Pinstripe color advice

let me hear what colors you guys would stripe my car with. I have my own ideas but want to hear some of yours. I have lowered the assend 2" (what a difference!) and put baby moons on the wheels so you can still see a lot of black on the wheels which I think tames down the green paint a little. I just want some subtle striping on the front nose of the car and the trunk. Looking for a classic color combo but something interesting also. Interior dash is ivory.

thanks fellas!!!
josh

 

ivory would look good on outside

 

wish i could see the pics.... i'd say from what i can gather, ivory and a lighter (or darker) shade of green. two colors, keep it simple and classy.

 

I would go with a shade or two lighter green and roof color. You could use one color or both.

 

Back in the day, white would have been the natural choice, mostly because it was a standard color. But with the colors available now, I'd say ivory paired that with a lighter, (not brighter) green, like maybe blue-green or med. gray for a more subtle look.

I had a guy 'quiz' me one day as to what would be 'the' color to put on his maroon car. He was an older guy and I think he was nervous about having a younger guy like me striping his car. I gave him white on his car. He seemed impressed and went on to explain to me that would be 'correct' as that was one of the few choices back then. I was just trying to match his white T&R seats. I didn't tell him that though ;-) That still sticks with me. Not really sure how accurate that is, but I always remember it. Face it, they had lots of colors back then; look at the colors available on the early to mid 30's Fords...

Maybe one of the older and more seasoned guys who striped back then will chime in with something.

Vance

 

As much as I like White I am thinking Ivory with a lighter green. I would probably mix something up until I was happy against the green of the car and call it good.

 

personally tan and creme/ivory and add some olive to finish it off, got lots of open canvas there good luck. later

 

I did actually do that with my daily. I wanted ivory and orange, but the orange was too bright on the black and washed out the ivory, (made it look like white). So I mixed down the orange 50/50 with ivory and ran twin thin lines, one ivory and one with the new muted peach color. Looked great and is easy to mix for touch-ups.

Maybe Josh should look at ivory and a 50/50 mix of ivory and Medium Green.

Vance

 

I think if you really want it to look(hesitates),"traditional",then probably and ivory and green would be appropriate.For the green I would use Emerald Green rather than Process Green as the latter has too much of a blue component to it.
What I would like to try on it is Emerald Green and a bit of Bright Red highlighting.I think it would look pretty striking and not glare out as much as the ivory.Just my twopence.

 

Josh, I'm actually going to suggest something different: a light shade of burgundy. I've seen many pinstriping jobs done with the compliment of the base color. In this case, it is a red-violet. Since you want the pinstripe to pop a little, you could take this color and add white to lighten it (a tint is a color with varying amounts of white added). To make it tie in a little better, you could run a second stripe of light green (in essence a tint of your base color) very close to the first stripe.

-Stefan

 

With the beautiful green already there, I think a turquiose or baby blue would contract really well.

 

thanks for all the comments fellas. I am gonna meet with my pintriper on wed. and lay a few colors on the green and see what we come up with.

I like the creme/lighter green combo but I also like the bright red highlighting mentioned above. I will have to see what the colors look like on the car. thanks again and keep em coming!!

oh and good idea on the 50-50 mix of ivory/green to get me to the lighter green color.

josh

 

I think the same Ivory color as the top with a minty green color like you'd see on a fridge from the 50's. Just using that green color for highlights

 

lighter green with white or ivory, or a metallic flake-green with a copper color.

 

For any color questions, I might suggest a cheap paperback book titled ' Designer's Guide to Color' which comes in handy for many aspects of design...the guide will suggest 2-color, 3-color, 4-color, 5-color combination's of colors that work well together. Hot colors, cool colors,art deco colors, colonial colors, Southwest Colors, baby's room colors-you name it they have hundreds of color combinations of colors that harmonize well. You can sometimes find the current edition in the art section of your local bookstore or you can order it from a online retailer for less than $20.

While not an automotive use, one of the most common uses for the book is in planning the color combination of a room in which your 'stuck' with an existing color (such as brick, tile, stone) and you have to try and make the best of your new layout with the existing colors.

 

Agree a half lighter tone green and ivory would be right. Oh, yes gray could be interesting!