{"id":3623,"date":"2024-03-18T09:06:42","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T08:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.autodna.com\/blog\/?p=3623"},"modified":"2024-03-18T09:06:42","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T08:06:42","slug":"car-colors-autodna-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autodna.com\/blog\/car-colors-autodna-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Car colors and the risk of damage: surprising autoDNA data!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_74 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e2ae72edb40\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"ez-toc-cssicon\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e2ae72edb40\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.autodna.com\/blog\/car-colors-autodna-data\/#Car_colors_or_what_is_the_code_of_the_color\" >Car colors, or what is the code of the color?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.autodna.com\/blog\/car-colors-autodna-data\/#Is_the_black_color_unlucky\" >Is the black color unlucky?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.autodna.com\/blog\/car-colors-autodna-data\/#Car_colors_and_the_risk_of_damage\" >Car colors and the risk of damage<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.autodna.com\/blog\/car-colors-autodna-data\/#Black_dominates_the_automotive_industry\" >Black dominates the automotive industry<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.autodna.com\/blog\/car-colors-autodna-data\/#Is_the_brown_car_color_unlucky\" >Is the brown car color unlucky?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>Does the black car color mean that the vehicle is unlucky? Does the body color have anything to do with the risk that the car had been involved in a collision before? autoDNA checked the relation between the car color and the statistical risk of damage found in the vehicle history.<span data-color=\"transparent\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Car_colors_or_what_is_the_code_of_the_color\"><\/span>Car colors, or what is the code of the color?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The VIN number allows checking a range of information coded by the car manufacturer. How to check the car paint color by the VIN number? To check basic information about a particular car, including the car color, all you need to do is type the VIN in a free browser, such as at autoDNA.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_the_black_color_unlucky\"><\/span>Is the black color unlucky?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Black is often linked with negative values, which is best illustrated by the black cat superstition. The black color &#8211; in combination with, for example, a cat &#8211; usually means something unlucky. If such a colored animal runs your way, then according to folk beliefs you will have bad luck and some misfortune may happen to you. Is it the same with a car?<span data-color=\"transparent\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>As it turns out, the black car color does not necessarily mean the highest risk of damage found in the vehicle history. <span data-color=\"var(--purple-10)\">According to the autoDNA data, brown cars are more unlucky than the black ones. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><div class=\"info-frame-container info-frame-bulb info-iframe-border--yellow\">\n      <div class=\"info-frame-icon info-frame-bulb\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"info-frame-header info-frame-header-blue\">Information<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"info-frame-content\"><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-color=\"var(--purple-10)\">As a contrast, red, green, pearl, and obsidian were reported at the end of the TOP 10 table of cars for which users of autoDNA in 2023 found damage in vehicle history reports searched by their VIN numbers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/div>\n    <\/div><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Car_colors_and_the_risk_of_damage\"><\/span>Car colors and the risk of damage<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3624\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Which-car-colorsare-the-most-unlucky.-Based-on-autoDNA-.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3624\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Which-car-colorsare-the-most-unlucky.-Based-on-autoDNA-.png\" alt=\"Which car colors are the most unlucky. Based on autoDNA\" width=\"1000\" height=\"3643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autodna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Which-car-colorsare-the-most-unlucky.-Based-on-autoDNA-.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.autodna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Which-car-colorsare-the-most-unlucky.-Based-on-autoDNA--82x300.png 82w, https:\/\/www.autodna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Which-car-colorsare-the-most-unlucky.-Based-on-autoDNA--281x1024.png 281w, https:\/\/www.autodna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Which-car-colorsare-the-most-unlucky.-Based-on-autoDNA--768x2798.png 768w, https:\/\/www.autodna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Which-car-colorsare-the-most-unlucky.-Based-on-autoDNA--422x1536.png 422w, https:\/\/www.autodna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Which-car-colorsare-the-most-unlucky.-Based-on-autoDNA--562x2048.png 562w, https:\/\/www.autodna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Which-car-colorsare-the-most-unlucky.-Based-on-autoDNA--624x2273.png 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3624\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Which car colors are the most unlucky. Based on autoDNA<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>In the case of brown cars checked in the autoDNA&#8217;s base in 2023, as much as 13.5% of the VIN searches returned a report informing about the damage.<\/strong> The following places were occupied by cars in black (11.4%) and gray and blue (12% and 11.4%, respectively). The silver color ranked fifth in the ranking of car colors with the highest probability of damage found in the report. Medium risk was reported for white and green. The TOP 10 is closed by red (9.3%), pearl (8%) and obsidian (6.8%).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Black_dominates_the_automotive_industry\"><\/span>Black dominates the automotive industry<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>What\u2019s important to stress is that the risk might be distributed differently, according to the popularity of colors in a car fleet.<span data-color=\"var(--blue-10)\"> In Europe, according to the report done by Axalta, the world leader in the automotive paint industry, the market is dominated by 4 colors of paint &#8211; white, including pearl, black, gray and silver &#8211; these most popular colors, including their shades, consist of as much as 82% of vehicles driving on roads around the world. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><div class=\"info-frame-container info-frame-question info-iframe-border--red\">\n      <div class=\"info-frame-icon info-frame-question\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"info-frame-header info-frame-header-green\">Did you know...<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"info-frame-content\"><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>that white and pearl have as much as 34% market share? The Axalta statistics show that as much as 21% of cars are chosen by customers in black. <span data-color=\"transparent\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/div>\n    <\/div><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_the_brown_car_color_unlucky\"><\/span>Is the brown car color unlucky?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-color=\"var(--purple-10)\">So what about brown, the infamous leader of the autoDNA ranking? In Europe, according to the latest Axalta data, in 2022 it accounted for only 2% of cars registered for the first time, of which 1% was beige and 1% was brown. <\/span><strong><span data-color=\"var(--purple-10)\">Then, as it turns out, it\u2019s not always the case that the most popular colours indicate higher risk of damage.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Brown and green are at opposite poles. Which car color should you choose in such case? Both are quite rare, but it is green that is definitely the &#8220;safer&#8221; choice according to autoDNA data.\u00a0<span data-color=\"transparent\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><div class=\"info-frame-container info-frame-exclamation info-iframe-border--green\">\n      <div class=\"info-frame-icon info-frame-exclamation\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"info-frame-header info-frame-header-orange\">It is good to know<\/strong><strong><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"info-frame-content\"><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When buying and selling a vehicle, it is always worth\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodna.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">free VIN lookup<\/a>\u00a0using the autoDNA\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodna.com\/vehicle-history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vehicle history<\/a>\u00a0report, the market-leading provider of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodna.com\/decoder-vin-checker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VIN decoding<\/a>\u00a0tool. The VIN number is sufficient to check, among others, damage to the vehicle, including total loss, collisions, recorded odometer readings, and archive photos.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><div class=\"check-vin-btn-container check-vin-btn-container--orange\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"check-vin-btn--arrow\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<iframe id=\"ASD-PA-0005010200-31-906\" title=\"Purchase the autoDNA reports in a bundle\" src=\"https:\/\/afilio.autodna.com\/ext\/load\/0005010200\/31?p_label=Check+VIN+number&p_color=orange\" style=\"width: 271px; height: 59px; border: 0;\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">PA.load(\"0005010200-31-906\", \"packages\");<\/script>\r\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/div>\n    <\/div><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Does the black car color mean that the vehicle is unlucky? 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