The Primary Colors of Classic Cars

by Mike Gulett –

I have a weakness for car colors especially green, orange, yellow and silver. But really I like them all, at least on the right car. The color can impact how we think a car looks and either bring out the beauty of the design or hide the beauty of that same design.

Yellow

I have had a few yellow cars in my past and a couple in my present:

Silver and Orange

The air dam is what caught my attention on this Miura. It is similar to the custom air dam made for my Bizzarrini GT 5300 Strada by the original owner, Ken Phillips. This air dam is not on the Bizzarrini now but did hang on the wall in my office for a few years.

Blue

This is the Lance Reventlow Scarab race car. It is a beautiful blue and was originally pin striped by Von Dutch.

Green

Here are many of my favorite green cars.

The cars above were at The Quail, A Motor Sport Gathering in August 2012.

This Bizzarrini won Best in Show Concorso Italiano – 2006 in Monterey.

Yes, this was really made by Aston Martin.

Red

I think that red always looks good on an Audi R8, among other things. The red chairs in the back for example.

Black and White

Then there is black and white – a Ford GT40 race car (above) looks good in any color, or no color at all.

Let us know what you think in the Comments.

See more green cars in the slide show below.

The Mangusta photos are by Jonathan Root.