Saw a green Chevy Colorado yesterday

"BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast." (boxerfanatic) 09/14/2015 at 15:23 • Filed to: Car Colors, GM, Rainforest Green Metallic

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But I don’t care whatsoever about the Chevy Colorado, I don’t need a truck like that, I don’t particularly like GM’s track record, and won’t buy a car with OwnStar on board... but let’s talk about that color.

I saw it in afternoon sun, and I actually had to vocally approve of the gloss and tone of Rainforest Green Metallic. Great flop between very dark, and rich brighter green highlights.

I am getting on board with green cars... but they have to be done right. Chrome and silver tones can look OK with it... but grey plastics (side mirror base and window pillars) look washed out grey, because they really are. that stuff stands out as dull, and really should be as black as possible, and perhaps glossy to just blend into the tinted glass.

I can forgive the truck’s front bumper skid panel and air dam, because they are low to the ground, and not right next to glossy black tinted glass as a contrast, and I know that un-finished plastic is less prone to look bad when it gets scratched or scraped.

What would really be cool would be dark bronze or matte gold wheels, along with a minimum of other decoration, I think that would really pop, although glossy gunmetal gray wheels can be pulled off, if the gray doesn’t look too much like dull cheap plastic.

If I were having a project car painted in a custom color, but wanted to have access to OE-grade touch-up paint, and matching codes... I would really seriously consider painting a cool car that suits dark green, in this particular shade.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. 09/14/2015 at 15:29

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Other than the wheels (WTF!?), something like this?

DoYouEvenShift > BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. 09/14/2015 at 15:32

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Lime Rock Green

HammerheadFistpunch > BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. 09/14/2015 at 15:32

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I LOVE a sparkly deep green. Best car color ever imo

BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > DoYouEvenShift 09/14/2015 at 15:37

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That is very nice. The highlight is a bit darker, and a bit more blue tinted than Rainforest Green Metallic, which is used on much less expensive cars than C7 Corvettes.

BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 09/14/2015 at 15:38

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That is a bit less saturated, and slightly gray. A nice color.

I guess I wasn’t really asking for suggestions, more for commentary on Rainforest Green Metallic...

But it is a nice color, and a bit sophisticated, unlike the huge wheels.

Ross Kraz > BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. 09/14/2015 at 15:53

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Here around Green Bay, WI, we have a ton of these around that are "special edition" and have small Packer G badges on the sides next to the nameplate. I was told that GM brought all the local dealers to a show at Lambeau field to reveal the truck. IMO the green is awesome, but I'm a little biased.

DoYouEvenShift > BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. 09/14/2015 at 15:55

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Ive always loved dark greens. My first car, that I still have is one of these.

Bullit Mustangs are nice too

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. 09/14/2015 at 15:59

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I quite like Toyota’s Spruce Mica.

BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > Ross Kraz 09/14/2015 at 15:59

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Off the topic of green, but in central Iowa, I saw a Merc dealer with three new Smart cars, red, black, and purple, each with the gray side trim and roof rails wrapped in yellow instead... with ISU, Iowa, and Northern Iowa logos, respectively. I wondered if that would help sell those dinky little things or not. The ISU Cyclones one REALLY looked like a Little Tikes cozy coupe, which is evidently something someone has also already done.

The Powershift in Steve's '12 Ford Focus killed it's TCM (under warranty!) > DoYouEvenShift 09/14/2015 at 16:02

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Discontinued :-(

Tripper > DoYouEvenShift 09/14/2015 at 16:06

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Damn, I don’t think I have ever seen a BRG(ish) Corvette. I love it! I’m surprised how nice it looks!

DoYouEvenShift > Tripper 09/14/2015 at 16:16

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Ive seen one in the wild.

Same with these

BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > DoYouEvenShift 09/14/2015 at 16:18

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Highland Green is a classic.

Not my first car to drive, but my parent’s first new car when I was quite young...

A dark green with tan vinyl interior 79 Fox Mercury Capri. My grandparents still chide me about talking their ear off when I was 3 about the differences between Capri and Mustang. I was a car freak VERY young, according to them. Much like this one, except not smashed, considering it was a new car back then.

I can only imagine how cool a Black Magic RS Capri graphic set and those later gold wheels would look on that green, although I might have dialed the yellow hue down one, or maybe two notches on the wheel color... and perhaps left the RS Hood add-on to history. But those fender flares, with T-tops and a hatch back...

BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. 09/14/2015 at 16:22

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Since we are talking about other cool green cars... one of my other favorite examples of dark green... a 260Z 2+2. The chrome trim on the top half, the lower blacked out bumpers and trim, over-fenders, and gunmetal Watanabes/Panasports is a fantastic look.

The killer... showing that this color can make a relatively lesser-loved 2+2 version of the S30 Datsun Z-car look like a million bucks, even if it isn’t a more-favored 2-seater.

Frank Grimes > HammerheadFistpunch 09/14/2015 at 19:20

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FIERCELY AGREED.