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Old 05-14-2008, 09:37 AM
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Well, if there are, chances are they're driving a green car.
People who own emerald green automobiles, it turns out, have the most positive attitude about the course of their own lives.


Dark blue and silver are other colors chosen by upbeat people.


Red supposedly connotes an aggressive, high-speed personality, while yellow, theoretically, is for folks with sunny dispositions.
But survey data show that people who drive red or yellow cars have below-average confidence.

And black cars, supposedly a sign of power and elegance, are driven by the most downbeat drivers of all.


The automotive color-coding comes from CNW Marketing Research in Bandon, Ore., which asked nearly 1,900 Americans about their attitudes toward their own lives at several points over the course of a year.


CNW also asked each respondent the color of the car they drive most often, which allowed the researchers to develop a kind of color-confidence index.
People whose car is:
Have confidence that is: Emerald green 5.5%
above average Dark blue 3.2% above average
Silver 1.2% above average
White Average
Sunny yellow 3.7% below average O
range 4.1% below average
Bright blue 5.5% below average
Bright yellow 8.3% below average
Red 8.8 % below average
Black 14.6% below average

Since the folks at CNW got a range of answers for each respondent over time, they were also able to calculate the "moodiness" of drivers
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Nope... I don't care how fantastic a person it makes me, I'm not driving an emerald green car.
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Originally Posted by Bass,May 14 2008, 12:37 PM
While yellow, theoretically, is for folks with sunny dispositions.
But survey data show that people who drive red or yellow cars have below-average confidence.


sunny disposition

below-average confidence
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I've got a Blue, Green and Red.
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i think that means you're awesome

yellow and black :thumbdown:
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Originally Posted by Bass,May 14 2008, 02:00 PM
i think that means you're awesome

yellow and black :thumbdown:
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Originally Posted by Bass,May 14 2008, 01:37 PM
But survey data show that people who drive red or yellow cars have below-average confidence.

And black cars, supposedly a sign of power and elegance, are driven by the most downbeat drivers of all.



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look up Luscher color tests.
this has been going on for 40 years.

the people that like those tranquil simple colors are the calmest and happiest.
like suzuka blue.
as shrek would say their just not trying to compensate for anything.
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Interesting. I'm going to combine this info and make a mental note to not date any women with a Red, Orange or Yellow car combined with the information I've put together in the following chart:

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Originally Posted by elmmx5,May 14 2008, 12:44 PM
Nope... I don't care how fantastic a person it makes me, I'm not driving an emerald green car.
even these?




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