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Old 04-13-2015, 09:53 AM
 
Location: Connecticut
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I had a 95 Camaro that was dark green. Nice looking color. Sometimes in the correct light at night it would look black.

Toyota has a green corolla now I think. I've seen a few on the road.

I would say brown as a car color isn't seen any more, and probably for good reason. That's a terrible color for a car, but if I remember correctly brown was popular in the 70's + 80's
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Old 04-13-2015, 10:30 AM
 
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
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One other color I won't miss: little blue/silver. This was the common color for the Chrysler K cars and numerous others for a while. Any variations on that too. For some reason, that color just doesn't wear well.
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Old 04-13-2015, 10:54 AM
 
Location: Vancouver, B.C., Canada
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I had a 95 Camaro that was dark green. Nice looking color. Sometimes in the correct light at night it would look black.

Toyota has a green corolla now I think. I've seen a few on the road.

I would say brown as a car color isn't seen any more, and probably for good reason. That's a terrible color for a car, but if I remember correctly brown was popular in the 70's + 80's
Yeah but again Fake exterior wood Gain trim was big in the 70's and early 80's as well
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Old 04-13-2015, 10:58 AM
 
Location: somewhere near Pittsburgh, PA
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I had a 95 Camaro that was dark green. Nice looking color. Sometimes in the correct light at night it would look black.

Toyota has a green corolla now I think. I've seen a few on the road.

I would say brown as a car color isn't seen any more, and probably for good reason. That's a terrible color for a car, but if I remember correctly brown was popular in the 70's + 80's
Someone at my job has a brown late model Subaru that I see in the parking lot every day. It looks like...well, poop. Both literally and figuratively. I can't imagine why anyone would pay good money for a car in that color.

There is also a dark green mini cooper in my parking lot. I think it's a 2014 model. It looks good and I wouldn't mind seeing the color make a comeback. My 1997 Mustang is "dark tourmaline green" that looks either blue or green, depending on the light. I certainly don't see that color much anymore, but that was huge in the 90s.
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Old 04-13-2015, 11:10 AM
 
Location: Montgomery County, PA
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Someone at my job has a brown late model Subaru that I see in the parking lot every day. It looks like...well, poop. Both literally and figuratively. I can't imagine why anyone would pay good money for a car in that color.
The car itself has an effect on your perception. It is like when models wear K-mart clothes and look like a million. I have seen Panameras in brown and I don’t think you would turn them down.
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Old 04-13-2015, 11:14 AM
 
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I had a 95 Camaro that was dark green. Nice looking color. Sometimes in the correct light at night it would look black.

Toyota has a green corolla now I think. I've seen a few on the road.

I would say brown as a car color isn't seen any more, and probably for good reason. That's a terrible color for a car, but if I remember correctly brown was popular in the 70's + 80's
Back to my Acura Legend reference. Depends on the shade of brown. This shade (Rosewood Brown) is not bad

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Old 04-13-2015, 11:18 AM
 
Location: Purgatory
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Brown is still around and it suks. All the car colors suk from about 2005 onward. Boring neutrals w no personality. I like a color that makes me happy when I see it and not want to fall asleep.
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Old 04-13-2015, 11:55 AM
 
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First car my folks gave me as a dark green, 1985 Olds Cutlass Supreme Bro-Ham. Not a great car, but it was given to me, and it ran fine while I had it. I kept that sucker so clean, you could eat through the wire spoke hub caps!
Bro-ham sounds like your brother is a ham you ment Brougham.

A 1985 olds cutless supreme brougham
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Old 04-13-2015, 11:59 AM
 
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Car colors are so drab today. I'd like to see a return of pink, powder blue, bright yellow, butterscotch, brighter greens and oranges.
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Old 04-13-2015, 12:21 PM
 
Location: Austintown, OH
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I love dark green, and I wish it would continue coming back.

I also love the army green that they put on the FJ Cruisers a couple of years ago, as well as the "Gotta Have It" green on the Mustangs
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