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One color I can't stand: Nebula Grey. Just a soul-sucking, depressing color. I could've gotten my current car for $2K less had I been willing to get that color, but I knew I couldn't live with it. Smokey Granite Mica was a tolerable shade of grey, I don't know why they discontinued it.
I wouldn't call it soul-sucking, but I agree. I was going to get my IS in Nebula Gray, but for some reason (wrong stock number?) the one I test drove ended up being Atomic Silver. I kinda surveyed the car after the test drive and said, "You know what, this color is way more interesting than the gray was!" Since the options were basically the same, I ended up with Atomic Silver instead.
I originally ordered my '13 GS in Nebula Gray and would have been perfectly happy with it, but the dealer screwed up and I got Liquid Platinum. Turned out I was even happier with that. I had an '06 SC430 in Smokey Granite Mica and was happy when Lexus went to Nebula Gray. The SMG is very dark and (IMO) dull, but judging by Audi's Manhattan Gray, dark grays without much flake are making a comeback.
IMHO the best gray color they've had is Flint Mica
Maybe this gets back to some of the comments you made earlier about green Lexus paint jobs......but that particular color, Flint Mica, in that shot (maybe just from the camera-angle and light conditions) actually looks like a dark Forest Green or greenish-gray. Sunlight and sun-angle can make a huge difference in the way some colors look.
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