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).
How about Mandurian Maroon and Hugger orange, I almost always paint me wheels Hugger Orange so that's the color combo on my 30 Sport Coupe.
I never forgot about the coral and grey 55 Chevy down the street from us in the late fifties. I loved that color combo. Another unforgettable 55 Chevy color combo:
Hello, The colors on most of the cars we, as teenagers owned were white, black or a combo B/W. The random colors were the stock two tone Chevy colors blue/white, white/turquoise green and barely any red colors from the factory. One stock 56 Chevy was originally white, but got painted a silver to look racy and match his chrome wheels better. One 54 Chevy hardtop was originally a blue/white two tone and he had it painted a midrange one color, green/silver mix. But, if one looked at the line of cars in front of the high school, 90% were one color and most were white or black. (come to think about it comparing it to a standard parking lot these days, in grocery stores, hardware stores, etc… it still is black or white as the most chosen color. Perhaps due to no cost standard color choice for all models…) Since most teenagers could not order new cars, they relied on buying friend’s cars as those folks moved on to different cars or trucks/vans. Although red is a popular color, my flathead sedan delivery was the closest thing to red as any of the cars in our group. But, it was called “salmon pink,” by all teenagers, due to the midnight paint job done by the original owner. Fumes, late night, car port, poor lighting in the shop mixing paint area. Jnaki If one thinks about sitting down with a salesman for selecting a new car, the paint schemes are black or white as a standard color with no extra charge in most brands. The reds, blues, greens, and metallic colors all have a slight higher charge. So, there is that… Note: Wait, what about black? Black makes all cars, old/new look rather cool. But the maintenance on black paint daily, is a big problem and constant reminder that your car is dirty. Wash it with spray wash, by the time your car is ready to leave for work the next day, it has a fine coat of dust on it. Luckily, black is good from a far distance and we are not in a daily car show with minus points for dusty or needs a car wash, display… YRMV It was/is hard to argue with a new black color for a daily driver’s smile on his face… New car, 280 hp, stick shift, and a 4:11 Positraction rear gear set up. The color just added to the "fast car" aura...
I'm too careless with wrenches and screwdrivers and such to paint anything nice. It would just all get scratched up and look terrible anyway. Lynn
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