Do you remember the color of the very first car you ever drove? Maybe it was bright red, faded blue, classic white, or one of those shades of beige that seemed to be everywhere for a while. Car colors often become part of our memories. Sometimes we even nickname our vehicles based on their color.
That got us wondering about the vehicles RVers are driving today. Walk through any campground, and you’ll see plenty of white trucks, silver SUVs, black pickups, and just about every other color imaginable.
Some people choose a color they love. Others take whatever color was available when they found the right vehicle at the right price.
So here’s today’s question: What color is your car?
If you have more than one vehicle, vote for the one you drive most often. And if your tow vehicle, daily driver, or motorhome happens to be a unique color, we’d love to hear about it in the comments.
Thanks for voting and sharing a little about the vehicle that gets you where you want to go.
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I don’t understand the popularity of tombstone gray vehicles nowadays. When i was younger people drove vehicles of every color, many two tone. A tombstone gray car back in the day was a car that had been undercoated and was ready for a colorful top coat. I would guess that the current popularity of gray is a comment on society in general.
I agree about that newer ‘gray’ color. To me it is just BLAH. No color at all.
I also remember back in the day, the gray ‘primer’ cars. Back then most of us could not afford to get our first car done with an expensive paint job. A few cans of primer was cheap.
Our car is gray because it was the only one on the lot that fit our budget and needs. The cost was more important to me than the color.
If you live along the Gulf Coast, grey cars disappear in the early morning fog. A very damgerous color choice.
My daily driver is Blue because Ford did not make Red availalbe for the Maverick. Most Maverick colors are very boring.
I call it Navy Motor Pool Gray or just battleship gray.
First car was Aqua Marine blue, 61 Ford Fairlane, I remember when my dad ordered it, current car is Red, wife wanted red, I prefer Green or Metallic Beige
Two vehicles and both are white but I could only vote once.
Our car and my motorcycle are both white. When a new truck is being considered, it will also be white.
I’ve owned almost every color vehicle and the white ones seem to look good even when slightly dirty.
I also like the fact that they seem to be more visible.
I buy used vehicles, letting the first owner or maybe two, take the depreciation hit. Color is not a consideration. Getting the best value for the money is.
Lucky that the motorhome is mostly white so it doesn’t heat up in the sun like the dark colors do. Pickup is black, car is grey. Didn’t pick the color of any.
We have a red car and we have a blue car. Why? Because each had the functions and features we wanted. The only time I choose a vehicle color is if I have a choice AFTER choosing a car based on functions and features.
Dark Gray
Who only has one car? We tow a black Wrangler, our daily driver is a red Liberty, and my wife’s baby is her sea mist green Thunderbird. I sold my brown Grand Cherokee a few months ago when we relocated to another state.
One red-ish, the other is silver gray-ish.
My jeep is a Winter Ice Blue. Coincidentally, both of our Jeeps match our motorhome. We drive a 2005 Itasca Meridian that is Teal and icey blue with gray. Neither of us chose our car colors to match….it just happened that way!
Mine is in the silver/grey category but according to the manufacturer the color is “Underground”, whatever the hell that is.
The car we wanted was only offered in boring non-colors, so we paid to get it wrapped in a beautiful turquoise color. People in parking lots are constantly telling us how much they like it!
Thank you for the question, RV Travel. My answer is “white.” However, as seems to be a current trend, the roof is black, as are the posts connecting it to the rest of the car. Jeep even carried this “theme” so far as to make the tops of the door handles black while the sides are white. Nice car, but not crazy about the two tones/colors. Have a great day and safe travels!
I think part of the color selection is due to age of the car. A few years ago it seemed every car was a shade of silver gray. A year or two ago they were mostly white, now it seems black is the color of choice. Don’t know why exactly, but that’s my observation.
It seems that nowadays, you can have any color car you want as long as it’s black, silver, grey or white. Like Henry Ford said, “You can have any color as long as it’s black”. Going down the road or looking around a parking lot there is very little if any variation in colors in cars. They all look alike and have very limited colors. I miss the days of cars having character and personality and came in all kinds of colors. You could tell a Ford from a Chevy to Dodge. They all had very distinctive shapes. Bean counters have taken over car design from car makers.
I do not own a car. My vehicle is a pickup. It’s white & when the temperature is climbing over 100 for days on end I’m very glad it is.
According to the sticker on my car, it’s “Rip tide blue”. I told the sales person that I wasn’t aware that a rip ride had a particular color and she laughed. I am totally unimpressed with the newest ” blackout ” trends. To me it just looks stupid.
Sounds like a C8! I have a C7 GS. Black Rose Metallic which is basically Black Cherry.
All our vehicles are Toyota’s and were all a similar blue metallic, ’08 Tacoma, ’10 Tundra and a ’16 RAV4, until last December when we hit a deer with the RAV4 on our way to church. Totaled! Wife went looking for another RAV4 hopefully in blue but they dropped the color she was hoping to get. So we ended up with ’24 RAV4 in pearl white with black trim. Her next best color.
Ford called it Silver Spruce (only had it for 2 years😢). Depending on light it can be silver, metallic green, goldish, or gray.
“Grey” is the British spelling of the color. The American spelling is “gray”. Look it up!
The first car I drove was a green 54 Chevy Belaire, a common color for that year. My current car is a grey Hyundai. In between, all different colors except I never owned a red one.
My husband thinks black is the only good color for a vehicle. But he bought me my yellow with black stripes “Bumblebee” Camaro! How I love that car!!! People know it’s me when they see it coming!
My Cad. STS depends on the light or sun. In the garage it is a medium to light metallic blue. In the sun it is a blueish gray generally – then there is hint of gold at certain times. The dealer had it displayed under a light with a sort of blue or purple tint – like many street lites – I fell in love with it! (It is also the best car I have ever owned – and next to a blue 59′ Pontiac Bonneville hardtop!)
My Chev. El Camino is black – because that is what was available. I have owned two black cars – and swore I would never own another one – they are too hard to keep clean and even a light dust layer is frustrating! Oh well, how soon we forget…..!
Both our vehicles are in the silver gray category. Truck is light silver and car is dark charcoal.
We chose our SUV because it had a tow hitch Didn’t care what the color was