i understand it's subjective, but how in the world do some color combinations become iconic? red & maroon is the focus of my concern. all kinds of beautiful cars are adorned with this combination and it absolutely makes me cringe. sometimes shudder. what am i not understanding?
Have you been to a new car dealership lately? It’s row after row of white, grey and black. That makes me cringe. Personally I like Royal Maroon but favourite is probably Washington Blue.
It’s all subjective. An ass for every seat. You know the drill. Maybe you color blind?? My earlier build is a dark blue with grey interior. The newest one I’m finishing up is royal maroon and camel interior. Whatever rings your bell
True that '55 pic would benefit from any thing different. I have had Black, White, Silver, Gold, Dark Blue, Light Blue, Light Green, Dark Green, Orange, Maroon, Red. Now I find My wife won't let me have Yellow. I'm happy today with blue, but hope tomorrow brings green.
Few if us can afford those cars painted that combo. that’s ok I still dig em 2nd time in a few months the red/maroon subject came up. At least it ain’t an oil or young people suck thread. Nice change
Red or Maroon but not red and maroon combined. I'm going to say that some cringe worthy color combos come because the person who chose them was somewhat color blind. I was driving down the street in Waco with my buddy with me back in the 70's and he spots a great looking car and asks if it is brown or green. First time that I figured out that he was color blind on certain colors. All too many new car buyers buy a car with about the same amount of emotion that you have when you buy a new fridge. Price point and certain accessories are their only concerns. I've got one of those Gray/silver sedans from the early 2000s that is my wife's car and it is just a little silver round roof four door sedan that we have both walked right past in parking lots way too many times. We have called it stealth car since we have owned it since you can drive it and not be noticed at all. \New car paint wise it might depend on what lot you are on you can go on the Toyota truck lot or the Jeep lot and find a lot of colors that would look great on traditional hot rods. Still when it comes to color combos on older rods or customs a lot of the time I have to believe that the painter or owner was more interested in how wild it looks or how much attention it draws rather than how fantastic it looks.
My only comment would be that choice of color(s) can absolutely make or break the visual appeal of any car.
Maybe I’m weird but color means almost nothing to me. It can be the most hideous or ridiculous color combination, as long as it’s got the right stance and wheel/tire combo, I’m good.
I never cared for the pastel colors that were very popular at one time. Going to a car show or cruise in was like seeing a basket dyed Easter eggs. To each his own the only one that has to be happy is the owner.
The Ford Crestliners were tu-tone with the other color always black. Terrible combination. Most colors look good with white as the second color
My sedanette is OEM 2-tone, friend's convertible is Candy apple red, not OEM red. Convertible was a parts car (R) previously owned by Denise Sheldon (hotrodladycruiser).
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