Colour war: Silver, black battle for top car choice

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Henry Ford famously wrote that a customer of his could have a car painted any colour that he wanted, so long as it was black.

Turns out, a lot of people would be just fine with that -- although Ford might have done even better with silver.

A report from paint manufacturer DuPont released Tuesday indicates that silver and black are locked in a tight battle for car-colour supremecy.

A full 26 per cent of cars globally are painted silver, followed closely by black with 24 per cent, the study shows.

Rounding out the top five are white and grey, tied at 16 per cent, and red, at 6 per cent.

But wait -- if you are thinking that your North American neighborhood has far more white-painted cars than either silver or black models, you'd be right.

via ca.autos.yahoo.com