We’d love to tell you to grab your shades because the zowie-bright antidotes are coming.
But we would be exaggerating.
Still, funky alternatives are out there.
Yellows from airy to solid show up on models from Honda and Toyota.
Jeep has teal, provocatively called Bikini.
How about an orange roof over a silver body?
Nissan Kicks, a small SUV, is at your service.
Also, reds have a certain buyer that’s consistent.
Reds will soldier on, says Gary Robinson, American Honda Motor Co.’s senior manager of product planning.
Honda, with American headquarters in Torrance, California, also makes the Acura premium brand.
Shades of red are about 10 percent of new-vehicle colors, according to Pittsburgh-based paint-supplier PPG.
“Blue is big time, says Jane Harrington, manager of global color styling at PPG.
The company makes coatings, industry speak for paint.
An afterthought at 1 percent.
But it’s not a serious player yet.
Bland colors usually have better resale value, AMCI’s Beavis says.
Exceptions are from people who lease, he says.
Up to 33 percent of all new-car buyers do, according to researcher Edmunds.com.
But otherwise, we go back to the monochromatic palette, Beavis says.
Many people think modern, angular car designs look better in silver and white, he says.
“Societal trends have a role, too.
Silver, gray and black are associated with technology and modernity, his data show.
(Black is the gray-scale contrarian, looking filthy at the first speck of dust.)
I buy white because it stays cleaner, or Gray doesn’t look as dirty as others.
We hear that a lot, PPG’s Harrington says.
But still, can you find your car, SUV or pickup easily after a crowded football game?
Here are some distinctive-colored cars that, for the most part, might even be fun to drive.
No promises on resale value.
A six-speed manual is the gearbox.
Shifting for yourself: Remember that?
ST gets a 400-hp V-6.
A gas-electric hybrid model has 318 hp.
Explorer’s a ground-up redesign and has no crash-safety ratings yet.
