My car is a bright yellow Ford Focus Coupe. This has a few specific advantages: 1) When I walk out to the Costco parking lot, I have very little finding my car. 2) When I am coming up behind someone, I'm much more likely to be seen in their mirror. 3) It is much less likely to be stolen. 4) It's cheerful.
Lavonte A often time it’s cause it cost money for a different colors and people would rather spend that money somewhere else rather than a color for your car
Just say "Because it's cheap" already. Gotta love how when they talk about other colors they go for ridiculous colors, nobody is saying that the manufacturers need to make a whole ton of lime green and neon pink and orange cars, no they could just expand their base colors to blue and red and that already would help, there are so many shades that you can get with blue and red that look great and would make the car colors less boring.
Some things not mentioned in this video, in no specific order: 1. Cost: White paint seems to be the cheapest to make, which is why it is often the only colour offered without a surcharge. 2. UV stability: Especially red pigments fade with time in ultraviolet light, this especially for cars that are always parked outside. With UV-protecting clear coat that effect can be slowed, but it adds extra cost. 3. Reflectiveness: A car parked in the sun will heat up more the darker the colour is. White and silver are best because they reflect most radiation. 4. Some colours are commonly associated with specific function. For example in Germany, taxis are light ivory, whereas postal cars are yellow. Private car owners might not want their car to be associated with those functions. 5. Then again, a definite plus of rare colours is immediately recognizing your car from afar in a big crowded parking lot. Personally I really like bright green or dark blue. As a side note may I add as a railfan that until around 1970 at least in continental Europe steam locomotives were generally black, passenger trains dark green, freight trains brown. Which was for practical reasons: Those paints could be reproduced easily, they were very stable (so didn't require frequent repaints) and didn't show the dirt as easily. The railways later generally turned towards "friendlier" colours, and in high speed trains it seems like with aircraft that light grey or white dominates ... whereas many have chosen red for locomotives despite the problems with UV stability. One obvious disadvantage of white by the way: You see dirt very easily. Even silver, due to the way it reflects, tends to hide dirt much better. In winter it is especially bad when you see dirty cars against the white snow, and since there is a lot of dirt in winter, cars are rarely clean around that time.
Meanwhile Malaysia & Singapore are probably unique in having red armoured vehicles & water cannons for riot control, probably as a legacy of British colonialism. As for railways, mainland China has also traditionally painted their cars green, but its HSR trainsets white (except those that serve Hainan island, which are light blue), though its new normal-speed CR2 push-pull (?) intercity trains have reverted to green (for those running domestically, maybe as they're considered slow compared to HSR, while the one exported to Laos is white, probably as CR2 is regarded as a significant upgrade for rail in Laos). Meanwhile Japan has left its commuter trains mostly unpainted silver but its limited-express & _Shinkansen_ trains mostly white, except for newer rolling stock run by JR East, whose colo(u)rs depend on the route they serve e.g. red & beige for the E6 rolling stock that serve the Akita _Shinkansen_ , in reference to the red lanterns featured at a traditional festival in the northern Japan region served by this train service. On the other hand, while Taiwan/ROC's newer intercity rolling stock are mostly white, older ones were mostly beige & orange instead (commuter ones are silver in colo(u)r too, like Japan)
My last three cars were silver. So when I began shopping for my new car, and salesmen asked what I wanted, my first words were “No Silver!” Also no grey, granite or charcoal. I now drive a brand new 2021 Dodge Challenger. The color: Indigo Blue.
I get it. My first car was blue. The second champagne. The last two: gray/silver 😕 I told myself I'd either get red or that rustic orange I've seen. I want something different and it's frustrating to see how much work they put in to not creating anything different.
For those of us who can remember, the car companies in the 60's and 70's offered a wide array of exterior AND interior colors. Nowadays, of course, you have to take what the car companies want to give you. It's not that boring colors are "popular." It's that, if you want a new car, you're forced to buy a car with a boring color that is even styled, more or less, like every other car. Yes, I'm sure that some colors and styles were always more popular than other colors/styles even way back when, but at least the less popular colors/styles were offered to those people who wanted to express themselves - and there were a huge spectrum of styles and car colors out on the road. The same trend has occurred in the new-home industry. Everything must be bland, and the requirement for blandness is built right into the HOA rules, which were written by the builder. In the Phoenix area, for example, it seems that 99% of all new homes must be one of three shades of brown stucco. Even white seems to be no longer an option. If a consumer wants to buy a brand new home, the consumer MUST buy a plain brown cube that looks, more or less, like the cardboard box that a washer or dryer comes in. In the cases of cars and homes, it is merely a lack of artistic design and an overall contempt for consumers.
And not to mention even if a consumer has an option to get a standout color of their choice it can add up to 3 to 5 thousand on msrp which is ripoff for some buyers
@@boraxguy8302 When I was a kid, my nun teachers used to say, "How would you like to live in China where everyone has to dress the same?" I did not notice at the time that all the nuns were dressed alike, all the girl students had the same uniform, and all the male students had dress short-sleeve shirts and clip-on ties. All individuality is being wiped out, I'm afraid. Where I live, all the homes built in the last 30 years must be brown stucco. Miles and miles of nothing but brown sh--- colored cubes that won't show the dirt because they start off that color. And there is little more variety in the cars. No wonder we're all angry as hell! LOL! Who needs "communism" when you have a few big companies in every industry writing all the rules?
Agree 100%. Company executives are risk adverse spreadsheet toting ninnies. They eschew coloring outside the lines and therefor pick boring configurations for their products. The result is people buy what is available and it all becomes a self fulfilling prophesy.
@@tharding2870 It's a horrible trend. Uh, I don't think "capitalism" is supposed to operate this way (at least, that's not what I was brainwashed to believe). It is what it is, I suppose. Not sure consumers have any kind of a choice or power.
@@timward3116Ding Ding Ding you hit the nail on it's head! We are being FORCE FED this crap because we have no CHOICE! This is one of the reasons I'm glad I am "poor", as I was able to score myself a used beautiful 2000 Toyota Camry in GOLD! And it doesn't matter if it doesn't have a blue tooth, I can put that in later! It's so fun and comfortable driving it and it didn't even cost me an arm and a leg! Less than HALF of what a brand new one would cost.
I wanted a Green Outback. On the market, the green was considerably more expensive and rarer to find. I still will buy a green Outback despite it being more expensive, just because I want it to stand out more in a parking lot and I think it matches the outdoorsy characteristics of the vehicle. Normal colors were probably a thousand less, but they just look so dull and uninspired that I couldn't stomach it, even though they were cheaper and more readily available.
When I purchased a car back in 2018 I was determined to buy a red car. I absolutely didn't want white, black, gray or silver. I want a car color that I can find easily in a public parking lot. It took effort, but I got a red Honda Accord Hybrid. In 2019, when my husband's Ford Fusion was totaled, I gave him my red Accord and then embarked to buy a blue Toyota Corolla HB. That was even harder. So much for all the blue Corollas in their sales literature. I wanted the XSE trim and ended up having to drive up to Nashua, NH to get one. I absolutely love my Corolla HB. Recently my son's car was totaled in an accident and he went car shopping. All he could find were black or white cars. He really, really wanted blue. No such luck. He ended up with a white Mazda 3 HB. Maybe if car manufacturers painted more cars red or blue there would be more red or blue cars on the road.
I love the tri-color of my Cadillac XTS. Depending on the time of day, whether being by direct sunlight or at night, my car changes from a metallic bronze to a cream colored car. Som manufacturer's have colors that completely change from purple to aqua, depending if the sun is getting it or not.
They missed one of the biggest reasons. In the 80's and 90's , there were studies out that stated that red cars were #1, for highway patrols to notice for speeding. Black was second. Whites and grays tended to blend in. Especially on the highways of California where they had to actually "clock" you physically . In the 80's , Nevada could sit on the side of the road and use a radar gun. So you allowed a "rabbit" to clear the way , then sped up in their path. But when you passed over to Cali, you had to watch your rearview window, so staying ahead of traffic was a better way to speed. CHP were infamous for using on and off exits to sneak up behind you and "clock" you. Red sports cars were an easy target for them.
GM still does that for some of their more special cars. The Corvette has colors that only are available for 1-2 years such as Lime Rock Green and Shark Gray, www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/2019-2/092319_8b.jpg
I've heard it said that if you buy a car in any color other than black, white or silver, you just threw away $300 of resale value. That said, when I acquired my 2020 Ford Escape, my first color choice was Velocity Blue, a bright blue. The dealer had just sold one in that color the day before and had no others in stock. On to Plan B. I took one in Dark Persian Green. It looks more like a darker, but not Navy, blue. When it's in the sunlight, it looks more blue than green. It is different. It must be popular in this area, since I saw that my dealer had several in stock in that color.
I can speak from the Porsche perspective. Many Porsche buyers particularly in America want something immediately. They also want to be able to flip their cars quickly and with little monetary risk. It’s all economics. Thus, we see significant percentages of white, black and silver variants. Porsche offers Paint To Sample (PTS) colors which can be virtually any color. These PTS cars are more expensive and take more time to produce. Ironically, PTS cars are now becoming more in demand amongst Porsche buyers because they’re NOT white, black or silver. Porsche charges a significant amount of money today for a PTS to do, because they can. They have a very capable paint shop and can truly produce nearly any color. They do extensive testing in advance to ensure that the unique desire is doable. From a mass production perspective, it’s much less expensive to run the same colors through day after day, because the time invoked in prepping their paint robots for a color change can be lessened. Porsche, being essentially a bespoke car producer, continues to offer PTS and even Leather To Sample. Just be sure to bring your checkbook. Even a simple non standard blue or red variant will cost over $10,000. With nearly 60 years behind me in Porsche association, I learned a lot about their unique programs. If you someday are driving along and see a blue turquoise cabriolet with yellow brake calipers go rushing by, it’s me. There are 3 others in the USA with that color now as well. My other Porsche is ruby red, and our Rolls-Royce is a two-tone-just like they used to be done decades ago. Be individual! Be unique!
I think dealers should try pastel colors. They're easy on the eye yet still colorful. I can't stand the dull "greens" and "blues" that are as close to grey and black as possible.
Because these colours look more grown up, bright colours look garish and flashy. Similar trends too in people's homes. People generally like white or creamy colours for their walls and ceilings, white looks really good in a kitchen and goes well with light grey.
People like stealth colors because they don't want the attention. Nobody wants extra attention from Law Enforcement or attention from bad people like sliders and car jackers. Not a mystery.
Car Jacker would have to be pretty dumb to be attracted to a bright coloured car which stood out from the crowd as it would make it easier for Police to spot them and follow them in traffic.
In the 50's and 60's we had factory 2 tone cars for main stream. Go back to your vid. That Pink Caddy was a 2-tone. a dark roof. Others had colored panel areas. This did not include Racing stripes or other Specialty cars
One color that seems to have disappeared from automaker's inventories over the last decade is metallic gold, which I always liked because it's harder to see dirt at a distance.
Do not pick red during the day time unless you wanna get pulled over by the 5-0. Do not pick yellow for the night time, unless you wanna get pulled over by the 5-0. Pick white if you want to be seen either day or night. Pick Black if you don't want to be seen at all. Pick Green if you are naturally vibrant. Pick blue if you feel you need a change in life. Pick Baige if you want to be fashionable while going to Sunday service. Pick orange if you don't think any other colors don't suit you. Pick Purple if you feel Luxury is your thing. Pick Grey if you don't give a dam about Color Pick Candy Apple if you got money Pick Matte if you don't want to see yourself in mirrors Pick Army Green if you like Military stuff Pick a 2 tone system if you are into modded rides Pick vynil if you want to be recognized from a mile away by the hood Pick a Lambo if you wana be famous. This has been proven 10 times over.
My cousin painted his car this kind of chameleon blue, it'll go from like sky blue to like deep blue based on how light hits it. Its not that kind where it changes when water splashes on it. Idk what kind but i need to figure out how he got it done.
I’ve had several colorful cars: a maple leaf yellow Mercedes, a bright orange-red VW Scirocco, a burgundy Volvo, a red Miata, a powder blue Beetle, and a dark green GTI.
White is usually the only color available without extra cost. A few years ago, that was quite different. Standard colors included plain black, red, blue, green, even yellow and orange. Car makers now even begin to market white as a rendy color, just to be able to go for a higher price! Ridiculous!
Let's not kid ourselves, though. People buy cars with boring colors because that's what the dealers stock and people don't want to have to wait a long time for a special-order vehicle. It's easy to say white or silver is "popular" when nothing else is readily available. It's all about turning over those same several square feet of real estate as many times as possible within as short a period as possible.
Trust me, a white car on a hot day is better than a black car on a sunny hot day. Im more of the best practicality/reliability for the low price person when it comes to cars
That's what you are told from sales people, reality is different though. Cars no matter what the colour is, will conduct heat into the cabin. There will be some minor degrees of temperature shift between black and white, that doesn't really mean the white car is safe under the sun. After reaching a certain temperature, it gets hotter inside the cabin evenly.
People FORGET the wondrous color designs of the 1940s and especially the 1950s of the famous HARLEY E A R L ! ! ! He was the leader in the development of plush interiors featuring very comfortable two-tone seating , often done with leather upholstery throughout the WHOLE vehicle . Really , First and Foremost , he designed cars with duo , tricolor exteriors in ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL combinations. Things changed in the 1960s to mono-chromatic exteriors and cheaper interior upholstery. We need a Harley Earl , NOW.
I have a Kiwi Green Ford Escape and my wife has an Orange Fury Honda Fit People like to make jokes "You guys probably never have a hard time finding your cars in a parking lot" But in all practicality, this is true!
Red fades faster than other colors. I had a red Corvette and when I popped up the hideaway headlights, the paint on them was different because they never saw sunlight. I read, and I noticed it myself, that yellow cars attract hornets. Some colors are too hot in the sun. I had a dark green Barracuda. If you touched it after it was sitting in the sun, you could get a serious burn on your hand. I don't think I would buy a white car because they become invisible in the snow. So the best choices are light colors like cyan, silver, lime green, amber, etc.
For me it's a matter of maintaining the car. If you have an special color or a limited color you will have much more problems to correct scratches we all know happens in the day use.
*Simple Answer:* White Fades less and scratches are less visible. Also when in sun Lighter colour reflect heat and last long. Also its easier to match interior and cost less for white or black.
I've wondered why cars are not very sharp when it comes to color. I own a bright yellow Monte Carlo SS and I will never change it's color. I've received several compliments on it's color. Even the high horse cars are dull.
I refuse to have a car that looks like everyone else. I have a bright blue Toyota FJ Cruiser and my next car will be bright blue, orange, or green. It's like they want us to all be robots with no personality!
There are some colours that are just flat out dangerous, such as the ones that are the same colour as the road. Those mid greys, and especially the brown-grey colours should be banned. If you like those colours, put them in your house or office, not on the road where they can render your car invisible.
My SUV is a dark forest green but that was what I could drive off the lot for a reasonable price back in 2001 (was a 2002 first model year Chevy Trailblazer) with 0% financing for three years after 9/11. I think I may have liked black (especially with my removable bright yellow magnetic business signs) but they also look good agains the deep forest green.
I have always purchased red pickup trucks, beginning with my first in 1975, a '63 F100. Ruby Red on my new F150 is an eye turner. I get compliments all the time. They don't write songs about white trucks or white Mustangs.
My wife and I don't care for car colors. In my region, there is usually one so-called "standard" color which comes without additional costs. This is the color we get. Therefore our present car is a dark grey.
I guess since more people nowadays are buying cars so they can drive for Lyft/Uber, there is a huge demand for white, black, and silver cars because those companies rules are you can't have too flashy of car colors and they can't be too old, especially black, because you can make more money with Uber Black or Lyft Lux black.
Why are they talking about how popular certain colors are when those are the only colors available? How do they even know? We don't have the option to purchase other colors. So, all they can actually know is that as between a sea of boring colors, we prefer certain boring colors over other boring colors. btw, white is also popular because it's the most visible and considered the safest color. I bought a yellow Fiat 500.
REALITY CHECK - it became hard to select other colors - as even blue and red are grouped with higher priced versions of a model and/or with high cost option groups. They say the few colors are popular - but reality expensive to purchase - and that makes a difference. Don't need pastel or neon type colors. Seems the USA they think red, white and blue - even for many city buses. Chicago, had a tradition of green buses. One head of the CTA said ridership would go up if they painted the buses red, white and blue. What came of that, a big bill short term and boring buses. The opportunity to paint energy smart "GREEN BUSES" - green again - passed with no action. The most popular bus design at present I think are the ball park Cubs, White Sox and Bears buses - which on game days are used for such and other times drive elsewhere.
There are so few cars available in interesting colors these days. I don’t want a car that would look the same in a black and white photo as it does in real life. I haven’t bought a brand new vehicle in years because I don’t want a car with a black or grey interior, and for many many new cars, that is all that is available.
Just because you like the color doesn’t mean the next buyer does. What the next buyer WILL like is silver, white, black, gray. This alone is why everybody buys boring colors, and why they only make cars in these colors. Why make something only a few people will actually buy?
I wait for the day when they can finally holographically or like in spectrum colors be able to change colors in cars depending on mood or occasion. Like calmari can do
Another point: Unique colors do make u stand out to cops, to people that might and to do a BnE or just general vandalism. Unique or standout colors attract a lot of unwanted attention.
I bet that the colors/ lack of colors are preferred by the automobile insurance companies, when it’s time to “fix” or patch a problem. Otherwise they get a whole new replacement part, which costs little to a body shop but a fortune, according to the insurance company.
Because not everyone is into loud, visually offensive, even fruity colors. Some people like elegant colors just as they like understated designs especially in European cars, classy never gets old.
I'm getting my car in blue. It's my favorite color, and I don't want a boring color. I'm willing to pay extra to get something I like, because I'm gonna be driving it for a long time. I'm not gonna resell it in 3 years, like some people like to do.
Green from the 90s didnt age well and was more noticeable when it was old and would flake different than other colors, and usually I recall it being too dark so it really looks black in the night time even under street lights or in car headlights. I felt it was often associated with more basic cars like the Accord. Range Rover and Honda for their Passport are the only cars I can think of that can come in green by standard.
They seem to be overlooking something about these cars. I recently had the opportunity of buying a new car. a totally new 2021 car it was never owned by anyone else ever. what where my options? white and silver. I wanted blue, or maybe even a purplish color make it stand out a bit more and be easier to find. but my only option there would of been to get one of the two colors that it was made in and get it painted. I would challenge that notion that these plain colors are really the most popular ones. because I ended up with the silver car not because I liked the silver color, not because that was my preference as any one simply looking at the amount of cars sold in in what color might think. but because it wasn't worth the extra $2 grand to get the color I really wanted. So it's not that no one wants the pink Cady, it's that of everyone getting a Cady few can afford to get it in a custom color, and so the 3 basic colors that don't cost extra get picked despite them actually being rather low on that persons list of preferred colors.
Colors of things in general have become more grey scale (including white and black), it's rather depressing considering all the colors available and technology to produce them.
I'm sorry to paint manufacturers, but white is white and darkish grey is darkish grey. I don't obsess over my car, let alone other people's, enough to worry about tints of grey or white. I just want a pretty color that doesn't cost an extra $1-3k.
In India KIA sells Black color SUVs or Cars only if you purchase top model else you can only get white, orange or red which is worse. Blue are rare but looks good. Also many companies offer your favourite color at high prices, absurd.
Paul Czornij (BASF Head of Design, Americas) is the last one that should be talking about design, color and consumer market. The wallpaper in his house and his wardrobe colors and patterns are pretty bad. Guess that goes along with the old addage... "those who can't do...teach"
I like the light grey or lots of the solid colours. No metallic, no clear coat or pearlescent fluff. If a car has a good shape light colours show it off. Also, paint repairs are far cheaper with solid colours too.
When you go to buy a car and all they have is white, no wonder people buy white cars. I don't let them get away with that. The last two cars I've bought I special ordered as I didn't want a blah color.
While exterior colors of modern cars are boring, their INTERIOR colors are simply killing people with depression. In my part of the world, car interiors are predominantly black - as if somebody died or something burned. Not much space for a smile or a good feeling in there.
I thought I was "being different choosing a blue color car, until I got my door hit and the body shop I took it to couldn't get the right color down 😐 now I have one door a different shade of blue lmao
We have lost so much privacy already that a boring car color makes us a little anonymous. We don't need a bright-colored car to say "Here we are." Everyone already knows where we are.
I wanted to get my 2016 4Runner in blue or red but all I could find was Grey. But it did have all the other options I wanted so I had to sacrifice. I was looking at a RAV4 too and really wanted the Lunar Rock color. Its amazing cause it stands put so much. I will do everything in my power to make sure my next car isnt grey, white, or black. Silver is okay I guess.
Blue is associated with EVs because psychologically and subconsciously we associate blue color with electricity because of the blue color of the electric spark and lightning - I think that was a bit subtle but still commonsensical.
My car is a bright yellow Ford Focus Coupe. This has a few specific advantages:
1) When I walk out to the Costco parking lot, I have very little finding my car.
2) When I am coming up behind someone, I'm much more likely to be seen in their mirror.
3) It is much less likely to be stolen.
4) It's cheerful.
6) Its yellow.
Got a bright yellow Ford ranger, at first I hated the color but man it grew on me! And surprisingly, people seem to like it.
Ahhh i wanted a yellow car so bad 😫 I ended up having to get the white tho 😑
Well you know what they say about people who drive yellow or flashy cars?!?’
7) Easly mistaken for a taxi
Car colors are boring because most people are pretty boring
And then people don't want to pay extra for the exterior color but it depends on which manufacturer your talking about.
Lavonte A often time it’s cause it cost money for a different colors and people would rather spend that money somewhere else rather than a color for your car
So true. Its call conformity. They want to blend into society.
so true!
The best advantage of using light colors, including white and silver, makes vehicles much more visible at night time.
Just say "Because it's cheap" already.
Gotta love how when they talk about other colors they go for ridiculous colors, nobody is saying that the manufacturers need to make a whole ton of lime green and neon pink and orange cars, no they could just expand their base colors to blue and red and that already would help, there are so many shades that you can get with blue and red that look great and would make the car colors less boring.
Agreed idk where they get these bogus "statistics".
Some things not mentioned in this video, in no specific order:
1. Cost: White paint seems to be the cheapest to make, which is why it is often the only colour offered without a surcharge.
2. UV stability: Especially red pigments fade with time in ultraviolet light, this especially for cars that are always parked outside. With UV-protecting clear coat that effect can be slowed, but it adds extra cost.
3. Reflectiveness: A car parked in the sun will heat up more the darker the colour is. White and silver are best because they reflect most radiation.
4. Some colours are commonly associated with specific function. For example in Germany, taxis are light ivory, whereas postal cars are yellow. Private car owners might not want their car to be associated with those functions.
5. Then again, a definite plus of rare colours is immediately recognizing your car from afar in a big crowded parking lot.
Personally I really like bright green or dark blue.
As a side note may I add as a railfan that until around 1970 at least in continental Europe steam locomotives were generally black, passenger trains dark green, freight trains brown. Which was for practical reasons: Those paints could be reproduced easily, they were very stable (so didn't require frequent repaints) and didn't show the dirt as easily.
The railways later generally turned towards "friendlier" colours, and in high speed trains it seems like with aircraft that light grey or white dominates ... whereas many have chosen red for locomotives despite the problems with UV stability.
One obvious disadvantage of white by the way: You see dirt very easily. Even silver, due to the way it reflects, tends to hide dirt much better. In winter it is especially bad when you see dirty cars against the white snow, and since there is a lot of dirt in winter, cars are rarely clean around that time.
Yes the cost of different color paints varies widely. White has always been cheap
Meanwhile Malaysia & Singapore are probably unique in having red armoured vehicles & water cannons for riot control, probably as a legacy of British colonialism. As for railways, mainland China has also traditionally painted their cars green, but its HSR trainsets white (except those that serve Hainan island, which are light blue), though its new normal-speed CR2 push-pull (?) intercity trains have reverted to green (for those running domestically, maybe as they're considered slow compared to HSR, while the one exported to Laos is white, probably as CR2 is regarded as a significant upgrade for rail in Laos). Meanwhile Japan has left its commuter trains mostly unpainted silver but its limited-express & _Shinkansen_ trains mostly white, except for newer rolling stock run by JR East, whose colo(u)rs depend on the route they serve e.g. red & beige for the E6 rolling stock that serve the Akita _Shinkansen_ , in reference to the red lanterns featured at a traditional festival in the northern Japan region served by this train service. On the other hand, while Taiwan/ROC's newer intercity rolling stock are mostly white, older ones were mostly beige & orange instead (commuter ones are silver in colo(u)r too, like Japan)
My last three cars were silver. So when I began shopping for my new car, and salesmen asked what I wanted, my first words were “No Silver!” Also no grey, granite or charcoal. I now drive a brand new 2021 Dodge Challenger. The color: Indigo Blue.
I get it.
My first car was blue. The second champagne. The last two: gray/silver 😕
I told myself I'd either get red or that rustic orange I've seen. I want something different and it's frustrating to see how much work they put in to not creating anything different.
Nice color blue 💙second favorite color for a car had a navy blue 2010 malibu got a 2021 red malibu 👌
For those of us who can remember, the car companies in the 60's and 70's offered a wide array of exterior AND interior colors. Nowadays, of course, you have to take what the car companies want to give you. It's not that boring colors are "popular." It's that, if you want a new car, you're forced to buy a car with a boring color that is even styled, more or less, like every other car. Yes, I'm sure that some colors and styles were always more popular than other colors/styles even way back when, but at least the less popular colors/styles were offered to those people who wanted to express themselves - and there were a huge spectrum of styles and car colors out on the road. The same trend has occurred in the new-home industry. Everything must be bland, and the requirement for blandness is built right into the HOA rules, which were written by the builder. In the Phoenix area, for example, it seems that 99% of all new homes must be one of three shades of brown stucco. Even white seems to be no longer an option. If a consumer wants to buy a brand new home, the consumer MUST buy a plain brown cube that looks, more or less, like the cardboard box that a washer or dryer comes in. In the cases of cars and homes, it is merely a lack of artistic design and an overall contempt for consumers.
And not to mention even if a consumer has an option to get a standout color of their choice it can add up to 3 to 5 thousand on msrp which is ripoff for some buyers
@@boraxguy8302 When I was a kid, my nun teachers used to say, "How would you like to live in China where everyone has to dress the same?" I did not notice at the time that all the nuns were dressed alike, all the girl students had the same uniform, and all the male students had dress short-sleeve shirts and clip-on ties. All individuality is being wiped out, I'm afraid. Where I live, all the homes built in the last 30 years must be brown stucco. Miles and miles of nothing but brown sh--- colored cubes that won't show the dirt because they start off that color. And there is little more variety in the cars. No wonder we're all angry as hell! LOL! Who needs "communism" when you have a few big companies in every industry writing all the rules?
Agree 100%. Company executives are risk adverse spreadsheet toting ninnies. They eschew coloring outside the lines and therefor pick boring configurations for their products. The result is people buy what is available and it all becomes a self fulfilling prophesy.
@@tharding2870 It's a horrible trend. Uh, I don't think "capitalism" is supposed to operate this way (at least, that's not what I was brainwashed to believe). It is what it is, I suppose. Not sure consumers have any kind of a choice or power.
@@timward3116Ding Ding Ding you hit the nail on it's head! We are being FORCE FED this crap because we have no CHOICE! This is one of the reasons I'm glad I am "poor", as I was able to score myself a used beautiful 2000 Toyota Camry in GOLD! And it doesn't matter if it doesn't have a blue tooth, I can put that in later! It's so fun and comfortable driving it and it didn't even cost me an arm and a leg! Less than HALF of what a brand new one would cost.
vinyl wraps: Im gonna end this mans entire career.
cybertruck: I'm going to end this man's entire career.
NIKOLA I’m going to end my own company
How reliable are vinyl wraps?
Angel Gutierrez I doubt they last as long as a good paint job
Me right now subing to your channel when you have 69 subscribers
"Imma end this man's whole entire career"
I wanted a Green Outback. On the market, the green was considerably more expensive and rarer to find. I still will buy a green Outback despite it being more expensive, just because I want it to stand out more in a parking lot and I think it matches the outdoorsy characteristics of the vehicle. Normal colors were probably a thousand less, but they just look so dull and uninspired that I couldn't stomach it, even though they were cheaper and more readily available.
What did you end up buying?
I think Mazda has done an amazing job with their car colors. The colors look so rich and luxurious!
Especially with their deep red.
I miss that beautiful burnt orange that was popular at one time. Such a warm, deep color.
Mustangs still have orange :)
Sienna Brown?
350z?
@@stoneprevious4294 Sienna, rust, amber, copper, etc. The earth tones are so rich. Amazing palette.
@@amnottabs Exactly!
When I purchased a car back in 2018 I was determined to buy a red car. I absolutely didn't want white, black, gray or silver. I want a car color that I can find easily in a public parking lot. It took effort, but I got a red Honda Accord Hybrid. In 2019, when my husband's Ford Fusion was totaled, I gave him my red Accord and then embarked to buy a blue Toyota Corolla HB. That was even harder. So much for all the blue Corollas in their sales literature. I wanted the XSE trim and ended up having to drive up to Nashua, NH to get one. I absolutely love my Corolla HB. Recently my son's car was totaled in an accident and he went car shopping. All he could find were black or white cars. He really, really wanted blue. No such luck. He ended up with a white Mazda 3 HB. Maybe if car manufacturers painted more cars red or blue there would be more red or blue cars on the road.
I’m not convinced; give me an orange Prius now.
There is an orange version of the Prius C
I love the tri-color of my Cadillac XTS. Depending on the time of day, whether being by direct sunlight or at night, my car changes from a metallic bronze to a cream colored car.
Som manufacturer's have colors that completely change from purple to aqua, depending if the sun is getting it or not.
My favorite color is copper. Love copper cars. Bronze is also pretty cool.
Makes it harder to spot rust too :)
@@angelgjr1999 That's a good point. 👍
Fantastic! Copper and bronze are beautiful without being too subtle or cliché
Sunset copper bronze by Toyota
My Volvo is vibrant copper.
They used to be bright. Once I own my car I’ll paint it nice and bright.
Most people have to buy off the lot, and the only thing a dealer orders is black, white, or a shade of gray. It sucks!
They missed one of the biggest reasons. In the 80's and 90's , there were studies out that stated that red cars were #1, for highway patrols to notice for speeding. Black was second. Whites and grays tended to blend in. Especially on the highways of California where they had to actually "clock" you physically . In the 80's , Nevada could sit on the side of the road and use a radar gun. So you allowed a "rabbit" to clear the way , then sped up in their path. But when you passed over to Cali, you had to watch your rearview window, so staying ahead of traffic was a better way to speed. CHP were infamous for using on and off exits to sneak up behind you and "clock" you. Red sports cars were an easy target for them.
I never got a red car because insurance companies charged more and yellow was cheapest
I once made a case study of these 4 years ago when I asked myself why exactly colors are so dull.
I always loved a bright robin egg blue or turquoise with a sandy white leather interior. The colors of the beach.
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Like, he could've just said "dominant all over the world" rather than naming regions one-by-one.
At one time in the history of Cadillac they would offer a “one year only” color for a Cadillacs.
GM still does that for some of their more special cars. The Corvette has colors that only are available for 1-2 years such as Lime Rock Green and Shark Gray, www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/2019-2/092319_8b.jpg
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The standard colours that come with no upsell are the most popular. I.Am.shocked.
There’s some new Porsche colors like taupe and charcoal that look really nice as an alternative to the normal black or white.
I've heard it said that if you buy a car in any color other than black, white or silver, you just threw away $300 of resale value. That said, when I acquired my 2020 Ford Escape, my first color choice was Velocity Blue, a bright blue. The dealer had just sold one in that color the day before and had no others in stock. On to Plan B. I took one in Dark Persian Green. It looks more like a darker, but not Navy, blue. When it's in the sunlight, it looks more blue than green. It is different. It must be popular in this area, since I saw that my dealer had several in stock in that color.
My Taurus is Ruby Red, I had to pay extra for that color. Ruby Red is similar to a darker candy apple red.
I can speak from the Porsche perspective. Many Porsche buyers particularly in America want something immediately. They also want to be able to flip their cars quickly and with little monetary risk. It’s all economics. Thus, we see significant percentages of white, black and silver variants. Porsche offers Paint To Sample (PTS) colors which can be virtually any color. These PTS cars are more expensive and take more time to produce. Ironically, PTS cars are now becoming more in demand amongst Porsche buyers because they’re NOT white, black or silver. Porsche charges a significant amount of money today for a PTS to do, because they can. They have a very capable paint shop and can truly produce nearly any color. They do extensive testing in advance to ensure that the unique desire is doable. From a mass production perspective, it’s much less expensive to run the same colors through day after day, because the time invoked in prepping their paint robots for a color change can be lessened. Porsche, being essentially a bespoke car producer, continues to offer PTS and even Leather To Sample. Just be sure to bring your checkbook. Even a simple non standard blue or red variant will cost over $10,000. With nearly 60 years behind me in Porsche association, I learned a lot about their unique programs. If you someday are driving along and see a blue turquoise cabriolet with yellow brake calipers go rushing by, it’s me. There are 3 others in the USA with that color now as well. My other Porsche is ruby red, and our Rolls-Royce is a two-tone-just like they used to be done decades ago. Be individual! Be unique!
I think dealers should try pastel colors. They're easy on the eye yet still colorful. I can't stand the dull "greens" and "blues" that are as close to grey and black as possible.
How about swimming pool blue? Or "Smurf" blue as my sister calls it? That's what I got on my Challenger. It's pretty badass, haha.
No matter what color you get, wherever you go in your new car you'll be quickly amazed to see how many others were already on the road.
Because these colours look more grown up, bright colours look garish and flashy. Similar trends too in people's homes. People generally like white or creamy colours for their walls and ceilings, white looks really good in a kitchen and goes well with light grey.
People like stealth colors because they don't want the attention. Nobody wants extra attention from Law Enforcement or attention from bad people like sliders and car jackers. Not a mystery.
Lawrence Fearon that’s a great point
They told me the same thing when I bought my Red Range Rover but I never got pulled 🛑 by law enforcement.
Car Jacker would have to be pretty dumb to be attracted to a bright coloured car which stood out from the crowd as it would make it easier for Police to spot them and follow them in traffic.
@@robman2095 by nature, car jackers are pretty dumb. They will carjack manual cars without knowing how to drive a stick.
@@LawrenceMarkFearon Yes I am sure you are right. They are by nature not the sharpest tools in the shed.
I want pastel purple. When I get a car I’m gunna get it painted.
In the 50's and 60's we had factory 2 tone cars for main stream. Go back to your vid. That Pink Caddy was a 2-tone. a dark roof. Others had colored panel areas. This did not include Racing stripes or other Specialty cars
One color that seems to have disappeared from automaker's inventories over the last decade is metallic gold, which I always liked because it's harder to see dirt at a distance.
Do not pick red during the day time unless you wanna get pulled over by the 5-0.
Do not pick yellow for the night time, unless you wanna get pulled over by the 5-0.
Pick white if you want to be seen either day or night.
Pick Black if you don't want to be seen at all.
Pick Green if you are naturally vibrant.
Pick blue if you feel you need a change in life.
Pick Baige if you want to be fashionable while going to Sunday service.
Pick orange if you don't think any other colors don't suit you.
Pick Purple if you feel Luxury is your thing.
Pick Grey if you don't give a dam about Color
Pick Candy Apple if you got money
Pick Matte if you don't want to see yourself in mirrors
Pick Army Green if you like Military stuff
Pick a 2 tone system if you are into modded rides
Pick vynil if you want to be recognized from a mile away by the hood
Pick a Lambo if you wana be famous.
This has been proven 10 times over.
My cousin painted his car this kind of chameleon blue, it'll go from like sky blue to like deep blue based on how light hits it.
Its not that kind where it changes when water splashes on it. Idk what kind but i need to figure out how he got it done.
I’ve had several colorful cars: a maple leaf yellow Mercedes, a bright orange-red VW Scirocco, a burgundy Volvo, a red Miata, a powder blue Beetle, and a dark green GTI.
White is usually the only color available without extra cost. A few years ago, that was quite different. Standard colors included plain black, red, blue, green, even yellow and orange. Car makers now even begin to market white as a rendy color, just to be able to go for a higher price! Ridiculous!
The white Chevy Equinox is the definition of bland. As are most CUV's in general.
Let's not kid ourselves, though. People buy cars with boring colors because that's what the dealers stock and people don't want to have to wait a long time for a special-order vehicle. It's easy to say white or silver is "popular" when nothing else is readily available. It's all about turning over those same several square feet of real estate as many times as possible within as short a period as possible.
I really liked the purple/violet older model Honda Civic from the 90s. But it was stick shift only, which I don't know how to drive.
Trust me, a white car on a hot day is better than a black car on a sunny hot day. Im more of the best practicality/reliability for the low price person when it comes to cars
That's what you are told from sales people, reality is different though. Cars no matter what the colour is, will conduct heat into the cabin. There will be some minor degrees of temperature shift between black and white, that doesn't really mean the white car is safe under the sun. After reaching a certain temperature, it gets hotter inside the cabin evenly.
More like "Why are CARS getting boring"
People FORGET the wondrous color designs of the 1940s and especially the 1950s of the famous
HARLEY E A R L ! ! !
He was the leader in the development of plush interiors featuring very comfortable two-tone seating , often done with leather upholstery throughout the WHOLE vehicle .
Really , First and Foremost , he designed cars with duo , tricolor exteriors in ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL combinations.
Things changed in the 1960s to mono-chromatic exteriors and cheaper interior upholstery.
We need a Harley Earl , NOW.
My thoughts on the boring colors, people want to blend in and are afraid to be an individual, so they choose gray, white, etc.
But the problem is we are all unique individuals and should NEVER be afraid of being ourselves!
I have a Kiwi Green Ford Escape and my wife has an Orange Fury Honda Fit
People like to make jokes "You guys probably never have a hard time finding your cars in a parking lot" But in all practicality, this is true!
Red fades faster than other colors. I had a red Corvette and when I popped up the hideaway headlights, the paint on them was different because they never saw sunlight. I read, and I noticed it myself, that yellow cars attract hornets. Some colors are too hot in the sun. I had a dark green Barracuda. If you touched it after it was sitting in the sun, you could get a serious burn on your hand. I don't think I would buy a white car because they become invisible in the snow. So the best choices are light colors like cyan, silver, lime green, amber, etc.
For me it's a matter of maintaining the car. If you have an special color or a limited color you will have much more problems to correct scratches we all know happens in the day use.
*Simple Answer:* White Fades less and scratches are less visible. Also when in sun Lighter colour reflect heat and last long.
Also its easier to match interior and cost less for white or black.
I've wondered why cars are not very sharp when it comes to color. I own a bright yellow Monte Carlo SS and I will never change it's color. I've received several compliments on it's color. Even the high horse cars are dull.
Hahahaha the thumbnail is all Tesla’s I’m weak
They are models 3 correct not the S ?
JHayler7 yes, model 3
I refuse to have a car that looks like everyone else. I have a bright blue Toyota FJ Cruiser and my next car will be bright blue, orange, or green. It's like they want us to all be robots with no personality!
My last car was a 1993 green Plymouth Acclaim. It seems that's a thing of the past, I haven't see many green cars lately.
There are some colours that are just flat out dangerous, such as the ones that are the same colour as the road. Those mid greys, and especially the brown-grey colours should be banned. If you like those colours, put them in your house or office, not on the road where they can render your car invisible.
My SUV is a dark forest green but that was what I could drive off the lot for a reasonable price back in 2001 (was a 2002 first model year Chevy Trailblazer) with 0% financing for three years after 9/11. I think I may have liked black (especially with my removable bright yellow magnetic business signs) but they also look good agains the deep forest green.
I remember reading that in the ‘80s and ‘90s, car colors were based on the popular colors of women’s underwear.
I have always purchased red pickup trucks, beginning with my first in 1975, a '63 F100. Ruby Red on my new F150 is an eye turner. I get compliments all the time. They don't write songs about white trucks or white Mustangs.
These are all wrong, wrong and MORE wrong. And this is why I bought myself a GOLD Camry! And my husband drives a Forest Green Prius! These "studies" 🙄
I ordered my new 2022 tesla model Standard rwd!!! Super happy!!! It's a Midnight grey color! Glad they made it free
My wife and I don't care for car colors. In my region, there is usually one so-called "standard" color which comes without additional costs. This is the color we get. Therefore our present car is a dark grey.
I guess since more people nowadays are buying cars so they can drive for Lyft/Uber, there is a huge demand for white, black, and silver cars because those companies rules are you can't have too flashy of car colors and they can't be too old, especially black, because you can make more money with Uber Black or Lyft Lux black.
Why are they talking about how popular certain colors are when those are the only colors available? How do they even know? We don't have the option to purchase other colors. So, all they can actually know is that as between a sea of boring colors, we prefer certain boring colors over other boring colors. btw, white is also popular because it's the most visible and considered the safest color. I bought a yellow Fiat 500.
CNBC: “Family Crossover”
Also CNBC: shows Cadillac Escalades
Me: Hm.
I thought the answer to this question is pretty obvious. What I'd like to know is what happens to unsold cars.
I wouldn't want to stand out. Traffic police tend to pull up those with flashier colours.
Haven't even watched but I'm going with the upsell cost from the dealer and the resale value from the customer.
REALITY CHECK - it became hard to select other colors - as even blue and red are grouped with higher priced versions of a model and/or with high cost option groups. They say the few colors are popular - but reality expensive to purchase - and that makes a difference. Don't need pastel or neon type colors. Seems the USA they think red, white and blue - even for many city buses. Chicago, had a tradition of green buses. One head of the CTA said ridership would go up if they painted the buses red, white and blue. What came of that, a big bill short term and boring buses. The opportunity to paint energy smart "GREEN BUSES" - green again - passed with no action. The most popular bus design at present I think are the ball park Cubs, White Sox and Bears buses - which on game days are used for such and other times drive elsewhere.
As some one who vehicles in "Octane Blue" "Antimatter Blue" and "Plum Purple" it is not car manufactures who are boring, its people..
There are so few cars available in interesting colors these days. I don’t want a car that would look the same in a black and white photo as it does in real life. I haven’t bought a brand new vehicle in years because I don’t want a car with a black or grey interior, and for many many new cars, that is all that is available.
Conformity is also an issue. Ever notice how music, fashion and even politicians haven’t changed in the last 20 years?
Just because you like the color doesn’t mean the next buyer does. What the next buyer WILL like is silver, white, black, gray. This alone is why everybody buys boring colors, and why they only make cars in these colors. Why make something only a few people will actually buy?
I wait for the day when they can finally holographically or like in spectrum colors be able to change colors in cars depending on mood or occasion. Like calmari can do
Very few nice colors available at dealerships. I would buy a nice green or teal car every time, but can't get them.
Another point: Unique colors do make u stand out to cops, to people that might and to do a BnE or just general vandalism. Unique or standout colors attract a lot of unwanted attention.
I bet that the colors/ lack of colors are preferred by the automobile insurance companies, when it’s time to “fix” or patch a problem. Otherwise they get a whole new replacement part, which costs little to a body shop but a fortune, according to the insurance company.
I have had 4 gray vehicles, one black, and one red... I don't prefer gray. Just always worked out that way.
Because not everyone is into loud, visually offensive, even fruity colors. Some people like elegant colors just as they like understated designs especially in European cars, classy never gets old.
Glad to have a bright blue Challenger. I will never understand the public's obsession with white/gray/black vehicles.
The same reason you don't see most people paint their houses outrageous, flamboyant colors. Bright colors are obnoxious.
I'm getting my car in blue. It's my favorite color, and I don't want a boring color. I'm willing to pay extra to get something I like, because I'm gonna be driving it for a long time. I'm not gonna resell it in 3 years, like some people like to do.
Green from the 90s didnt age well and was more noticeable when it was old and would flake different than other colors, and usually I recall it being too dark so it really looks black in the night time even under street lights or in car headlights. I felt it was often associated with more basic cars like the Accord. Range Rover and Honda for their Passport are the only cars I can think of that can come in green by standard.
They seem to be overlooking something about these cars. I recently had the opportunity of buying a new car. a totally new 2021 car it was never owned by anyone else ever. what where my options? white and silver. I wanted blue, or maybe even a purplish color make it stand out a bit more and be easier to find. but my only option there would of been to get one of the two colors that it was made in and get it painted. I would challenge that notion that these plain colors are really the most popular ones. because I ended up with the silver car not because I liked the silver color, not because that was my preference as any one simply looking at the amount of cars sold in in what color might think. but because it wasn't worth the extra $2 grand to get the color I really wanted. So it's not that no one wants the pink Cady, it's that of everyone getting a Cady few can afford to get it in a custom color, and so the 3 basic colors that don't cost extra get picked despite them actually being rather low on that persons list of preferred colors.
Colors of things in general have become more grey scale (including white and black), it's rather depressing considering all the colors available and technology to produce them.
I'm sorry to paint manufacturers, but white is white and darkish grey is darkish grey. I don't obsess over my car, let alone other people's, enough to worry about tints of grey or white. I just want a pretty color that doesn't cost an extra $1-3k.
My favorite shade of white is White Privilege Pearl
In India KIA sells Black color SUVs or Cars only if you purchase top model else you can only get white, orange or red which is worse. Blue are rare but looks good. Also many companies offer your favourite color at high prices, absurd.
Paul Czornij (BASF Head of Design, Americas) is the last one that should be talking about design, color and consumer market. The wallpaper in his house and his wardrobe colors and patterns are pretty bad. Guess that goes along with the old addage... "those who can't do...teach"
I like the light grey or lots of the solid colours. No metallic, no clear coat or pearlescent fluff. If a car has a good shape light colours show it off. Also, paint repairs are far cheaper with solid colours too.
I would love to see lime green or turqoise cars.
When you go to buy a car and all they have is white, no wonder people buy white cars. I don't let them get away with that. The last two cars I've bought I special ordered as I didn't want a blah color.
Modern cars are boring. Why are modern cars boring? Modern cars aren't boring! A++ journalism guys, really, thanks!
Another detail is that the boring colors such as white, like clothing reflect light and makes the car less hot
I get so self conscious when every. Single. Car. Is white within a mile radius
My car is bright yellow
"with shades and effects..." but its still freakin' white!
12:13 i would love a green car but there are no offers so i can't buy one -.-
While exterior colors of modern cars are boring, their INTERIOR colors are simply killing people with depression. In my part of the world, car interiors are predominantly black - as if somebody died or something burned. Not much space for a smile or a good feeling in there.
I thought I was "being different choosing a blue color car, until I got my door hit and the body shop I took it to couldn't get the right color down 😐 now I have one door a different shade of blue lmao
Wanted a special color, dealer had grey, I didn’t want to wait weeks.
We have lost so much privacy already that a boring car color makes us a little anonymous. We don't need a bright-colored car to say "Here we are." Everyone already knows where we are.
I wanted to get my 2016 4Runner in blue or red but all I could find was Grey. But it did have all the other options I wanted so I had to sacrifice.
I was looking at a RAV4 too and really wanted the Lunar Rock color. Its amazing cause it stands put so much.
I will do everything in my power to make sure my next car isnt grey, white, or black. Silver is okay I guess.
Major factor is still is the extra price for color - want not black, or silver? Pay extra. What a discrimination.
Blue is associated with EVs because psychologically and subconsciously we associate blue color with electricity because of the blue color of the electric spark and lightning - I think that was a bit subtle but still commonsensical.
Optimal color choices based on environment:
Hot -White or Silver to keep it cooler
Cold -Black or Charcoal to keep it warmer