Any Color You Want, As Long As It's Not Black...
Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 7:44 pm
California ‘Cool’ Paints Initiative Ugly, Lazy
By Drew Winter
WardsAuto.com, Mar 24, 2009 11:41 AM
Commentary
If California regulators get their way, auto makers may soon be forced to rewrite a cliché from the Ford Model T era and start telling customers they can have any color they want as long as it isn’t black.
Some darker hues will be available in place of black, but right now they are indentified internally at paint suppliers with names such as “mud-puddle brownâ€
By Drew Winter
WardsAuto.com, Mar 24, 2009 11:41 AM
Commentary
If California regulators get their way, auto makers may soon be forced to rewrite a cliché from the Ford Model T era and start telling customers they can have any color they want as long as it isn’t black.
Some darker hues will be available in place of black, but right now they are indentified internally at paint suppliers with names such as “mud-puddle brownâ€