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<\/p>\nIt\u2019s no secret that the UK car market is experiencing a fair amount of ups and downs recently, and we all know at least one reason why. But amongst all that economic turmoil, in 2018 something else interesting emerged – grey has officially become the UK\u2019s new favourite car colour, overtaking black to the top spot. But, we hear you cry (we\u2019ve got great hearing), isn\u2019t grey all drab and boring? So how has this famously reserved colour become so popular?<\/p>\n
Half a million people chose grey for their car colour throughout 2018. That puts it at 21% of the market share at the last count, which is the first time it\u2019s reached the number one spot ever since we first started keeping track of all this back in 1996. Of course, they say that your car colour says something about you, so we checked what the experts have to say. According to one such expert, grey tends to represent austerity, hibernation and bad weather. She goes on to observe that if you\u2019re driving a grey car, you\u2019re probably saving money. To be honest, that assessment makes a lot of sense in the current climate!<\/p>\n
Though black is no longer in the top spot, it\u2019s still fiercely popular, with 20% of the market share. It\u2019s commonly associated with smoothness, luxury and power, so it\u2019s hardly a surprise that it\u2019s still such a common car colour for many of us here in the UK. Meanwhile, white (currently at 18% of the market share) has always been a popular option for cars in the UK because it\u2019s deemed to be a safe, neutral option. And you can\u2019t argue with that – it\u2019s very difficult to offend someone with a white car. Silver, meanwhile, appears to have fallen out of favour with Britons, with its lowest popularity rating since the late 1990s.<\/p>\n
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Red, blue and yellow haven\u2019t been in the top 3 list for almost the last decade, showing that we\u2019re more in favour of the reserved neutral colours here in the UK. (Fitting the national stereotypes then!) Various different primary colours are said to have different personalities: red signals passion and aggression, blue is calming and provides logic and clarity, while yellow apparently means you\u2019re one of life\u2019s great optimists! (As a bonus, some car dealers think that these colours are the safest, as you\u2019re more easily visible to other drivers.)<\/p>\n
Cream and yellow cars went especially downhill in 2018, both falling in popularity by 34%. Interestingly, orange and beige enjoyed a slight upswing in popularity though, by 37% and 28% respectively. Right now, they\u2019re the 7th and 10th most popular car colours in the UK.<\/p>\n