Originally Posted by memebag

What happened to all the color on bikes? Probably the same thing that happened to cars. Look across any parking lot. You'll see white, gray, silver, black, but very little else. My daughter commented on how easy it is to find my (red) car when leaving school. All of the other parents' cars are desaturated.

Cars lack color because car makers don't sell to car buyers, they sell to car dealers. Car dealers have a better chance of selling a neutral car to someone who wants a colorful car than they have of selling a colorful car to someone who wants a neutral car. So car dealers order neutral colors.