Old School Color Names
08-03-2010, 12:39 AM
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Old School Color Names
Is it just me or have car color names gotten just lazy in the last few years? Where have the regal and fancy sounding names gone? For example, here are just a few colors offered by General Motors in the 1950s:
Honda has some decent ones like Blue Sensation and Orange Revolution but if you ask me, paint names today are just dull and boring and sometimes even without thought. Hyundai has a color called Black Noir Pearl which is basically twice as black but half of it in French. Seriously? That's the best you can do? Maybe I'm just a sucker for some old-fashioned marketing baloney but I think paint colors could be a bit more imaginative. Maybe it doesn't even matter.
- Empress Blue
- Chester Green
- Bolero Maroon
- Mountain Laurel
- Dawn Gray
- Sonic Blue
- Biscayne Blue
- Milori Green
- Sapphire Mist
Honda has some decent ones like Blue Sensation and Orange Revolution but if you ask me, paint names today are just dull and boring and sometimes even without thought. Hyundai has a color called Black Noir Pearl which is basically twice as black but half of it in French. Seriously? That's the best you can do? Maybe I'm just a sucker for some old-fashioned marketing baloney but I think paint colors could be a bit more imaginative. Maybe it doesn't even matter.
08-03-2010, 12:49 AM
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Good thread. Colours had elegance years ago.
My favourites:
Rangoon Red
Wimbledon White
Raven Black
Phoenician Yellow
Guardsman Blue
Navaho Beige
Samoan Coral (the rarest of the Ford colours)
Terry
My favourites:
Rangoon Red
Wimbledon White
Raven Black
Phoenician Yellow
Guardsman Blue
Navaho Beige
Samoan Coral (the rarest of the Ford colours)
Terry
08-03-2010, 12:50 AM
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plum crazy purple
sublime green
panther pink
sublime green
panther pink
08-03-2010, 01:03 AM
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Emberglow is a rare colour. Very striking.
Take a look at this colour:
http://www.oldride.com/classic_cars/134600.html
Samoan Coral originally on any 1964 Ford/Mercury increases the price substantially. I'm completing a car in this colour with a contrasting white roof, black vinyl interior, and body coloured wheels.
Terry
Take a look at this colour:
http://www.oldride.com/classic_cars/134600.html
Samoan Coral originally on any 1964 Ford/Mercury increases the price substantially. I'm completing a car in this colour with a contrasting white roof, black vinyl interior, and body coloured wheels.
Terry
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08-03-2010, 05:14 AM
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Buick definitely had a patriotic thing going on in 1976 but I guess that's understandable. Here are their Bicentennial-themed color names:
- Liberty White
- Potomac Blue
- Independence Red
- Mt. Vernon Cream
- Continental Blue
- Concord Green
- Colonial Yellow
- Musket Brown
- Boston Red
- Firecracker Orange
08-03-2010, 08:43 AM
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GM still has some of their same color names, as far as I know.
Tuxedo Black
Hugger Orange
Royal Plum
Dover White
LeMans Blue
Daytona Yellow
Rallye Green
Fathom Green
Cortez Silver
Tuxedo Black
Hugger Orange
Royal Plum
Dover White
LeMans Blue
Daytona Yellow
Rallye Green
Fathom Green
Cortez Silver
08-03-2010, 10:11 AM
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08-03-2010, 12:26 PM
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^^^^^^
This.
But I am partial to Sebring Silver Metallic, the color of my S2000.
This.
But I am partial to Sebring Silver Metallic, the color of my S2000.
08-03-2010, 03:50 PM
#16
Needs more Lemon Pledge
I will be painting my bike "Flake Sunrise Orange"...
08-04-2010, 12:49 AM
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Hmm..
Sprint Blue
Deep Sea Blue
Imola Yellow
Meteor Gray
Daytona Gray
Phantom Black
Velvet Purple
These are pretty good. I think Hyundai just needs to think of better names.
Sprint Blue
Deep Sea Blue
Imola Yellow
Meteor Gray
Daytona Gray
Phantom Black
Velvet Purple
These are pretty good. I think Hyundai just needs to think of better names.
08-04-2010, 01:17 AM
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these are more recent color names (I think) but I like them 
not creative or anything, but I don't see anything wrong with that.
Electron Blue
Oxford White
Balloon White
Rosso Corsa
Molten Orange
Snakeskin Green
Anaconda Green
Velocity Yellow
Mystichrome (ugly, but unique)
and as mentioned, one of my favorite colors of all time, Hugger Orange
not creative or anything, but I don't see anything wrong with that.Electron Blue
Oxford White
Balloon White
Rosso Corsa
Molten Orange
Snakeskin Green
Anaconda Green
Velocity Yellow
Mystichrome (ugly, but unique
)and as mentioned, one of my favorite colors of all time, Hugger Orange
08-04-2010, 07:04 AM
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Someday, an RS6 Avant+
My car is gunmetal grey, but that is too new.
My 78 Chrysler Cordoba was primer gray, primer red, and rust. Does that count?
Seriously, was Hemi Orange a color for 68-70 Dodge Chargers? I recall a friend of mine getting his repainted in the original Hemi Orange color.
My 78 Chrysler Cordoba was primer gray, primer red, and rust. Does that count?
Seriously, was Hemi Orange a color for 68-70 Dodge Chargers? I recall a friend of mine getting his repainted in the original Hemi Orange color.
08-06-2010, 04:46 PM
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Here are a few names I came up with last night while lying in bed, waiting for the sandman.
- Shimmering Silver
- Dovetail Gray
- Winter White
- Mystic Black
- Abyssal Blue
- Garden Green
- Royal Red (like a maroon or burgundy)
- Inferno Red (fire engine red)
- Silken Beige
08-08-2010, 06:02 PM
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08-09-2010, 12:10 AM
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Flamenco Black Pearl 
08-09-2010, 12:48 PM
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Doo doo brown.
08-09-2010, 05:53 PM
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Honda has some good ones in the last 20 years.
• Championship White
• Electron Blue
• Super Sonic Blue
• Cyclone Blue
• Aztec Green
• Sherwood Green
• Sundance Gold
• Milano Red
• Cashmere Silver
• Championship White
• Electron Blue
• Super Sonic Blue
• Cyclone Blue
• Aztec Green
• Sherwood Green
• Sundance Gold
• Milano Red
• Cashmere Silver
08-10-2010, 12:22 AM
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Nighthawk Black Pearl
Moroccan Red Pearl
Kinetic Blue Pearl
Mayan Bronze Metallic
Vortex Blue Pearl
Some 2008+ Acura colors. Don't seem too boring to me. There's a fine line between tacky and classy that car makers try to market their cars with, so they aren't going to have paint names that make you chuckle.
Moroccan Red Pearl
Kinetic Blue Pearl
Mayan Bronze Metallic
Vortex Blue Pearl
Some 2008+ Acura colors. Don't seem too boring to me. There's a fine line between tacky and classy that car makers try to market their cars with, so they aren't going to have paint names that make you chuckle.
08-10-2010, 12:56 AM
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I've been waiting for you Corvette guys.............
No one? It's a legend.........
Nassau Blue.
Terry
No one? It's a legend.........
Nassau Blue.
Terry
08-13-2010, 03:19 PM
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