{"id":10232,"date":"2020-01-24T08:32:42","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T22:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/?p=10232"},"modified":"2020-06-20T00:00:46","modified_gmt":"2020-06-19T14:00:46","slug":"best-and-worst-exterior-paint-colours-for-resale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/blog\/best-and-worst-exterior-paint-colours-for-resale\/","title":{"rendered":"Best And Worst Exterior Paint Colours For Resale"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"We\u2019ve all heard those jokes about people who seem to be more concerned about what colour a car is rather than its practical performance (fuel economy, towing ability, safety specs, luggage space, etc.). \u00a0We\u2019ve also probably tossed out a flip comment about go-faster red and go-faster stripes over the years.\u00a0 Paint colour seems like just a matter of personal choice and preference. \u00a0However, if you\u2019re buying a brand new car and you know that you are going to sell it off some years down the track, then you may need to bear colour in mind, as some car paint colours are better for resale than others.<\/p>\n

Good paint colours are popular ones that don\u2019t go out of style quickly. This means that it\u2019s going to be quicker and easier to sell them in five or ten years\u2019 time because they\u2019ll still be in style. With a bad colour \u2013 which might be a fashionable colour \u2013 it could be a bit harder to sell the car later on because potential buyers may look at it and go \u201ceww \u2013 that\u2019s so 2020\u201d, which may mean that you will have to let the car go for a lower price than you may have got otherwise.<\/p>\n

The leading authority on car paint colour is the paint manufacturer Axalta. This company has complied stats on car colours for over 60 years and has tons of resources available (the most recent free annual car stats are from 2016) and there is plenty to keep any motoring trivia enthusiast happy for hours at their website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

By a quick look at some of the material available from Axalta without wasting time down too many rabbit trails, it seems as if good car colours, in terms of resale, are like good suit colours for guys or the little black cocktail dress for gals: simple, basic classics that don\u2019t shock or startle. Honestly, when it comes to car paint colour that hold its value, conservative is the key.<\/p>\n

The most recent (freely available!) stats from Axalta show that the most popular car exterior paint colours worldwide (and therefore the ones that are likely to have the best resale value) are as follows:<\/p>\n

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  1. White: 37% of new cars sold in 2016 were some shade of white; white has been #1 for quite some time now<\/li>\n
  2. Black: 18%<\/li>\n
  3. Grey: 11%<\/li>\n
  4. Silver: 11%<\/li>\n
  5. Red: 6%<\/li>\n
  6. Navy blue: 6%<\/li>\n
  7. Beige and brown: 6% (apparently, Russian sales made up most of these)<\/li>\n
  8. Yellow and gold: 3%<\/li>\n
  9. Green: 1% (again, mostly Russian sales)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The most popular colour for vehicles in the Asia-Pacific region (which includes us here in Australia) has been either white, silver or grey since 1973 \u2013 and it looks like this trend isn\u2019t going to change soon!<\/p>\n

    (If you want the latest stats, broken down by region and by body style \u2013 yes, it makes a difference \u2013then you have to pay to get the download. I\u2019m tempted\u2026)<\/p>\n

    To find the least popular colours, all that some bloggers and researchers do is to flip this popularity list upside down. However, you, like me, have probably noticed that some colours don\u2019t even feature on this list.\u00a0 Because cars with unpopular colours don\u2019t sell as well, it\u2019s hard to compile meaningful stats on them, as it\u2019s hard to track what isn\u2019t selling because there\u2019s nothing to see or record.\u00a0 Nevertheless, the following have been proposed as the worst car exterior paint colours for resale.\u00a0 They\u2019re not in any particular order, but you may notice that all of them are very distinctive and associated with particular decades!<\/p>\n