Thread: More questions on color - 3W Highboy

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Getting close on my frame to bring it for powder coating...when we originally started planning the build for this car I told my youngest son (17 yrs. old) that I wanted him to be involved, he's not mechanically inclined, but wants to help, so one of the things we discussed was color, he suggested a really bright green.
The guy that does my powder work coated a sample for me in his brightest green, but after seeing it, I wonder if it'll be to "plastic"/ trendy looking (if that makes sense).
I know that the typical answer is that you build what you want, and I'm not planning on selling the car soon (perhaps give it to my son 15 or 20 years from now), yet I also want to be realistic, and don't want to be stuck with someting that 10 or 15 years from now looks really dated (like some of the colors of the rods built in the late 80's look now).
I know you can't go wrong with red, but my truck is already red, so I want to something different than that.
I guess the other color I'm leaning toward is black, but since I'm planning on flames (with both color schemes) I want to be sure it doesn't look like a clone of the "California Kid".
I've got a picture of another car I saw at a car show this summer that is close to the color of green we're leaning towards that I'll try to post, but to give an idea, the color green is very close to the green of Kawasaki motorcycles, and also very similar to the early seventies Mopar Lime Green.
Not really looking for an answer, just feedback and opinions.