looking for opinions
Logistics Pro
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 4,489
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From: Valley Center, CA
Bright yellow with black trim is great. 
Red (including mine) is too hard to keep clean and scratch-free. 
Also, I saw a light blue Ford last year that looked great also. It had a custom paint job where the front of the dog house was metalic silver and the paint on the hood and fenders looked like it was peeling away from the incredibly fast wind created as the truck accellerated!! The light blue enamel and the metalic silver seemed to work together very well. Ford has used this light shade of blue since the 60s. It holds up well to sun and it doesn't show dirt. 
Jag
Red (including mine) is too hard to keep clean and scratch-free. Also, I saw a light blue Ford last year that looked great also. It had a custom paint job where the front of the dog house was metalic silver and the paint on the hood and fenders looked like it was peeling away from the incredibly fast wind created as the truck accellerated!! The light blue enamel and the metalic silver seemed to work together very well. Ford has used this light shade of blue since the 60s. It holds up well to sun and it doesn't show dirt. Jag
I'll have the Roast Duck
Joined: Jul 2002
Posts: 9,622
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From: Northshore, MN
darker colors hide body lines, and lighter colors accent them. I'm painting mine the new volkswagen green. try www.autocolorlibrary.com for some examples. or www.carsdirect.com and go to research, pick a car/truck, and go to their color options. this also gives color examples. These are typical colors seen on the road, and allows you to visualize what you want, and puts a name to the color. house of kolor has a new program that allows you to get a picture of your truck painted in a color, for around $30.00 or so.
Tuned
Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 299
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From: Marryville, Tennessee
Sometime in the future when I get to do my final paint on the truck after all body work, I am going to have my 55 Rootbeer Brown with a candy inlay to give it depth. I am going with this color for one, I saw this color on a Harley in it was just beautiful. For another you just dont see many brown colored vehicles especialy our style 53-56 F100's. I dont want another "red" "black" "blue" old truck ..... just something a little different and not too radical.
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Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 421
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From: Glendale, AZ
Originally my truck came with S code for paint. It is a fairly dark copper color, kind of growing on me. I too would like something different, hence a 60, and copper is certainly different. I wonder if I could research the truck somehow and find out why it had special paint color?
Hotshot
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 15,882
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From: Durham NC
Originally Posted by pickup_289
I had Candy Apple Blue lacquer on mine. Had to take the paint off (lead based). It's called Royal Blue now I think. Changing it to Monte Carlo red. The original color.
