the first one looks like wet cement blue looks okay not sure what to call 3 i'll never buy a white car again. on my first and last one, all i ever wanted to do was repaint it a color i'll never buy black again, roasts in the sun red looks pretty good but all this depends on interior color
best = blue, not available on prime 2nd = red wet cement is a good call for the gray, white, pearl, black. All = boring, horrible, same old same old. No. so my prime will be red. if I can get one in the midwest.
I wonder how the new silver compares to "Classic Silver Metallic". The code for that is 1F7. I'd bust a gut if the new one is the same code. Our 3rd gen silver painted rims appear to be 1F7; touch up pen in that colour is a perfect match.
1. Wind chill pearl 2. Cutting edge 3. Red, Blue, Black 4. That last color everybody says looks like wet cement.
Very helpful, thanks. Surprisingly, guardian gray did not look good in real life. I was thinking of it, but after seeing this video, I will pass on that one. Silver and white are—bland and boring. Blue looked OK. Red surprisingly looked very good. It did not look good in Gen 4 Prius Prime, but the Gen 5 trim blends well with it. Black was the best.
My ranking of these colors from best to worst: black (classiest, blends best with the trim, really sleek and wraps around very aesthetically) red (sporty and sleek, blends well with the trim, albeit too bright for some) gray (odd but unique, albeit becoming too common lately, has some class) blue (a good nongrayscale option) silver (classic but too common and boring, has some blending problems) white (blends worst with the trim—surprising because it blended well in Gen 4)
My ranking of these colors from best to worst: 1. silver (brings out the roofline better than any of the other available colors*, accents the hip-line above the rear wheels without over-accenting it) 2a. gray (poor roofline, good sides and hips) 2b. blue (over-accents the hips, borderline plain sides, not great roofline) 2c. white (roofline become negative space instead of positive, decent sides and good hips, but it's missing something with no color) 3. red (ok roofline, makes the sides way too plain) 4. black (good if you want to emphasize the overall wedge shape, really bad if you like to emphasize the more subtle features, don't like how it makes the plastic trim look cheap, especially the rear door handles) *of course yellow is by far the best, but... **I reserve the right to change opinions once I see them in person
The curve of the roof from where the A-pillar emerges from the front fender to where it becomes the C-pillar and merges into the rear fender. IMO, it's the best looking part of the gen5(and there are a lot of parts I like about it). It's a beautiful, smooth curve that you rarely see in utility car design. Most rooflines are an ununified mess of thicknesses and changing curves. One of the worst design elements of the gen4 was the unanchored rear roofline. The gen4 roofline started in the front fender, had a strong change of curve over the front doors, changed thickness as it went over the doors, and then terminated before it became the C-pillar; just a mess(and only one of many). When you've got a great design element like the gen5 roofline, you want a paint color that brings it out. The yellow did it the best, but we're not getting that. So the silver is the next best choice, IMO.
During the filming of the black, that yellow evening sun reflected really badly from those door handles—that's why they looked cheap. If you stop the video at 2:45, the cameraman's shadow momentarily blocks the sun, and the handle looks very nice and blends well with the black paint—no longer looking like yellow plastic.
I don't think the choice of the color makes much difference with the roofline if at all. One thing I don't like about the light colors is, that strangely and carelessly shaped dark cut in the top corner of the rear bumper cover looks really bad—almost like the car has been in an accident. It is especially bad with the white and silver. The black completely cures that problem. If they sold yellow Priuses in the US, people would mistake them for taxis.
