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PostPosted: Fri Feb 05, 2016 3:02 pm    Post subject: Re: What is the Worst Vanagon Color? Reply with quote

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It is entirely possible that I am about to end up with a westy in a color that I know will offend at least half of you, and will probably make it end up in the Hall of Shame thread at least once. (Waiting to hear back from the mechanic doing the PPI today.)

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or turn that stripe Gold and Geaux Tigers!
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 05, 2016 3:13 pm    Post subject: Re: What is the Worst Vanagon Color? Reply with quote

Venture Bros.
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 05, 2016 3:18 pm    Post subject: Re: What is the Worst Vanagon Color? Reply with quote

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or turn that stripe Gold and Geaux Tigers!


or with any one of various changes to the stripe....

The Lakers (NBA)
Northwestern (NCAA)
Texas Christian (NCAA)
Ravens (NFL)
Vikings (NFL)
Rockies (MLB)
Perth Glory (Soccer)
Hakoah Ramat Gan (Soccer)
Real Valladolid (Soccer)
LA Kings (NHL)
Phoenix Suns (NBA)
Clemson (NCAA)
East Carolina (NCAA)
and a few others I can't think of off the top of my head at the moment...

I live in a place where the sports colors are either Maroon/Silver, or Copper/Gold/Silver...

I think instead, if this van is to be mine, it is going to be a super villain... Or rather this particular super villain:
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 05, 2016 3:18 pm    Post subject: Re: What is the Worst Vanagon Color? Reply with quote

Zeitgeist 13 wrote:
Venture Bros.


Right on the nose!
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 05, 2016 3:29 pm    Post subject: Re: What is the Worst Vanagon Color? Reply with quote

Right on Dwarf! Hope you've found the one!

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I dig that color.


Thanks, I'll PM you the name of that color since you'll be needing a respray soon. I don't want to post it because I'm sure everyone will want to copy it. Wink

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 05, 2016 3:35 pm    Post subject: Re: What is the Worst Vanagon Color? Reply with quote

I'll echo the disdain for Blue interiors (and really, Blue exteriors as well... except Wolfram grey) but opinions are a plenty!

Personally, I LIKE the tan interior (not only because I have one Laughing ) - they hide dust and dirt very well, and it matches my Nevada Beige paint.

looks sooo good in its natural environment Cool
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ps - I like that door panel a LOT Casey.
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 05, 2016 7:58 pm    Post subject: Re: What is the Worst Vanagon Color? Reply with quote

Farfrumwork wrote:
I'll echo the disdain for Blue interiors (and really, Blue exteriors as well... except Wolfram grey) but opinions are a plenty!

Personally, I LIKE the tan interior (not only because I have one Laughing ) - they hide dust and dirt very well, and it matches my Nevada Beige paint.

looks sooo good in its natural environment Cool
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ps - I like that door panel a LOT Casey.


What is this paint code? Looks a lot like my "bast beige" 86 syncro paint code LL1M down to the brown stripe at the belt

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PostPosted: Sat Feb 06, 2016 8:31 pm    Post subject: Re: What is the Worst Vanagon Color? Reply with quote

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I'll echo the disdain for Blue interiors (and really, Blue exteriors as well...


Ready for a laugh? I agree with this, HOWEVER, look what I bought today! Laughing

It's getting lowered, 17's and a 2.5L Subaru, that should help as will getting rid of the purple tint Very Happy
May also convert to a grey interior.

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PostPosted: Sat Feb 06, 2016 8:46 pm    Post subject: Re: What is the Worst Vanagon Color? Reply with quote

as a color expert Rolling Eyes and having more experience with color than most people i say 'merian' is the worst color ever made. artists study color and most people roll their eyes but its something that has a science behind it. just like arguing with your baker about bread,your lawyer about the law you shoudlnt argue with your artists about color! #Bad Talk obviously everyone has their opinions but color theory is based on science. cars that are unnatural colors that arent found in nature in great abundance are highly offensive. :fist: blue is cool, black is not real, white is everything,red is horrible,yellow is ok and so is green but brown is poop and dead trees and dirt. :2gunfire: Brown Vanagon
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 06, 2016 8:55 pm    Post subject: Re: What is the Worst Vanagon Color? Reply with quote

So... what about purple?
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 06, 2016 9:04 pm    Post subject: Re: What is the Worst Vanagon Color? Reply with quote

its one of my favorite colors actually but its not always great on a car. purple is roadkill guts and the sky at the right time or really cool flowers.
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 06, 2016 9:16 pm    Post subject: Re: What is the Worst Vanagon Color? Reply with quote

DwarfVader wrote:
So... what about purple?


I think it looks GREAT on a Westy... but it's gonna be extra HOT in the summertime Razz .
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 07, 2016 10:06 am    Post subject: Re: What is the Worst Vanagon Color? Reply with quote

IIRC black was only done on some Tristars. I like it there but otherwise I'm not a great fan of black vanagons. Maybe that's because there are so many black cars out there and the vanagon is one of the few vehicles that actually look nice in almost any colour.
We also have a (black) Audi A6, now imagine one of those in bright green, baby bleu, orange, yellow, beige,... that would really suck!

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PostPosted: Sun Feb 07, 2016 10:50 am    Post subject: Re: What is the Worst Vanagon Color? Reply with quote

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as a color expert Rolling Eyes and having more experience with color than most people i say 'merian' is the worst color ever made. artists study color and most people roll their eyes but its something that has a science behind it. just like arguing with your baker about bread,your lawyer about the law you shoudlnt argue with your artists about color! #Bad Talk obviously everyone has their opinions but color theory is based on science. cars that are unnatural colors that arent found in nature in great abundance are highly offensive. :fist: blue is cool, black is not real, white is everything,red is horrible,yellow is ok and so is green but brown is poop and dead trees and dirt. :2gunfire: Brown Vanagon


It's rare to see so much utter nonsense packed into a single short post. Impressive. Applause d'oh!
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 07, 2016 11:23 am    Post subject: Re: What is the Worst Vanagon Color? Reply with quote

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as a color expert Rolling Eyes and having more experience with color than most people i say 'merian' is the worst color ever made. artists study color and most people roll their eyes but its something that has a science behind it. just like arguing with your baker about bread,your lawyer about the law you shoudlnt argue with your artists about color! #Bad Talk obviously everyone has their opinions but color theory is based on science. cars that are unnatural colors that arent found in nature in great abundance are highly offensive. :fist: blue is cool, black is not real, white is everything,red is horrible,yellow is ok and so is green but brown is poop and dead trees and dirt. :2gunfire: Brown Vanagon


It's rare to see so much utter nonsense packed into a single short post. Impressive. Applause d'oh!


Right on Andrew! I think bright colors work fine on some cars but I don't want my camper "yelling" at nature at the campsite. Bright colors on my ww kayak so I can find it downstream from a swim, sure. Climbing gear so I don't leave a cam in the dirt at dusk, sure. A ski jacket so my kid can spot me on the slope, sure. In an art gallery, sure. My camper, not so much. Earth, dirt, wood, that's about right. To each his own. (no offense to Dwarf's potential purple people eater)

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PostPosted: Sun Feb 07, 2016 12:02 pm    Post subject: Re: What is the Worst Vanagon Color? Reply with quote

How does one become a color expert? Is there an app for that, or some kind of online course I can take? Inquiring minds want to know
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 07, 2016 12:08 pm    Post subject: Re: What is the Worst Vanagon Color? Reply with quote

Zeitgeist 13 wrote:
How does one become a color expert? Is there an app for that, or some kind of online course I can take? Inquiring minds want to know


I can't speak for him... but my wife is a color expert...

To answer your question... art school with an emphasis on color studies, and her postgrad thesis was on color.

She is my color czar
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 07, 2016 12:14 pm    Post subject: Re: What is the Worst Vanagon Color? Reply with quote

Holy shit...my grad school thesis was boring as hell in comparison.

What does she think of the purple box?
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 07, 2016 12:21 pm    Post subject: Re: What is the Worst Vanagon Color? Reply with quote

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It is entirely possible that I am about to end up with a westy in a color that I know will offend at least half of you, and will probably make it end up in the Hall of Shame thread at least once. (Waiting to hear back from the mechanic doing the PPI today.)

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is this one in denver? There's a similar purple van here with a tan stripe partially covered in mosaic tile... i see it around cap hill all the time. it's so ugly that it has partially crossed the boundary back into being good looking again.
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 07, 2016 12:22 pm    Post subject: Re: What is the Worst Vanagon Color? Reply with quote

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or turn that stripe Gold and Geaux Tigers!


YEAH YOU RIGHT!

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Mine would look like this if I had my way, but then my loved ones would never ride in it.

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And to the color expert, purple kicks ass. It's widely accepted that people who don't like purple generally have no taste, no sense of humor, or just don't look good in it. Smile
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