[Carlos Sonata]

"Powder White Pearl" - it's just the full, official name for the pearl colour. I'm not sure what the code is in the US, but Hyundai Korea abbreviates it as "N2".

 

[mamamia]

Color is a matter of personal taste. That's for sure.

BUT THERE ARE SOME FACTS:

A. The orange I mentioned is not a matter of nice or ugly... That was not the issue, it was the color that was found to be the SAFEST, most visible on the road. Which is not too difficult to comprehend.

B. Dark colors tend to show dirt quicker. A dark color car would need to be washed more frequently than a light color car. In that respect silver and gold-beige would be the best colors.

C. Yes, a white car looks ALWAYS larger than a black (or dark color) car.

 

[mc229]

More facts:

A. Most people (except for maybe hunters) would say that orange, although safe, is quite ugly.

B. I don't mind washing my car. I've got nothing against metallic beige in general (have it on my Yukon), but didn't like it on the Sonata. Personal preferences right?

C. Didn't particularly need for my car to look big. Most cars look small with my gargantuan corn-fed self driving them and scraping the headliner with my pate anyhow.

:grin:

 

[Carlos Sonata]

I'm not a big fan of orange cars either, but if I must admit the Sonata would probably look very cool in this paint...

Sweet orange :thumbsup:

 

[Moosepower]

Hi,

I chose the Dark Cinnamon, for two reasons:

1/ in low light or at night, the car almost looks black and,
2/ during the day, the metalflake in the paint really comes out, giving it just the right hint of sparkle.

It also is a really classy colour. The other thing is that so many people are driving white, black or silver vehicles, it is nice to stand out.

 

[PennyWise]

Originally posted by mc229@Apr 7 2006, 07:21 PM
Hey, I'm talking about the pic!  Beautiful grin when you click on the link, too, but could use a good dentist.

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Dentists gives me nightmares.....how ironic isn't it?

 

[cferd]

I got Deepwater Blue. Until now, I've been telling everyone who asked that it was Deepsea Blue. :blush:

 

[mc229]

Sea, lake, river....it's all water anyway, right?

Maybe I'll get a pearl white to go with my ebony black and then I can sing
"Ebony and ivory go together in perfect harmony side by side in my garage..."

:grin:

 

[chug2k]

anyone have any real life photos? i'd like to see what the deepwater blue ACTUALLY looks like instead of just on the website.

 

[cferd]

Originally posted by mc229@Apr 9 2006, 06:28 AM
Sea, lake, river....it's all water anyway, right?

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I guess. But going on 6-7 months without really knowing the color of your car?
I also had this problem about 5 years ago with my F150. Umm...well...I still have that problem. The color was something like Chesterfield or something. Never really cared. All these stupid fancy names now-a-days. It was deep blue for the most part, and just like the Sonata, it changed colors depending on the time of day. My Sierra was easy though: Just plain Pewter.

 

[MrDisco]

Originally posted by chug2k@Apr 9 2006, 09:01 AM
anyone have any real life photos? i'd like to see what the deepwater blue ACTUALLY looks like instead of just on the website.

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yeah thats what i'm hoping for as well...

 

[mamamia]

You can't judge by PHOTOS.... Not in brochures, and CERTAINLY not on your monitor (every monitor is adjusted differently), YOU NEED TO VISIT THE HYUNDAI SHOWROOM.

 

[Claff]

Deepwater blue is not an easy color to capture. In the second pic I tried like heck to show the metallic highlights, hope it comes across in the resized pic. Also tried brightening the first pic to better show the blue in the sedan which wound up turning my Tiburon into a nuclear banana.

 

[MrDisco]

Originally posted by mamamia@Apr 10 2006, 12:46 AM
You can't judge by PHOTOS.... Not in brochures, and CERTAINLY not on your monitor (every monitor is adjusted differently), YOU NEED TO VISIT THE HYUNDAI SHOWROOM.

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while that is true, the problem is that smaller dealers (like mine) only have a few models on hand. i went on the weekend to test drive and all they had was cinammon, white, and black.

 

[navoti]

Originally posted by mc229@Apr 7 2006, 10:26 PM
More facts:

A.  Most people (except for maybe hunters) would say that orange, although safe, is quite ugly.

B.  I don't mind washing my car.  I've got nothing against metallic beige in general (have it on my Yukon), but didn't like it on the Sonata.  Personal preferences right?

C.  Didn't particularly need for my car to look big.  Most cars look small with my gargantuan corn-fed self driving them and scraping the headliner with my pate anyhow.

:grin:

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ROFL -I have to agree on all points.

 

[motd]

Hyundai should have made GREEN a color option, as in the color of money saved, or the color that other dealerships are envious with.

:banana: :460:

mc229:
If you keep bumping your head when you enter your Sonata, you should have ordered this option, which is standard on Canadian Sonatas --

 

[..MiamiLX..]

What is the Color of Love?. Love comes in all colors, but the DEEPWATER Blue is deep. Best Blue on Planet Earth!

 

[bobad]

Originally posted by MiamiLX@Apr 10 2006, 10:40 AM
What is the Color of Love?. Love comes in all colors, but the DEEPWATER Blue is deep. Best Blue on Planet Earth!

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You can {sort of} see it here:

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c394/bobad/Picture017.jpg

 

[mamamia]

As a graphic designer I bump into this same problem of how COLOR is displayed differently on different monitors....

There is just no way to rely on your monitor to show exact colors, unless you use an expensive CRT monitor ($3,500 for a 22" screen), and expensive hardware+software to CALIBRATE it....

So no matter what any of you guys see on THEIR monitor, the rest of us see it different.

And again, there is NO WAY that anyone can rely on photos - even those printed on hi-quality brochures - to represent the colors of cars, ESPECIALLY DARK-COLOR CARS. You need to SEE the car, in daylight AND at night.

One more note about colors. As I noted before, a WHITE car looks LARGER than a dark-color car (which is true for how women dress up... they KNOW the secret):
When I first saw the Sonata parked a nearby hotel it was a Cinnamon red, and to me it looked SMALLER then our newly purchased Accord... When I went to see my white car at the dealership, it looked MUCH LARGER... Actually, parked in our garage side by side to our Accord, the Sonata looks LARGER.

Though I think the Sonata IS larger than the Accord.

 

[mc229]

One more note about colors. As I noted before, a WHITE car looks LARGER than a dark-color car (which is true for how women dress up... they KNOW the secret)

OK, mamamia, get the white paint away from your pants. Nobody's going to think it looks any bigger.



(That was a joke, in case anyone took it seriously and was offended)

Like the hockey helmet, motd, but I think I might still have my old Appleton Foxes minor league baseball helmet. Should work just as well.

:grin: