What Does Your Car Color Say About You?
#31
Lexus Fanatic
Originally Posted by LexFather
I will go so far and say Lexus is the first or really the first to push pearl white to the forefront.
Last edited by mmarshall; 05-23-14 at 06:59 PM.
#32
Lexus Fanatic
I don't remember a lot of pearl whites out there before 1990...but like I said the LS400 marketed in 1990 was pearl white.
#33
Lexus Fanatic
Outside of Cadillac and Audi, I don't think there were any before then. Infiniti, and possibly Lexus, joined about that time.
On or about.
With the possible exception of purplish-gray Amythist, I think it's just about the most distinguished color on the market.
...but like I said the LS400 marketed in 1990 was pearl white.
With the possible exception of purplish-gray Amythist, I think it's just about the most distinguished color on the market.
#34
Lexus Fanatic
If I remember correctly Infiniti had a pearl color that was a good bit darker when it first came out that was pretty ugly...
#36
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To my knowledge the white they used before then was a flat white and it surely wasn't influential. One of the things Lexus did bring to the table when it debuted was an incredible paint job at
The time and the "pearl white" Lexus debuted and used was highly regarded and influential.
I'll never forget seeing the color on the ES in a 1993 brochure I kept at my desk and my first Lexus, the ES, was the same color back in 1996!
#38
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all cadillac colors
http://gtcarlot.com/colors/Cadillac/All/
looks like '89 was when they started doing the diamond pearl - same year lexus was launched!
http://gtcarlot.com/colors/Cadillac/All/
looks like '89 was when they started doing the diamond pearl - same year lexus was launched!
#39
Lexus Fanatic
My Dad had a 95 STS and he debated between the pearl white and black and got black. That was a great looking car in any color really.
Last edited by SW17LS; 05-24-14 at 07:20 AM.
#40
Lexus Fanatic
Pearl White (some people called it Oyster-Pearl), when it first came out, had a stereotype as a pimp-color for the guys in fur coats and wide-brim hats, but, as with most stereotypes, I disagreed. It was, and still is, one of my favorites.
Also, another color I've changed my mind on lately is the metallic Titanium Gray. Those of you who follow my auto reviews know I often complain about a color-palette on new cars that is more worthy of a funeral home than a car. For years, I've found almost any shade of silver or gray to be dull and lifeless. But there now seems to be one exception....the medium-shade, Titanium Gray with the big sparkling metalflake particles in it. When done correctly (I think I've seen it on some Audi and Acura models) it can be excellent.
Also, another color I've changed my mind on lately is the metallic Titanium Gray. Those of you who follow my auto reviews know I often complain about a color-palette on new cars that is more worthy of a funeral home than a car. For years, I've found almost any shade of silver or gray to be dull and lifeless. But there now seems to be one exception....the medium-shade, Titanium Gray with the big sparkling metalflake particles in it. When done correctly (I think I've seen it on some Audi and Acura models) it can be excellent.
Last edited by mmarshall; 05-24-14 at 07:26 AM.
#41
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all cadillac colors
http://gtcarlot.com/colors/Cadillac/All/
looks like '89 was when they started doing the diamond pearl - same year lexus was launched!
http://gtcarlot.com/colors/Cadillac/All/
looks like '89 was when they started doing the diamond pearl - same year lexus was launched!
It seems that the color was available for the market around that time. Lexus clearly pushed it to the forefront.
#42
Lexus Test Driver
I didn't include the Caddy's Diamond White as a legit white pearl (compared to Starfire Pearl) because it's almost gold- way too much color in it to be a true, classy white pearl. It's off in it's own league as blingy/gaudy.
#43
Platinum Silver after having black, red and blue
The platinum silver on my 2000 LS Platinum Edition is absolutely breathtaking. It has this hint of the green that is on American cash bills. Especially in low light. It also helps that they blacked out the emblems on this edition with a color called 'Black Pearl', the owners manual specifies touchless car washes to prevent damage to the emblems. I've had guys ask who did the blackout on my grill and I happily show them the page in the manual and they are amazed it came stock that way.
I love that the color hides the concrete road dust we get here. The big three demanded the roads be able to take double car haulers so we have to deal with a fine off white dust coating our cars day in and day out. I'm done with black and other dark colors, washing and washing, just to look respectable.
Its also nice that foreign cars are look down on so much here, that no one has my car let alone its color. I also get a nice workout each day parking it at the back of the lot to keep from the vandals that want to ding or scratch anything, 'Not 'Murican made.' Big three have plenty of cars, pick one or get out. Then when I mention I have the right to pursue my own happiness, correct? They tend to change their tune as freedom to only buy domestic just doesn't sound right, out loud.
Here is a pic of it and me, next to my friends Viper ACR. Another with it by itself.
I love that the color hides the concrete road dust we get here. The big three demanded the roads be able to take double car haulers so we have to deal with a fine off white dust coating our cars day in and day out. I'm done with black and other dark colors, washing and washing, just to look respectable.
Its also nice that foreign cars are look down on so much here, that no one has my car let alone its color. I also get a nice workout each day parking it at the back of the lot to keep from the vandals that want to ding or scratch anything, 'Not 'Murican made.' Big three have plenty of cars, pick one or get out. Then when I mention I have the right to pursue my own happiness, correct? They tend to change their tune as freedom to only buy domestic just doesn't sound right, out loud.
Here is a pic of it and me, next to my friends Viper ACR. Another with it by itself.