Color Theory: Are Corvette Owners What They Drive?

[Patrick]

Food for thought... if as Patrick says "Scientifically light is nothing more than our interpretation of reflected light waves" then what we see is the color the object ISN'T. What we see are the colors REJECTED by the object. More than once we've all been told "you are what you eat" right? That would make a red vette actually green!

Well, that's getting a little esoteric (not to mention surreal.) Actually, the reflected light is what we perceive because that's the only frequency of light that gets bounced back at us. The other colors of the spectrum are absorbed. So a red Vette is red because that's the frequency of light waves that get bounced back. Yellow, orange, green, etc. are absorbed.

The psychology of this comes into the picture when you observe how folks react to the color they perceive. Red- more energizing, Green or Blue- more relaxing.

-Patrick

 

[Hotwing]

I have the absence of color coupe......Duh!!!! BLACK

 

[Patrick]

I have the absence of color coupe......Duh!!!! BLACK

Welcome to the Stealth Club, amigo!

-Patrick

 

[Remo]

The psychology of this comes into the picture when you observe how folks react to the color they perceive. Red- more energizing, Green or Blue- more relaxing.

-Patrick

Help me - I just looked at my car and I'm lost in space and time. Help me.........

Remo:cool

 

[Patrick]

Help me... I'm lost in space and time. Help me.........

Remo:cool

We've tried, Remo. Lord, how we've tried.

Silver: between white and black, as one of the 'grey' family of colors. Do you feel more kinship with "black" or with "white?" (And I ain't talkin' about your hair!)

-Patrick

 

[HMannini]

Yet nary a one is speaking of the best color........PEWTER.......

 

[1FASVET]

I feel left out. Atomic Orange!!!

 

[tonyrugg]

I love my spiral gray coupe,!! I almost got a 07- black- but could not do it!! maybe in 09- spiral gray comes back I heard ??

 

[LittleRedFlatBack]

Red

Thanks for reviving this thread TonyRugg.

I don't believe I have the personality listed for red, but I will say this. The red car does seem to bring out some of those traits in me. I do like people to notice the car, but not necessarily me, if that makes sense. I guess I save the mystery part until I get in my black crew cab GMC.:cool

 

[Remo]

You're Now Traveling Through Time & Space

Yet nary a one is speaking of the best color........PEWTER.......

Holly Molly - David dipped into the "way back" machine to bring this thread back to life. Still a great one Patrick.
Remo:cool

 

[zagger]

Mine is white with black top and dark tint on windows. Does that make me bipolar?

 

[XLR8]

Yet nary a one is speaking of the best color........PEWTER.......

Revival!!

I do like that image... how did you produce it?? I ask because I'd love to see my Carmine Red done the same way.

Oh - and welcome to the Corvette Action Center!!

Jane Ann

 

[Bonnell]

Color does not matter. I have also read that white is for people who want to blend in and black is for the powerful. Whatever.:L

Color does not matter. Ask anyone not in the Corvette community. They will tell you that we all are having mid-life crises and are compensating for our SHORT comings.;squint:

See, color does not mean anything.

 

[Remo]

Color Doesn't Matter?

Check the last post on the attached page.
Remo:cool

http://www.corvetteactioncenter.com/forums/showthread.php?t=90537&page=12

 

[Red73BB]

intresting post!
My 91 has Metallic dark gray paint, not sure what that sez about me.

 

[Patrick]

Your Color Theory Specialist is here to help!


Although I'm quite surprised this thread I started on a snowy January day three years ago is still topical. Surprised, but delighted.

Yet nary a one is speaking of the best color........PEWTER.......

Pewter is actually in the family gold, a hybrid of yellow and silver. I suppose a reasonable conclusion could be drawn that it brings forth aspects of both yellow and black. But given how divergent those colors are in color theory, I'd say there's a personality disorder manifesting itself.

HMannini, perhaps you take a seat on the couch.

[Sigmund Freud]How close are you to your mom?[/Sigmund Freud]

I feel left out. Atomic Orange!!!

Orange is easy. It's an almagamation of Yellow and Red. I recommend serious therapy.
:L

Mine is white with black top and dark tint on windows. Does that make me bipolar?

Only if you've been into Remo's winter meds, Zagger. Put the pills down and step away.
otfl

 

[Pinky]

People who like red like to be noticed. They like attention, energy and activity. Psychological theory states that people who have red as a preference in color are "the lives of the party." Fun to be around, extroverted and (in some cases) exhibitionist. Red is the ultimate power color.

That's Me! ME ME ME. :L Although I have to admit this is the first red car I've owned, the rest - NOT Corvettes - have been silver (3), black (1), and green (2). Maybe I've just been in the closet until now.

 

[markmark]

Hi To All,
I hope my feelings are similar to others.
My first choice was Quicksilver amd Light Pewter, ie. gray on gray.
I thought it would be simple, nice, not toooo noticable, but "upscale".
I visited a local Chevy dealer who had an Electron Blue Metallic with black interior. That blue just floored me. "Eureka" (as I'm no Greek expert) that's to color I want. Now for the inside. What would tastefully contrast the blue? I saw light oak inerior at a Buick dealer. That was it. Here in the Northeast, the sun beats down (yes, we see the sun) and a black interior would not do. That's how the EBM and LO came about. And, as an extra bonus, doing calculations from this web site about the 2003 M.Y. production numbers, I alculated that 58 EBM with LO were produced. That's rare.
Oh, by the way, I like blue. I like wearing blue. I like blue shades in rooms. I like blue morinings and sunsets. I like....ooooopps wrong web site.
Blue Borg Brian 1 of 58

Finally, one of us easy going blue fans has chimed in. Ya! what he saidotfl.

 

[vettesplus]

silver is the only choice....

 

[markmark]

Hello everyone, I bought a dark navy blue coupe' about 7 momths ago. As soon as I her sitting on the lot, I was in love, blue being my favorite color. Patrick mentioned,"Devotees of blue are often low key, not wanting to draw attention to themselves or their attributes". It is true, being from CA I am pretty" laid back" about alot of things. I am a foreman at my job, and rather than toot my own horn about my work, I would rather have it speak for itself. And I don't know about not wanting to draw attention to myself. If that were so, why would I be driving such a beautiful car? Just my .02. remember the wave