What Does Your Car Color Say About You?

COLOR is a universal language that influences many consumer preferences including color for cars. In turn, the color of a car can reflect the personality of its owner, experts say.

While generation, gender, vehicle segment and cultural differences can change the meaning of car color around the world, color theories generally associate certain personality types with specific hues. For example, red represents energy and passion, and is popular with people who want attention. Black is associated with power and sophistication, and is popular with people of authority. White traditionally signifies purity, and is popular with people celebrating a new beginning. Other colors expand the spectrum of personality types

“Specific personality types have an affinity with certain colors that can influence purchase decisions for anything from clothes to cars,” said Angela Wright, author of The Beginner’s Guide to Colour Psychology and founder of London-based consultancy Colour Affects. “A person should trust his or her color intuition when it comes to making a vehicle purchase decision because what they drive is often a reflection of their personality.”

With the aim of giving customers more color choices, Chevrolet recently launched two new hues– Blue Me Away for the Colorado pick-up truck and Agate Red for Sail subcompact sedan.

“With all of our vehicles we try to offer a range of colors so that customers of differing personalities can find something that suits them. Dark hues like black and grey can give a vehicle a classic, sophisticated look, but for those wanting to make more of a statement we have brighter options like blue and red,” said Krysti Murphy, lead designer, GM Global Exterior Color Studio.

Colorado also is available in Pull Me Over Red, Black Meet Kettle, Summit White, Satin Steel Grey, Switchblade Silver, and Auburn Brown. Sail also is available in Blue Sky, Syracuse, Black Meet Kettle, Summit White, and Galaxy Silver. On average, a Chevrolet vehicle has 10 to 12 color options throughout its lifecycle.

Among the more unusual car colors available in the Philippines are a light bright blue called “Mint My Mind” and cheerful chartreuse green called “Brimstone” – both unique to Chevrolet Spark.