Car colour popularity Car colour popularity The most popular car colours today are greyscale colours, with over 70% of cars produced globally being white, black, grey or silver. Red, blue and brown/beige cars range between 6% and 9% each, while all other colours amount to less than 5%. The results of colour popularity surveys conducted by American paint manufacturers PPG Industries (PPG) and DuPont (DP) are shown in the table and chart below. Note that the results for silver and grey may be affected by discrepancies in how the companies classify these colours. Silver is a popular colour for rental vehicles. Cars that
Indian red (color) Diderot in 1765, alternate names for Indian red included "what one also calls, however improperly, English Red." The source of this color is: ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955) – Color Sample of English Red (color sample #15). At right is displayed the color kobe. The color "kobe" is a dark tone of Indian red, made like Indian red from iron oxide pigment. The first recorded use of "Kobe" as a color name in English was in 1924. Indian red (color) Indian red is a pigment composed of naturally occurring iron oxides that is widely used in India. Other shades