Re: Original color?

Posted by John Harley On 2015/1/30 22:28:51

Gumby

Some of us spend a lot of time discussing this

Most probably not. Reds, for one thing were quite "fugitive" i.e. they faded rapidly. Pigments in paints back then were different and couldn't support the bright palettes that later paints could.

You can find earlier paint carts here, in this period color combinations were carefully chosen and tended towards earth tones, blues and blacks. Red was usually reserved for trim on black cars.

Red otherwise was used for fire engines and people of questionable taste.
Packard did build yellow open cars in this period.


Regards

John Harley