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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Depends on the type of green. A metallic, medium-to-dark forest green >is a good choice for many vehicles, a nice, elegant, dignified color. > It’s also among the most popular colors this year – not just for cars, > either, as evidenced by the trend toward "Hunter green" lawn furniture, > bedding, and even kitchen appliances. Some pundits who study this sort > of thing for a living tie it in with ecological awareness – as if it’s > somehow OK to guzzle gas as long as your car is an "earth-friendly" color. > Not that current popularity necessarily means anything in the long run. > Remember that metallic teal/turquoise that was THE trendy color 3-4 years > ago? Seen it around lately? > Andrew
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I just purchased a new 1996 Ford Windstar LX. I got the WILLOW GREEN color. They didn’t have too many choices, just the greens, red, and white, and maybe a grey. No blues. Now, I’m wondering if I made the right choice. 
So, I thought I’d ask for a few opinions… Is GREEN a good color for a new minivan that I plan to keep 3-5 years? Or is it too trendy and yuppie? Thanks for any responses!! Rob
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Depends on the type of green. A metallic, medium-to-dark forest green is a good choice for many vehicles, a nice, elegant, dignified color. Ford’s "Pacific Green" is a nice color, I don’t know what was available on the Windstar. I tend to stay away from the juvenile (and often ugly and fade-prone) bright limes and chartruse shades, but light or medium soft greens and some grey-greens, and even some bright apple greens can also be good choices. Of course it depends on the vehicle. Aardwolf.
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>Depends on the type of green. A metallic, medium-to-dark forest green >is a good choice for many vehicles, a nice, elegant, dignified color.
It’s also among the most popular colors this year – not just for cars, either, as evidenced by the trend toward "Hunter green" lawn furniture, bedding, and even kitchen appliances. Some pundits who study this sort of thing for a living tie it in with ecological awareness – as if it’s somehow OK to guzzle gas as long as your car is an "earth-friendly" color. Not that current popularity necessarily means anything in the long run. Remember that metallic teal/turquoise that was THE trendy color 3-4 years ago? Seen it around lately? Andrew
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I have ALWAYS liked that type of dark green color, my 1972 Catalina Enforcer is painted Julep Green, the best color that year and probably the nicest looking automotive deep green ever, IMO. Many vehicles (but by no means all,) look good in an available dark green metallic. Besides I’m much more concerned about keeping cars in tune–that’s the REAL pollution problem—gasoline is gonna run out anyway, and I’d be willing to pay to fuel that thing if premium unleaded was $.05 or $5.00 per gallon. My ‘69 Polara is that year’s dark green as well. Only my "94 9C1 is two-tone dark grey metallic over silver. > Remember that metallic teal/turquoise that was THE trendy color 3-4 years > ago? Seen it around lately?
Well, in a GREEN version, yes I have, the family’s 91 Grand Prix is that color–they called it "turquoise" but it isn’t blue at all! It’s a nice, metallic soft medium green, and seems to change hue slightly with different lighting levels. IMO it also is one of the best looking colors ever to appear on a car. I don’t care what "style era" it’s from, it’s just a great color, whenever it hapened to be thought up is irrelevent to me. Not many were produced in that color either, so I assume it is not exactly what you are talking about. Aardwolf.
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