# What is the color of your vehicle? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 5, 2021, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-color-of-your-vehicle/941480 "2021-05-05T20:58:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-color-of-your-vehicle/941480/61 "2021-05-06T15:53:27Z")
I drive a Subaru Crosstrek. It’s official color name is Desert Khaki. It looks like a greenish tan. It I don’t like to get the same color over and over again. I think I’ve only had 2 cars that were the same color which was white. I’ve had dark green, red, dark blue, silver/gray, burgundy, and medium blue. I’d like to see a deep turquoise color come out. I love seeing and buying new colors. ---
**Author:** ![Tired\_and\_Cranky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@Tired\_and\_Cranky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tired_and_Cranky)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-color-of-your-vehicle/941480/62 "2021-05-06T16:11:00Z")
Blue. Every new car I’ve bought has been some color. I’ve had to settle for monochrome on too many used cars because that seems to be ~70% of the market. ---
**Author:** ![The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-color-of-your-vehicle/941480/63 "2021-05-06T16:40:13Z")
The color is called “[mojito](https://www.google.com/search?q=mojito+jeep&rlz=1C1GCEA_enUS884US884&sxsrf=ALeKk01CDwCUiDryk2sHTN4IDapKgLLCOw:1620319151571&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwivuc6bv7XwAhWQK80KHZb-BRYQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=1920&bih=937)” ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-color-of-your-vehicle/941480/64 "2021-05-06T16:59:01Z")
“Crystal Soul Red”, which is a color Mazda will charge you an extra $500 for. It was also the only “non-boring” color they were offering at the time, although I think they also have a shade of blue available now too. But I actually get people coming up to me in parking lots to compliment the color. Since it’s a Miata a lot of people will come up to talk to me about the car itself, but I actually get quite a few people who just like the color. > [@kenobi\_65](#): > > 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. The New York Times recently had an article about that recently. It’s apparently rather dependent on the type of vehicle. A red Miata will have a higher resale value than a grey one, I assume because people buying a sports car want an exciting color, while more utilitarian vehicles do better in “boring” colors. But oddly yellow actually has the highest resale value overall, not because it’s popular, but because the small subset of people who actually want yellow will pay for it apparently. According to the article white/grey/silver only produces a middle of the road resale value. > **[Beige on an S.U.V. Will Cost You, but for Pickups It’s Golden (Published 2021)](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/25/business/car-paint-job-resale-value.html)** > > The paint job on your car is crucial to its resale value. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-color-of-your-vehicle/941480/65 "2021-05-06T17:19:31Z")
Navy Blue Metallic Pontiac Trans Am. ---
**Author:** ![Brayne\_Ded](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Brayne\_Ded](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brayne_Ded)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-color-of-your-vehicle/941480/66 "2021-05-06T18:05:53Z")
> [@Paxx](#): > > 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. My second car was dark red. I have been told that dark red is a relatively soft paint, and it did seem to be damaged easily. For the record, these are the colors I have had Dark brown (partly faded) Dark red White Black Silver metallic Dark blue metallic All but the last were secondhand, and I had no choice concerning the color. I sometimes wonder if 80% of the cars in Japan are white. They were, when I was there 25 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-color-of-your-vehicle/941480/67 "2021-05-06T19:07:08Z")
> [@Brayne\_Ded](#): > > I sometimes wonder if 80% of the cars in Japan are white. They were, when I was there 25 years ago. I just did some Google street viewing in Osaka and it does seem like more than half are white, and most of the rest are black. The only colored vehicles I saw were commercial ones. ---
**Author:** ![Paxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/50afbb/32.png) [@Paxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paxx)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-color-of-your-vehicle/941480/68 "2021-05-06T19:10:59Z")
> Thudlow\_Boink > Does Maroon count as Red? It’s not what I’d picture if you told me that a car was red, but it’s the closest of the options you’ve given. I agree. Maroon is not what I think of as red, even though it could be described as brownish red. Or it could be brownish purple. Same with burgundy, Ron or otherwise ... ---
**Author:** ![Paxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/50afbb/32.png) [@Paxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paxx)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-color-of-your-vehicle/941480/69 "2021-05-06T19:20:49Z")
> WildaBeast > “Crystal Soul Red”, which is a color Mazda will charge you an extra $500 for. It was also the only “non-boring” color they were offering at the time It's what I call Mazda Red. It's beautiful and unique. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-color-of-your-vehicle/941480/70 "2021-05-06T19:31:57Z")
So what happen to Green as a fairly common car color? I always liked a nice green but it seems like the color has mostly disappeared. I’ve had Brown, Black, Magenta, White, Beige/Harvest Gold, Blue & Red. In the 70s it seems like greens were fairly common. My very first car started as a deep red. _The color in the middle of the door shown below._ By the time I got it, it was dark grey with crappy pinstripes. [https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/images/cuda-sample-side-1588953817.jpg?resize=768:](https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/images/cuda-sample-side-1588953817.jpg?resize=768:)\* Mine was the Slant 6 ☹ , not the Hemi Cuda. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-color-of-your-vehicle/941480/71 "2021-05-06T19:37:44Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > In the 70s it seems like greens were fairly common. They absolutely were. Our neighbors in the '70s always bought green cars (a series of unremarkable American-made sedans). More recently, we had a green Subaru Outback, though that was a '97. I suspect that, outside of the “big six” colors (white, black, gray, silver, blue, red), green (like yellow) is probably more limited now to either sportier cars, or cars with a younger target audience, and is now rare-to-nonexistant in sedans and SUVs, which is most of the market. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-color-of-your-vehicle/941480/72 "2021-05-06T19:39:21Z")
My current car is _Pewter_. I once had a car that was _Calypso_. Guess what color my car was when I joined the board?.. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-color-of-your-vehicle/941480/73 "2021-05-06T19:41:23Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > More recently, we had a green Subaru Outback, though that was a '97. As car color trends go, it seems like green went through another period of popularity in the 1990s, specifically the darker “hunter green” or “forest green”. My old Saturn was that shade of dark green, and I agree it was a nice looking color. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-color-of-your-vehicle/941480/74 "2021-05-06T19:41:52Z")
Urban Titanium. It’s a darkish grey that almost looks like chocolate in bright sun. No exciting colors available when I bought it. I’ve had cream colored (family car I drove), blue, teal, red and blue again. I like colors. White cars look like refrigerators on wheels. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-color-of-your-vehicle/941480/75 "2021-05-06T20:10:13Z")
> [@Paxx](#): > > It’s what I call Mazda Red. It’s beautiful and unique. And I have to admit when I first learned they charged extra for that color I cynically assumed it was simply “because they can” (Although I did pay it). But I later learned that color does actually require a special painting process, so I guess I have to concede that they are probably justified in charging more for it. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-color-of-your-vehicle/941480/76 "2021-05-06T23:14:15Z")
Hot pepper red, although it’s more orange. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-color-of-your-vehicle/941480/77 "2021-05-06T23:31:57Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Point is, either way, you open the frickin’ door or windows and let it air out quickly to ambient then kick in your AC One of the tricks I learned is to have a sunroof. Crack it open and the heat build-up inside won’t be so bad. Also, a sunroof actually can help protect the occupants in a rollover situation because the roof is less likely to cave in due to weight distribution. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2021, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-color-of-your-vehicle/941480/78 "2021-05-07T02:24:38Z")
I’ve explained my attitude pretty thoroughly and if you want to hate on people I’ll have to leave that to you. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2021, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-color-of-your-vehicle/941480/79 "2021-05-07T02:25:36Z")
OMG you are actually going to attempt to argue that black doesn’t get hotter than white in the sun? This should be entertaining. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2021, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-color-of-your-vehicle/941480/80 "2021-05-07T03:19:22Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > > [@What\_Exit](#): > > > > In the 70s it seems like greens were fairly common. > > They absolutely were. Our neighbors in the '70s always bought green cars (a series of unremarkable American-made sedans). They were. My older brother, who had preferred exotic sports cars when he was younger, got a green American sedan after he got married and settled down in suburbia in the late 60s or early 70s. There was also a lot more green on the road back then due to the vast fleet of Bell Telephone vehicles, all of which were green as in the pic below. That particular truck is vintage 1957, but I think the green livery persisted well into the 70s and maybe even 80s. It seems like a pleasant restful colour and it’s a mystery why it’s become so unpopular. [![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ec/ca/80/ecca80448449504f3947eab4d2377dff.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ec/ca/80/ecca80448449504f3947eab4d2377dff.jpg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-color-of-your-vehicle/941480.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-color-of-your-vehicle/941480.md?page=5)