Jan Eyerman wrote:
> The reason is that light colors tend to blend in with the
> background and bright colors draw your eye. Dark colors provide a sharp break
> with the background and emphasize the cars smallness.
There is a similar effect with cars that have sharply drawn styling compared to
those that have rounded styling. Rounded styling, popular in the '50s, makes
cars
look bigger - sharp square lines make them look smaller.
Vic
> Interesting, it is
> better to have painted head light rims on an Alpine as that emphasizes the
> cars length-making it appear longer then it is (desireable on a car like the
> Alpine). Chrome headlight rims cause the car to look almost "choppy". They
> noted that the use of Chrome rims on the Minx was a mistake-they blamed
> Raymond Lowey. Use of the painted rims on the Alpine (along with the fins)
> great emphasized length-they credited that to Bourne and thought it was much
> better.
>
> Sooooo a bright red Alpine with painted headlight rims is artistically an
> excellent choice. A BRG Alpine with chrome headlight rims is a designer's
> no-no!
>
> Many years ago I was a member of the Board of Directors of the Society of
> Automotive Historians (I was a founder) and thus had access to many people of
> note in the auto industry. Alas, business and family caused me to drop out.
>
> Jan Eyerman
> 1973 Hillman Avenger DL (bright yellow)
> 1963 Hillman Minx Series IIIC Convertible (Moonstone with painted headlight
> rims)
>
> jumpinjan <jservaites@woh.rr.com> wrote:
> Jan Eyerman wrote:
> > My least favorite color on any Alpine is "rust red"!
>
> Jan,
> I think the over popularity of Carnival Red is a shame. I wish Rootes
> make available a third choice for red car. I think this color is very
> cool which is painted on a Harrington series D example:
> http://www.sunbeamalpine.org/jans_pics/seriesD_red.jpg
>
> >From what I can see, it's like a purplish&brownish-red. It's very
> interesting to me. Both the car and the paint.
> jan
>
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