Question #241

[weofodthignen]

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What color would you repaint an old Ford van?

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White
0 (0.0%)

Midnight black
0 (0.0%)

Pink
0 (0.0%)

Purple
1 (12.5%)

Teal
0 (0.0%)

Emerald
2 (25.0%)

Maroon
0 (0.0%)

Fire-engine red
0 (0.0%)

Lemon yellow
0 (0.0%)

Burnt orange
0 (0.0%)

Iridescent purple/dark green
0 (0.0%)

Metallic gold
0 (0.0%)

Polka dots
0 (0.0%)

Paisley
0 (0.0%)

Vertical stripes
0 (0.0%)

Flames all over
0 (0.0%)

Shaded from top to bottom like the sky at dusk
1 (12.5%)

Shaded from top to bottom like the sea. With sea life.
1 (12.5%)

Other solid color
2 (25.0%)

Other pattern/design
1 (12.5%)

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Comments

[weofodthignen]

Sky-shading, with teensy rocket ship.

[altrinc]

Lavalamp effect as it's vivid yet calming. Random scarlet blobs on a non-uniform light green/pale yellow background wash.

[weofodthignen]

Red blobs on chartreuse. That would be great, but a bit SoCal for round here :-)

[dubhain]

It depends very much on the year, trim level, and optional equipment. Generally, for a panel van, a royal blue. That would change, depending upon windows, whether the windows were stock or aftermarket, any customization, &c. Then again, I don't like my vehicles to stand-out too much. I prefer it, when they blend into the background just enough, but not too much.

[weofodthignen]

I almost listed navy blue, but didn't think of royal blue, but it has windows on both sides; here it is back in September when the paint stripping was almost done. I don't recall the windows being tinted; from the original state of the poor old thing I doubt they were.



The new paint job kind of matches the steering wheel; see previous post.

[dubhain]

Ah. It's one of the mid-60s models. Cool. I always liked those.

Yeah, I'd likely do a royal blue, with white roof and trim. There are a lot of really nice creative combinations that could be done with it, and I'd love to see them on someone else's van. But as I mentioned above, I don't like mine to stand out too much. (Even though the vintage of the van would definitely make it noticeable, all on its own. (Less so in Cali, though. I have to admit. I miss some of the vintage cars I used to see frequently on the roads, there.)

[siliconshaman]

Sea-life shading, with a roof-rack for surf boards.

[elainegrey]

All about the practical: sand. It's light enough to not trap heat, but not enough to make a dirty vehicle obvious.

[weofodthignen]

That's probably another way of describing the color they've repainted it :-)

[elainegrey]

It's the color of our Ford Ranger. 8)

[weofodthignen]

Heh. On a Ranger I might have thought "sand", but for some reason on that moderately bulbous van my mind immediately went to "What food is that" :-)