This is not unique to Tesla. Paint colors have gotten so boring. I've been more attuned to colors ever since starting to seriously shop for a Model S. This made me take notice that on my drive to work today, other than my car, virtually every car I saw had absolutely no color. Every car was painted somewhere on the spectrum of white, silver, gray, or black. Ok, maybe there was a beige or tan car (Tesla equivalent: Titanium Metallic) thrown in there, but that's not exactly adding much of a splash. Usually you'll see at least a red vehicle around, but not this morning. Not even a lime green Kia Soul to be seen.
When I thought about it for a while, it was pretty depressing. Think about color video footage from the 50s and 60s. Those ads or documentaries with cars of every color cruising down the Highway of the Future - coral pink, electric blue, pea green, pastel yellow - visually, it was just so much more interesting and personal. Now, car colors are a dystopian drabscape. Even the rare colors offered are dull - the blue, brown, and green choices offered by Tesla have been very nice, but they're each muted and bland.
Even my current bright blue Mercedes EV isn't very imaginative, but at least it's easy to find in a parking lot. I know the aftermarket wraps are a way to fix this problem, but I really don't want to deal with that.
Why does everyone prefer such conservative colors?
When I thought about it for a while, it was pretty depressing. Think about color video footage from the 50s and 60s. Those ads or documentaries with cars of every color cruising down the Highway of the Future - coral pink, electric blue, pea green, pastel yellow - visually, it was just so much more interesting and personal. Now, car colors are a dystopian drabscape. Even the rare colors offered are dull - the blue, brown, and green choices offered by Tesla have been very nice, but they're each muted and bland.
Even my current bright blue Mercedes EV isn't very imaginative, but at least it's easy to find in a parking lot. I know the aftermarket wraps are a way to fix this problem, but I really don't want to deal with that.
Why does everyone prefer such conservative colors?