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    PPG 2020 Automotive Color Report Shows Blue Hues Maintaining Pre-pandemic Growth

    Optimistic color conveys trust, dependability, healing, hope, PPG said.

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    PPG released its 2020 automotive color popularity report, which shows blue hues continuing to increase in popularity. 
     
    The color climbed to 9% of the global color share – a 1% increase from 2019. 
     
    The trend reinforces PPG’s 2019 automotive color forecast, which anticipated that sales of blue automobiles would increase over the next four years. 
     
    PPG experts believe the global COVID-19 pandemic is likely to further fuel global preference for the color. 
     
    “COVID-19 has consumers focusing on their desires and priorities,” said Misty Yeomans, PPG color styling manager, Americas. “Blue is an optimistic, comforting color that conveys trust, dependability, confidence, healing and hope. It’s also associated with nature, cleanliness and future-forward technology.” 
     
    While blue held steady in most regions, it increased 1% in Asia-Pacific markets, accounting for virtually all the color’s overall global growth.

    In North America, blues held at 10% of the color share but became more popular on minivans, compact cars and sports cars. Blue now commands 15% of the sports car segment in the region. 
    In Europe, blue occupies 11% of the market. Sales of blue luxury, mid-size and sub-compact vehicles grew by 1% across the continent last year. 

    In China, the purchase of blue sub- compacts jumped by 4% and blue mid-size cars by 2%, but the color fell by 6% in minivans. 

    As the movement toward blue continues, Yeomans expects the color to emerge in more vivid or desaturated shades, deep-sea luxury tones and hues with a slight turquoise influence. 
     
    “Digital-inspired aqua-blues combine versatility with a sense of youthfulness and a fresh spirit,” said Yeomans. “The emergence of the electric vehicle (EV) market also will drive growth in vibrant tones and interesting effects, such as color-shifting colors. We’re also seeing blue used more extensively in trim lines, logos and other accessorizing applications.” 
     
    Consumer demand and the need to accommodate autonomous driving technologies helped white remain the world’s most popular automobile color. While preference for white tones fell 1% from 2019, solid and metallic shades of the color claimed 34% of the cars purchased worldwide in 2020, according to PPG’s report. 
     
    This was led by 41% of auto builds in the Asia- Pacific region, which is a boost of 1% from 2019, and 36.5% in South America, where demand fell by 2.5%. In North America, white metallics leaped substantially in the luxury car segment, from 21% last year to 38% in 2020. 
     
    “White colors also reflect consumers’ desire for refined simplicity and versatility in turbulent times,” Yeomans said. “In addition to the pearl and metallic whites that are already widely popular, we anticipate a new dimension of white stylings in the automotive market that create a warm, sophisticated feel, such as creamy shades of ivory or bone-colored tints and ceramic effects. White colors are also highly compatible with emerging radar and LiDAR technologies that enable self-driving vehicles.” 
     
    Together, green, blue and natural shades accounted for 16% of the global automotive color share. This figure is consistent across all regions except South America, where white, silver, black and gray virtually eliminate these hues. 
     
    “Red is consistent and an important color space in the automotive market, holding steady at 8% globally,” said Yeomans. “This color will get a new push with EV start-ups due to its stand-out nature and association with sports car models. Year after year, we see high chromatic reds growing in interest.” 
     
    Holding steady at 18% compared to 2019, black retained its popularity as a core color due to its versatility and dramatic design potential. 
     
    “Effects and finishes that incorporate black tones allow for artistic reveals in the way color shifts, highlighting hidden undertones and adding a dramatic flair to the possibilities provided by the new pigments and finishes being developed within this color family,” Yeomans said. 
    Globally, a slight decrease in the popularity of silver was balanced by a corresponding increase in preferences for gray. Silver tones dropped from 15% of auto builds in 2019 to 12% in 2020. Grays rose from 10% to 12% during the same period. 
     
    PPG forecasts that gray will remain a popular core color for automotive stylists moving forward, driven by the resurgence of concrete and stone materials and the on-going appeal of ceramic and metal tones. The gray palette will shift toward warmer hues with brown influences, while blue-inflected grays will retain their fashionability. 
     
    The influence from nature will be apparent in silver stylings moving forward as well, according to PPG experts. Warmer and more organic tones will further reflect current consumer tastes, while also aligning with the highly compatible nature of very light tones, including whites, with new radar and LiDAR technologies. 

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