on the vehicle papers was “gold,” though. In some light it looked more silverish if you didn’t have a color reference. In others, more gold.
I’ve noticed that most manufacturers offer a number of different silver/gold/pewter shadings. My suspicion is that the PPG report I quoted above lumps most of them in with “silver.”
I’ve also read that part of the reason why the “boring” colors (white, black, gray, silver) are so popular now is the belief that a non-standard color can negatively affect your resale price.
Mine is silver and it’s my second silver car in a row. Prior to that I had red, blue, green, blue and two differently blue race cars. But, after the “catch me red” car (which was bought used), I went low key. I’d love to have a copper, lime green, or a Hello Kitty pink car but my budget doesn’t stretch to that. It won’t happen unless I win the lottery.
