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White, Black, Gray Dominate Our Car Landscape, Except In Alaska

White, black, gray, and silver cars dominate the car landscape in the US, according to a study by iSeeCars. These grayscale colors make up 78.9 percent of vehicles on the road, an increase from 78.6 percent in 2022 and 77.2 percent in 2018. However, the distribution of these colors varies across the country. White is the most popular car color, adorning 26.2 percent of used cars in 2023, up from 23.3 percent in 2018. The share of black cars decreased to 21.8 percent, while gray cars saw an increase from 15.2 percent to 19.2 percent. On the other hand, silver cars experienced a decline from 15.1 percent to 11.7 percent. Blue and red switched positions, with blue now being the fifth most popular color at 9.8 percent and red ranking sixth at 8.2 percent. The top six colors, including the grayscale shades, account for 96.8 percent of all vehicles. The remaining colors, such as green, brown, orange, beige, purple, gold, and yellow, make up the remaining percentage. Alaska stands out as the state with the most colorful cars, with over a quarter of its vehicles having non-grayscale colors. Blue is the most popular non-grayscale color in Alaska at 13.5 percent. Hawaii, on the other hand, has the least colorful cars, with 28.6 percent being white and only 16.3 percent being blue. This may be attributed to the large number of rental vehicles in Hawaii, which are often white. The study analyzed over 10 million used vehicles sold between 2018 and 2023 to compile its data.