THE color of your PRIUS and your personality

I bought white because I'm lazy and its easiest to take care of. Also, its blazing hot here in the Summer but I'm too lazy to move.

 

I'm reflective and tend to blend, so silver is right.

 

I was tired of waiting for my Prius, so the silver pine one that I found became just the color I wanted.
(Actually, now that I've had it a while, I really like it and get a lot of compliments on the color.)

 

I'm a very practical sort, so I bought my SuperWhite for all the practical reasons: most visible on the road, coolest in our hot southern summers, stays clean looking longer - but I also like it's (his) looks. I bought it three days before Christmas, and the book and movie "The Angel Doll" was once again a reminder of the spirit of Christmas. So in honor of one of the main characters, "Whitey," I named my car (and thus my screen name "WhiteyPrius") in his honor.

 

Blue has always been my favorite color, so going for the seaside pearl was a no brainer. Since I always name my autos after flowers, this Prius is called BlueBell II (B.B. for short). Obviously I had another blue car in my previous life.

 

Let's see, I've had an arrest me red, Honda. A to cool for you Blue VW. A White trusty rusty Buick. A beige is blaa VW. So now it's a Silver Pine Mica Prius, doesn't blend in with the other cars on the road and always looks good.

 

I had the choice of the electric crazy bright look at me blue or plain old silver....I picked silver, I like it, dont need to get noticed (but the car does that no matter what color) plus it seems to "hide" dirt better...guess that means i am plain....but i bought the Prius for more on the inside nerdyneess than for the exterior design or color....

 

Spectra Blue Mica because it blends so well with the Blue Hawaiian skies and water that we have the year around.

 

I really went looking for a blue one. The dealer had three #2s: White, Black, and Red. I Did Not want a #3 and up.

Of the three, I chose the Red, after checking with the wife, of course. <smile>

Not at all sorry. Easy to find in the parking lots.

Bob

 

After seeing the title of this thread, I pulled out a book, Nutritional Healing, and wanted to see how their color guru rated colors. I listed the only three colors that match the colors of a 2008 Prius

Blue has a relaxing and calming effect. They also claim, "Blue has also been found to make people in hot and humid environments feel cooler."

Red stimulates, excites, and warms the body. This is also the color of passion and energy.

Black in a "power" color, and induces strength and self-confidence.

Currently, I am still waiting for the dealer to find the right color for me. After looking at this, perhaps I need to change my preferred color from Barselona Red to Blue Mica.

 

I was waiting for the Beige color whatever it's called like my last two corollas to hide the dirt, but got tired of waiting. The only package they had that I wanted that wasn't sold yet was a silver, but it was a touring. Decided I liked the larger wheels and HID headlights, so took it. Now that I have seen all the colors I like the red the best. How much for a paint job?

 

Barcelona Red did it for me. Beige would have been a nice choice, but my wife's Camry is desert sand mica and the vehicles would have clashed. In addition, the other colors were/are pretty common and I wanted something a bit different. Besides, I'm not afraid of being pulled over, as I hypermile. The only bad property about Barcelona red is that chips can be very visible. I'm going to install the 3M clearguard this week.

 

I picked silver because I love the look of silver cars. Sleek, classy clean .....

 

In honor of my previous red vehicle I got a red Prius. Also, my grandmother loved red. My second choice was Magnetic gray, or Spectra blue but there weren't any blues available. I like my red a lot, definitely helps find the car in the parking lot and I think it looks snazzier than the lighter colors.

 

Yoda's red..of all the colors, Barcelona Red and Spectra Blue were my favorites. I suppose I like bright colors; my last car was turquoise. They're just really easy to find in parking lots!

Haven't regretted it.

 

Hmm. I had time to choose a color. Plenty of time (too much time, really), because I had been tracking the Prius for many years. The economics were important to me, and I was not going to take a hit on trading in a car or selling a car without getting the prime dollar for it. Also, I didn't want to be on a long waiting list. By the time things fell together for me, I had time to make a special order.

All of this should tell everyone plenty about personality. How does color fit it?

Had I the power to select the colors, I would have gone for a rich green color, much like the leaves of a healthy tree - with a hint of blue in it. I also would have liked a deep blue color (not far from the Spectra now offered). Experience, though, shows me that I never wash a car often enough to justify those deep colors. I've had the dark blue and the black. I've had red, too. And silver. The best for me and washing was a champagne metallic. It always looked passably clean.

Anyway, I thought the Magnetic Gray looked great. Unfortunately, I could not get it with the right interior color (for me -- I've had a black-on-black car that looked COOL, but was too HOT for me).

Red would have been fine. White is not me. Black is great with a bisque leather, but it would be too much work to clean all the time. Silver didn't do it for me. The blue was too light for me. The "tan" color just wasn't deep enough for me.

Silver Pine Mica. Bisque Leather interior.

(There it is -- a short but sweet story.)