The color of the car is often the first thing that attracts the buyer. At the end of the year, the statistics of the most popular colors for cars were announced.
The leader in the world of paintwork, Axalta Coating Systems has brought statistics for 2016 on the most popular color shades of cars. As expected, neutrals hold their ground, although bright hues can be said to rise in the rankings.
The most popular color for cars is white for the sixth year in a row. According to statistics for 2016, 37% of all produced cars in the world were painted in this color, among them 9% with a pearlescent tint and 28% - regular white. Compared to the previous year, the popularity of white has grown by 2%. Among the countries of the world, the most popular white cars are in Asia. It is there that you can find almost 50% of cars painted in white, the second place in the ranking is occupied by black with an indicator of 18%. To this day, it is considered a classic color and fans of strict body shapes and bulky, expensive cars are often painted in black. The third place is divided between gray and silver, they both occupy 11% of the total car market, like the leader of the rating, gray is gaining popularity every year. In Europe, gray is more popular than silver by 6%, in North America by 5%, and in South Korea by 7%.
When it comes to bold hues, red is the go-to for bold hues in North America, accounting for 10% of the new car market. In Europe, they prefer blue with a 9% rating. In Asia, preference is given to yellow and golden, the share is 4%.
TOP popular car body shades in the world:
- white - 37%;
- black - 18%;
- gray - 11;
- silver - 11%;
- red - 6%;
- blue - 6%;
- beige - 6%;
- yellow - 3%;
- green - 1%;
- other shades - 1%.
In European countries, cars are in demand in color:
- white - 27%;
- black - 20%;
- gray - 17%;
- silver - 11%;
- blue - 9%;
- red - 6%;
- beige - 5%;
- the rest - 3%;
- green - 1%;
- yellow - 1%.
The largest manufacturer of paints and varnishes in the world generates such statistics every time at the end of the year. The company holds this rating and has been producing products since 1926. As a result, the statistics of this company are used by many car manufacturers to predict the popularity of a particular model in a particular colored color. Often such forecasts give positive results in sales of new cars in the global or local market.
