When’s the last time you saw a car other than red, black, blue, gray, or white on the road?
Like, what happened to all the pinks, purples, oranges, yellows, and greens I remember from the 90s?
I’m from the UK and recently was in Toronto so rented a car to get around and also to drive to Montreal. We will observed that all the cars were very limited in colours. Is it a North American thing?
In the UK, it has been getting less diverse but still a fair bit of variety
Same experience here. White cars are increasingly common as apparently they have the highest resale value. Quite boring.
what happened to all pinks, purples, oranges, yellows and greens I remember from the 90s.
Well they weren’t as common as you think they were. They are still around.
Watch some old movies and look at the traffic in the background.
edit = The cars you see are much more colorful than the ones you’ll see today.
I don’t need to see old movies. I have been around since the 1960s… this is just more memoryberry horseshit.
Cars were no more colorful then than they are now.
I saw yellow today, and I see them often enough to make a little game out of it.
My partner and I drive a bright green Chevy Bolt EV (“Shock” is the official name of the color) and we love the smiles we sometimes get.
Most car dealerships only stock black, white, silver or grey.
I walked into our showroom the other day and it was very reminiscent of Henry Fords “any colour, as long as it’s black”. There were also two silver cars and one dark blue car hidden in the back, as if it was ashamed of itself.
I drive a tan car. My niece drives a mint green car. There are two jungle green Zeekr’s in our street but every single other car is monochrome.
My theory of because of the rental fleet to used car lots flow. Rental fleets will buy newer cars, then sell them back to the dealerships so they can sell them as used cars. It’s much easier to sell generic coloured cars, than highlighter piss yellow
I was just talking about the number of cars that seem to be garden utensil green / brown these days.
My car is green and my partners car is lava orange 🤘
I see green and orange Subarus. There’s an iridescent pink Tesla in my neighborhood. Those colors aren’t as common as the black and white ones mentioned above.
If full vinyl wraps were cheaper, you’d see iridescent pink and purple and orange cars everywhere!
I see a beat up old lime green Hilux around where I live with a big “The Sword” sticker on the aide window of the camper. I want to have a beer and listen to good metal with the owner.
Yesterday! But I’ve been trying to just look around more. There’s an orange car often, and some pink ones. Also trucks like to be green. Or stripped!
Bring back the harlequin!
Cars have gotten so bland and boring, like new construction homes. Just plain, boring, and more expensive than ever.
Today
Probably at a racetrack a year or so ago, but out on the street? No idea. Even reds are getting kinda rare. It’s supremely boring.
I remember so many colors on the road. Greens. Oranges. Pinks. Navy. Teal. Yellows. All manner and shade of purple. Now it’s just. . . Bleh.
My aunt earned a Mary Kay pink Cadillac, and we were all so proud of her. I think people would crap themselves if they saw a pink car on the road nowadays.
It’s like the world doesn’t have a soul anymore.
According to KBB, green is making a comeback.
https://www.kbb.com/car-advice/what-are-the-best-car-colors-to-buy/
