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What Your Car Color Reveals About Your Psyche With gas prices nearing $4 per gallon, are there any cheerful drivers left on the road?
Well, if there are, chances are they're driving a green car. People who own emerald green automobiles, it turns out, have the most positive attitude about the course of their own lives. Dark blue and silver are other colors chosen by upbeat people. Red supposedly connotes an aggressive, high-speed personality, while yellow, theoretically, is for folks with sunny dispositions. But survey data show that people who drive red or yellow cars have below-average confidence. And black cars, supposedly a sign of power and elegance, are driven by the most downbeat drivers of all. The automotive color-coding comes from CNW Marketing Research in Bandon, Ore., which asked nearly 1,900 Americans about their attitudes toward their own lives at several points over the course of a year. CNW also asked each respondent the color of the car they drive most often, which allowed the researchers to develop a kind of color-confidence index. People whose car is: Emerald green have confidence that is 5.5% above average Dark blue have confidence that is 3.2% above average Silver have confidence that is 1.2% above average White have confidence that is Average Sunny yellow have confidence that is 3.7% below average Orange have confidence that is 4.1% below average Bright blue have confidence that is 5.5% below average Bright yellow have confidence that is 8.3% below average Red have confidence that is 8.8 % below average Black have confidence that is 14.6% below average Since the folks at CNW got a range of answers for each respondent over time, they were also able to calculate the "moodiness" of drivers, how widely their confidence varied from one extreme to the other, in the course of a year. Sedate colors, not surprisingly, correlate with consistent moods. But if a primary color suddenly fills your rear-view mirror, well, it's probably best to get out of the way: There are better clinical indicators of mental health, needless to say, but Art Spinella of CNW says car color can be a useful "people-matching" tool. "Your accountant should drive something silver," he advises. And odds are pretty good that he does: Silver, white, and black, more stable hues, are the most common car colors, according to DuPont, which publishes an annual color popularity report. More moody colors account for about 17 percent of cars. If only they had their own roads. People whose car is: Black, dark blue, or silver experience Consistent moods White, sunny yellow, or bright blue experience Modest mood swings Orange, red, bright yellow, or emerald green experience the most pronounced mood swings Copyrighted, U.S.News & World Report, L.P. All rights reserved.ADVERTISEMENT My car is salsa colored. So I have below average confidence with pronounced mood swings! 
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i drive a 200cc vespa
im happy  | |
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I have a very consistent mood, but I'm pretty sure my life would be at least 14.6% better, if I could quit the Org for good. | |
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My car is emerald green and I hate the colour. The last vehicle that I bought new and chose the colour was a dark gray. My next vehicle will be dark gray as well. I am not a fan of primary colours at all - especially on a car. | |
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Orange, red, bright
yellow, or emerald green experience the most pronounced mood swings   seems that i was busy doing something close to nothing, but different than the day before   | |
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My last six cars have been red. Below-average confidence? I don't think so. We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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I saw this article on AOL... 
My car is PURPLE. They don't even list that color. What does that say about me? 
I am a very confident person, but can be moody- esp. on the road.  "Love Hurts. Your lies, they cut me. Now your words don't mean a thing. I don't give a damn if you ever loved me..." -Cher, "Woman's World" | |
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Dark blue have confidence that is 3.2% above average
Silver have confidence that is 1.2% above average well i've had 2 silver and now i have a deep blue car and i can assure anyone that my confidence is not one percent above average and true love lives on lollipops and crisps | |
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chocolate1 said: My car is PURPLE. They don't even list that color. What does that say about me?
: i think a purple car means something so explicit they couldn't print it and true love lives on lollipops and crisps | |
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IstenSzek said: chocolate1 said: My car is PURPLE. They don't even list that color. What does that say about me?
: i think a purple car means something so explicit they couldn't print it "Love Hurts. Your lies, they cut me. Now your words don't mean a thing. I don't give a damn if you ever loved me..." -Cher, "Woman's World" | |
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chocolate1 said: I saw this article on AOL...
My car is PURPLE. They don't even list that color. What does that say about me?
I am a very confident person, but can be moody- esp. on the road. Someone once told me that if your favorite color is black, blue or purple then it means you're sadomasochistic.  Shake it til ya make it | |
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JuliePurplehead said: chocolate1 said: I saw this article on AOL...
My car is PURPLE. They don't even list that color. What does that say about me?
I am a very confident person, but can be moody- esp. on the road. Someone once told me that if your favorite color is black, blue or purple then it means you're sadomasochistic.  Explains a lot..."Love Hurts. Your lies, they cut me. Now your words don't mean a thing. I don't give a damn if you ever loved me..." -Cher, "Woman's World" | |
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I always end up with a silver car and keep choosing silver work cars for my husband! | |
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JuliePurplehead said: With gas prices nearing $4 per gallon, are there any cheerful drivers left on the road?
Well, if there are, chances are they're driving a green car. People who own emerald green automobiles, it turns out, have the most positive attitude about the course of their own lives. Dark blue and silver are other colors chosen by upbeat people. Red supposedly connotes an aggressive, high-speed personality, while yellow, theoretically, is for folks with sunny dispositions. But survey data show that people who drive red or yellow cars have below-average confidence. And black cars, supposedly a sign of power and elegance, are driven by the most downbeat drivers of all. The automotive color-coding comes from CNW Marketing Research in Bandon, Ore., which asked nearly 1,900 Americans about their attitudes toward their own lives at several points over the course of a year. CNW also asked each respondent the color of the car they drive most often, which allowed the researchers to develop a kind of color-confidence index. People whose car is: Emerald green have confidence that is 5.5% above average Dark blue have confidence that is 3.2% above average Silver have confidence that is 1.2% above average White have confidence that is Average Sunny yellow have confidence that is 3.7% below average Orange have confidence that is 4.1% below average Bright blue have confidence that is 5.5% below average Bright yellow have confidence that is 8.3% below average Red have confidence that is 8.8 % below average Black have confidence that is 14.6% below average Since the folks at CNW got a range of answers for each respondent over time, they were also able to calculate the "moodiness" of drivers, how widely their confidence varied from one extreme to the other, in the course of a year. Sedate colors, not surprisingly, correlate with consistent moods. But if a primary color suddenly fills your rear-view mirror, well, it's probably best to get out of the way: There are better clinical indicators of mental health, needless to say, but Art Spinella of CNW says car color can be a useful "people-matching" tool. "Your accountant should drive something silver," he advises. And odds are pretty good that he does: Silver, white, and black, more stable hues, are the most common car colors, according to DuPont, which publishes an annual color popularity report. More moody colors account for about 17 percent of cars. If only they had their own roads. People whose car is: Black, dark blue, or silver experience Consistent moods White, sunny yellow, or bright blue experience Modest mood swings Orange, red, bright yellow, or emerald green experience the most pronounced mood swings Copyrighted, U.S.News & World Report, L.P. All rights reserved.ADVERTISEMENT My car is salsa colored. So I have below average confidence with pronounced mood swings!
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Billmenever said: JuliePurplehead said: With gas prices nearing $4 per gallon, are there any cheerful drivers left on the road?
Well, if there are, chances are they're driving a green car. People who own emerald green automobiles, it turns out, have the most positive attitude about the course of their own lives. Dark blue and silver are other colors chosen by upbeat people. Red supposedly connotes an aggressive, high-speed personality, while yellow, theoretically, is for folks with sunny dispositions. But survey data show that people who drive red or yellow cars have below-average confidence. And black cars, supposedly a sign of power and elegance, are driven by the most downbeat drivers of all. The automotive color-coding comes from CNW Marketing Research in Bandon, Ore., which asked nearly 1,900 Americans about their attitudes toward their own lives at several points over the course of a year. CNW also asked each respondent the color of the car they drive most often, which allowed the researchers to develop a kind of color-confidence index. People whose car is: Emerald green have confidence that is 5.5% above average Dark blue have confidence that is 3.2% above average Silver have confidence that is 1.2% above average White have confidence that is Average Sunny yellow have confidence that is 3.7% below average Orange have confidence that is 4.1% below average Bright blue have confidence that is 5.5% below average Bright yellow have confidence that is 8.3% below average Red have confidence that is 8.8 % below average Black have confidence that is 14.6% below average Since the folks at CNW got a range of answers for each respondent over time, they were also able to calculate the "moodiness" of drivers, how widely their confidence varied from one extreme to the other, in the course of a year. Sedate colors, not surprisingly, correlate with consistent moods. But if a primary color suddenly fills your rear-view mirror, well, it's probably best to get out of the way: There are better clinical indicators of mental health, needless to say, but Art Spinella of CNW says car color can be a useful "people-matching" tool. "Your accountant should drive something silver," he advises. And odds are pretty good that he does: Silver, white, and black, more stable hues, are the most common car colors, according to DuPont, which publishes an annual color popularity report. More moody colors account for about 17 percent of cars. If only they had their own roads. People whose car is: Black, dark blue, or silver experience Consistent moods White, sunny yellow, or bright blue experience Modest mood swings Orange, red, bright yellow, or emerald green experience the most pronounced mood swings Copyrighted, U.S.News & World Report, L.P. All rights reserved.ADVERTISEMENT My car is salsa colored. So I have below average confidence with pronounced mood swings!
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I have a grey car. 
Of course, my dream car is pink, but since I'll never have my dream car, if I could choose I'd have a black car. |
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Dark blue
w/ dirt brown accents. | |
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CarrieMpls said: I have a grey car.
Of course, my dream car is pink, but since I'll never have my dream car, if I could choose I'd have a black car. like this?  seems that i was busy doing something close to nothing, but different than the day before | |
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