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All Corvettes are NOT Red (or White) (1/14)
8/9/12 10:41am

Adam Wartell

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After posting yesterday's blog about C3 Corvette Color Production Counts, I got some feedback that my grouping of colors was a bit off. So, I submit to you this "Version 2" to hopefully reflect a better grouping.

Changes I Made in Version 2:

I grouped Silver and Gray together as "Gray" instead of separate color groups.

I grouped Warbonnet Yellow together with "Gold."

And lastly I grouped Bronze in with "Brown."

Results of the changes:

It turns out that All Corvettes are not Red.... or White.... They're Gray!

Obviously, this can still be left open to debate as to whether or not my groupings are correct. But this should give still give you a good idea as to just how the popularity ran over the 3rd Generation Corvette.

Numbers were taken from the available statistics for the model years 1968-1982. Some years did not have any numbers available, and some have a few numbers missing.

Totals:

Color Category	Production Count
Gray	69,131
White	64,516
Blue	55,653
Red	48,819
Black	36,135
Tan	31,492
Yellow	20,846
Green	20,120
Orange	18,275
Brown	16,597
Maroon	14,472
Gold	6,904
Black/Silver	6,502
Blue/Silver	1,667
Maroon/Silver	1,301
Gray/Silver	1,239
White/Silver	664
Grand Total	414,333

For those of you that are interested in the full data set, and to see the groupings of colors, you can download this document:

https://www.c3vr.com/member_uploads/1_100/4/EBD24_C3ColorsV2.pdf

|UPDATED|8/9/2012 7:41:48 AM (AZT)|/UPDATED|

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Re: All Corvettes are NOT Red (or White) (2/14)
8/9/12 12:11pm

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Wow

with this much time on your hands I see another Wartell being expected.....

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Re: All Corvettes are NOT Red (or White) (3/14)
8/9/12 1:04pm

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ebo said: Wow Shocked

with this much time on your hands I see another Wartell being expected.....

ebo

You mentioned the fact that the numbers are not available for some years....that's true....in fact, quite a few year models don't have production numbers available for paint colors. '68-'69 for instance. That sure makes doing an accurate count impossible, for a lot of things. Still, with the available info, it's neat to see the trend.
Oh....Where did you group the ONE Chartreuse '77? LOL

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Re: All Corvettes are NOT Red (or White) (4/14)
8/9/12 1:35pm

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Adams' Apple said:...
Oh....Where did you group the ONE Chartreuse '77? LOL

"Green"

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Re: All Corvettes are NOT Red (or White) (5/14)
8/9/12 1:35pm

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OK Adam. While your still in research mode I would like to see one more survey please. How many C3 owners repainted their Vette RED because they didn't like the original color? Then we would know what the most popular color is today as opposed to when the car was produced. Ya think??

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8/9/12 7:26pm

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I don't care which Adam's charts you use, BLUE still is more popular than red. Thumbs Up

So, just proves that real Corvettes are NOT all red, but are BLUE. Clap

Told ya so!! Wink

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8/9/12 8:14pm

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Dejablu said: I don't care which Adam's charts you use, BLUE still is more popular than red. Thumbs Up

So, just proves that real Corvettes are NOT all red, but are BLUE. Clap

Told ya so!! Wink

Larry

And this is from Larry with a red car (also)..........so there!!! Way to go Larry

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Re: All Corvettes are NOT Red (or White) (8/14)
8/9/12 9:06pm

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Gray?-- I knew it all along.

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8/9/12 10:32pm

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corvette440hp said:

Dejablu said: I don't care which Adam's charts you use, BLUE still is more popular than red. Thumbs Up

So, just proves that real Corvettes are NOT all red, but are BLUE. Clap

Told ya so!! Wink

Larry

And this is from Larry with a red car (also)..........so there!!! Way to go Larry

No, I still don't have a red car... my C6 is actually Daytona Sunset Orange, so there!!! Anyway, I'd think you would agree as the picture of your Vette looks like its BLUE also.

Larry

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Re: All Corvettes are NOT Red (or White) (10/14)
8/10/12 12:27am

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I have to admit, I think the original grouping was a little better. Silver and gray are two distinctly different colors. I should know, I have a silver '76, but I'd rather have a "Steel Cities Gray" from the early 70's. I love that color on sharks. We have a similar color on our Odyssey, but it's just not quite the same.

BTW, when I bought my car it was painted light BLUE (go figure, with a red interior). When I had it painted, I had the shop go with the original color (SILVER) matched to the GM spec with the paint code tag on the driver's side door jamb. And my car has never been red and never will be while I own it. But I do like my red interior.

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8/10/12 8:37am

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Dejablu said:

corvette440hp said:

Dejablu said: I don't care which Adam's charts you use, BLUE still is more popular than red. Thumbs Up

So, just proves that real Corvettes are NOT all red, but are BLUE. Clap

Told ya so!! Wink

Larry

And this is from Larry with a red car (also)..........so there!!! Way to go Larry

No, I still don't have a red car... my C6 is actually Daytona Sunset Orange, so there!!! Anyway, I'd think you would agree as the picture of your Vette looks like its BLUE also.

Larry

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Re: All Corvettes are NOT Red (or White) (12/14)
8/10/12 11:56am

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Guarantee BLUE is FAVORITE. Why, even the Great EBO likes BLUE. At least, on a 71 convertible big block. Swear, if and when we group up again (Kinda like kenneling up) and the vettes are there I've gotta lock it up and hide the key.

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8/10/12 12:22pm

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harryhere said: Guarantee BLUE is FAVORITE. Why, even the Great EBO likes BLUE. At least, on a 71 convertible big block. Swear, if and when we group up again (Kinda like kenneling up) and the vettes are there I've gotta lock it up and hide the key.

ebo wants Harrys car! I have Red, white, and I'm waiting for "Blue"

If and when Harry and trish are looking for a home for that BB Vert.......

Harry where the heck you been, hear you may have some teflon chassis parts ahe?

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8/10/12 1:06pm

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Check out my follow-up post regarding the popularity of Red over all Model Years:

https://www.c6vr.com/vrforums/the-popularity-of-the-red-corvette_message431581.html

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