Your Favourite Automotive Car Colours?

Your Favourite Automotive Car Colours?

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Jaguar99

519 posts

40 months

Thursday 15th April 2021
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Looking at my cars, I currently have an Ara Blue Audi which I like a lot. It’s very bright and has great effects when the sun is on it (crystal metallic according to Audi):


I have always liked a bright non metallic red:


And amongst darker colours Ford’s Morello Red:


I have found black cars too much hard work and while not generally a fan of green cars I made an exception for my BRG Jag:

WarrenB

2,475 posts

120 months

Thursday 15th April 2021
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cerb4.5lee said:
I need to stop going for Blue BMW's and try a different colour to be fair. biggrin

Fords Deep Impact Blue (which is coincidentally the colour on every Focus in the background) is also a very nice colour with good depth when it's cleaned up.

Arnie Cunningham

3,790 posts

255 months

Thursday 15th April 2021
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Seriously considered this colour for my Ultima at the time - but in the end decided that it would've just ended up looking a bit too lairy for the shape, hence stumping for the Montreal Blue instead. Plus ford had a lovely colour blue at the time.

Surprised nobody's posted a pic of a 3-series in montreal blue. thought it always looked fantastic. Very rarely see one now, but when you do, the late 90's 3-series shape along with the colour still looks great IMVHO.

Radec said:
BMW Techno Violet for me, too bad they don't offer it any more.

Mr.Jimbo

2,082 posts

185 months

Friday 16th April 2021
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rev-erend said:
BMW Santorini blue is nice:

Hate to be 'that' guy but I know with certainty that's actually Laguna Seca Blue, as that's my car (admittedly when the old owner had it on coil-overs)

But yes, in that light, LSB can look quite a lot different to direct sunlight, and yes Santorini blue is really nice.

cerb4.5lee

31,226 posts

182 months

Friday 16th April 2021
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WarrenB said:
cerb4.5lee said:
I need to stop going for Blue BMW's and try a different colour to be fair. biggrin

Fords Deep Impact Blue (which is coincidentally the colour on every Focus in the background) is also a very nice colour with good depth when it's cleaned up.
I did think that when I took that photo as well. thumbup

That was took in the car park at Ford Fair at Silverstone. smile

MKM87

85 posts

78 months

Friday 16th April 2021
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Our 335d in Purple Silk gets my vote! Biased though!


aeropilot

35,057 posts

229 months

Friday 16th April 2021
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MKM87 said:
Our 335d in Purple Silk gets my vote! Biased though!

Stunning coolcool

rev-erend

21,446 posts

286 months

Friday 16th April 2021
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Mr.Jimbo said:
rev-erend said:
BMW Santorini blue is nice:

Hate to be 'that' guy but I know with certainty that's actually Laguna Seca Blue, as that's my car (admittedly when the old owner had it on coil-overs)

But yes, in that light, LSB can look quite a lot different to direct sunlight, and yes Santorini blue is really nice.
Apologies...

They look quite similar.

Here is my car..


Looks better in the sunshine..


Edited by rev-erend on Friday 16th April 10:31


Edited by rev-erend on Friday 16th April 10:44

WarrenB

2,475 posts

120 months

Friday 16th April 2021
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MKM87 said:
Our 335d in Purple Silk gets my vote! Biased though!

Wow. Never seen one in that colour in the metal before. Looks amazing!

bcadou

270 posts

182 months

Friday 16th April 2021
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Mr.Jimbo said:
Hate to be 'that' guy but I know with certainty that's actually Laguna Seca Blue, as that's my car (admittedly when the old owner had it on coil-overs)

But yes, in that light, LSB can look quite a lot different to direct sunlight, and yes Santorini blue is really nice.
definitely LSB

cerb4.5lee

31,226 posts

182 months

Friday 16th April 2021
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aeropilot said:
MKM87 said:
Our 335d in Purple Silk gets my vote! Biased though!

Stunning coolcool
Agree. smokin

I've never had a Purple car but I've always wanted one though, and this photo cements to me why I have. Very nice.

Normodog

229 posts

42 months

Friday 16th April 2021
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Alien green was one of my favourites

resolve10

1,052 posts

47 months

Friday 16th April 2021
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Jaguar99 said:
And amongst darker colours Ford’s Morello Red:
Ford were quite adventurous with the Mk7 Fiesta colours when it first came out. My wife had one in Vision Blue



Squeeze Green was another



And I personally liked Hot Magenta, though not the most masculine of colours


irocfan

40,938 posts

192 months

Friday 16th April 2021
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Always liked the Challenger colours:

Plum Crazy
Hellraisin
SubLime
Go-mango
Green with envy
TorRed




rev-erend

21,446 posts

286 months

Friday 16th April 2021
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These challengers?

LordGrover

33,566 posts

214 months

Friday 16th April 2021
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Ginger GT86




Paul_M3

2,381 posts

187 months

Friday 16th April 2021
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Historically I've tended to own cars in boring colours, Blacks, Silvers, Greys.

I seem to be enjoying the look of brighter colours more and more these days. My previous car was red, and I've just bought the car below which is in a colour called Cyan Blue. It's currently my new favourite...


irocfan

40,938 posts

192 months

Friday 16th April 2021
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rev-erend said:
These challengers?
Pretty much - need this colour though...


chrismarr

273 posts

99 months

Friday 16th April 2021
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I had an Accord back in the day in Pirates Black - On a sunny day it was stunning


Jaguar99

519 posts

40 months

Friday 16th April 2021
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resolve10 said:
And I personally liked Hot Magenta, though not the most masculine of colours

Yarp, just a bit too pink...