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History Is there a color you won't paint a car? why?

Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by HOTRODPRIMER, Oct 26, 2022.

  1. I made the mistake of painting my old 1932 Ford hiboy roadster orange, I liked the color but got so tired of being ask if I was a Clemson University fan, I guess because I live less than 30 miles from the school, I hear the same question when I drove to Knoxville, Tennessee, I suppose the Volunteers have orange uniforms also.

    I bet I fielded the question about my college affiliations every time I drove the car.

    I wont paint a car or truck orange again, I think from now own I'm gonna stick with BLACK. HRP
     
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  2. I was going to say yellow but............
     
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  3. Hollywood-East
    Joined: Mar 13, 2008
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    Yellow/Red...
    When in doubt, Black
     
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  4. White. Got tired of hearing "how much bondo are you trying to hide".
     
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  5. MeanGene427
    Joined: Dec 15, 2010
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    MeanGene427
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    from Napa

    I couldn't do Chebbie Orange either lol
     
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  6. cabong
    Joined: Nov 29, 2005
    Posts: 887

    cabong
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    Actually, being a died in the wool Ford fan, and having had a '57 Ranch Wagon with a 406, and a while back a 427 Galaxie, I guess I'd like to paint MG427's '62 Galaxie mine. Simple as that !! 427 garage 003.jpg
     
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  7. Nope, the car will tell me what color it wants to be. I listen.
     
  8. jamesgr81
    Joined: Feb 3, 2008
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    Black. White. Too boring. Brown - ugly.
     
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  9. White would be ok if I lived in AZ, NV or NM for practical reasons.
     
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  10. squirrel
    Joined: Sep 23, 2004
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    I won't paint one black, but then, it's not even a color.

    I still like my old orange truck, painted it that color in 1981...still have it...
     
  11. WTF is wrong with yellow? Although it does have to be the right yellow for the car.
     
  12. Look closely and read in the irony
     
  13. Kelly Burns
    Joined: May 22, 2009
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    Kelly Burns
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    White or green.
     
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  14. Sky Six
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    from Arizona

    Red (any) for two reasons, everyone has it and the wife hates it.
     
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  15. Bob Lowry
    Joined: Jan 19, 2020
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    Bob Lowry

    My favorite color is nude....
     
  16. I always thought black was a mixture of all colors and that white was the absence of color.
    Edit: I was wrong you were right. Damn art teacher in HS was total BS
     
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  17. Bob Lowry
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    Bob Lowry

    But if you sold the car in Denver, orange would be a great color with the Denver Broncos...wll, maybe not
    this year....sigh....
     
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  18. Petejoe
    Joined: Nov 27, 2002
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    from Zoar, Ohio

    I’m colorblind. It wouldn’t matter anyway.
    Brown/green is my choice I wouldn’t have. Some yellows and no more red cars.
     
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  19. Roothawg
    Joined: Mar 14, 2001
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    Yellow, peach or purple......
     
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  20. dana barlow
    Joined: May 30, 2006
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    from Miami Fla.
    1. Y-blocks

    Anything shiny I like for the most part.
    Olive o_O,kind of too much green when in the Army{ medic spec 7 ,in the 70s },an brown has never looked good to me.
    Exceptions are out there though.
     
  21. Flathead47
    Joined: Feb 13, 2011
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    from ontario

    Yellow .... wax on .... wax off .... get asked all the time
    Red ...... Resale Red ..... everyone loves red
    Washington Blue .... will be the next colour
    You have to mix it up ......
     
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  22. Tow Truck Tom
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  23. kabinenroller
    Joined: Jan 26, 2012
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    Depends on the body style, basic colors never get old but all the candy/ flip flop crap is outdated before it dries. Trendy colors are just that, trendy.
    I have owned black cars in the past and appreciate how good they look but keeping them clean is nerve racking.
    I know one thing I will never own another vehicle with a black interior-boring, lifeless, and a bitch to keep looking clean.
     
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  24. moparboy440
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  25. Atwater Mike
    Joined: May 31, 2002
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    Brown.
    looks like sh...
     
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  26. cheap-n-dirty
    Joined: Jan 28, 2002
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    what ever color some one told me that I have to paint it that color.
     
  27. Poo brown or resale red. I would rather leave it in pink & purple primer.
     
  28. 0NE BAD 51 MERC
    Joined: Nov 12, 2010
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    Earth tones, the lite greens, browns, blues, and gold shades that a lot of cars were painted over the years when new. Not because they were cool but because your grandmother liked it! Trepanier and Foose really brought those shades back into vogue in the late 90's and a lot of builders have stuck with them. I like Black and dark and menacing metallics! I want my cars to look mid evil! lol Larry
     
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  29. MeanGene427
    Joined: Dec 15, 2010
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    MeanGene427
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    from Napa

    Actually, my '62 406 Galaxie 500XL still has it's original black paint- it ain't perfect, but presentable. The ragtop is a 390 car, but is also a black XL
     
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