paint color for old cars

[*bengalfan74*]

(05-15-2022, 09:47 AM)grampahol Wrote: Being I used to paint cars for a living along with body work I have an opinion you probably won't like, but here it is.. First..a color to avoid at all cost, green! Green is the color involved in most wrecks.. green tends to blend into the background of trees and such and the brain tends to delete it more or less.. I learned that from both experience and insurance claim statistics.. never buy a green car.. The color red attracting cops? mostly myth..
If you're going to repaint a car, truck or any other thing on wheels there's one color and only one.. WHITE! WHITE! & WHITE! No, it's not a racist thing.. White shows the fewest errors in the substrate..dents, scratches, dirt, etc.. Black in the least favorable because everything..every error shows..
I'm not wild about gray or silver because it blends in with the color of pavement for the most part. Check that out next time you're out and about.. Why the hell would anyone want a car the same color as the damned road? 
If you want to be safe? Dayglo pink!   That is a color..and it'll stick out like a sore thumb..

I had a gray Impala years ago and that was the bird killingist car I ever had. I bet no exaggeration I hit 10 or 12 birds with it. I always said it blended in with the road and they just couldn't see it well.