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Car colour popularity. A carpark in Austria, 2013. Parking lot in California, 2016. The most popular car colours as of 2012 were greyscale colours, with over 70% of cars produced globally being white, black, grey or silver. Red, blue and brown / beige cars ranged between 6% and 10% each, while all other colours amounted to less than 5%. [1][2]
Automotive paint is paint used on automobiles for both protective and decorative purposes. [1][2] Water-based acrylic polyurethane enamel paint is currently the most widely used paint for reasons including reducing paint's environmental impact. Modern automobile paint is applied in several layers, with a total thickness of around 100 μm (0.1mm).
PPG Industries, Inc. is an American Fortune 500 company and global supplier of paints, coatings, and specialty materials. With headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, PPG operates in more than 70 countries around the globe. By revenue it is the largest coatings company in the world followed by Sherwin-Williams. [ 2 ]
PPG Announces Annual Automotive Color Popularity, Trend Data White remains No. 1 color globally. Metal shades such as gold, bronze and copper increase in popularity. Overall use of color is on the ...
Video of the color change effect. ChromaFlair is a pigment used in paint systems, primarily for automobiles. When the paint is applied, it changes color depending on the light source and viewing angle. It was created at Optical Coating Laboratory, Inc. (OCLI) [later JDS Uniphase and Viavi Solutions] in 1979 and is used by DuPont and PPG. [1][2]
Comex was the 4th largest paint manufacturer in North America. [37] After Mexican antitrust regulators voted against the deal twice, Sherwin-Williams bought Comex's US and Canadian divisions for $165 million on September 16, 2013. [38] PPG, US-based paint and coating company, acquired Comex's Mexican division for $2.3 billion.