What colour 1970s Corniche?

[Luna12]

I have a dilemma. What colour should I paint my 75 fhc Corniche? It was originally willow gold with a black ever flex roof before being repainted very dark blue in 2007. It’s now primer grey! (It only went in to have a rear bump stock replaced and it turned into a marathon). The interior is black. The plan is to sell, but I won’t let it go cheaply so I may end up keeping it. Do I go for dark blue or something like moorland or dark olive or peacock blue? Anyone in London have shadows in these colours I could have a look at? Don’t want reds golds or browns and would like to keep it close to a 1970s royce colour. Appreciate your thoughts.

[ferret50]

Use a roller to paint it wedding white.

[vixen1700]

Those dark olive colours always look good on '70s Corniches. IMHO of course.

[Gary C]

Yellow or Burgundy

Yellow posh cars always look good, and Burgundy looks classy

[Shy Torque]

https://www.carandclassic.com/auctions/1975-rolls-...

Ignoring the ghastly wheel trims, I think it looks great in this colour.

[aeropilot]

Luna12 said:

I have a dilemma. What colour should I paint my 75 fhc Corniche? It was originally willow gold with a black ever flex roof before being repainted very dark blue in 2007. It’s now primer grey! (It only went in to have a rear bump stock replaced and it turned into a marathon). The interior is black. The plan is to sell, but I won’t let it go cheaply so I may end up keeping it. Do I go for dark blue or something like moorland or dark olive or peacock blue? Anyone in London have shadows in these colours I could have a look at? Don’t want reds golds or browns and would like to keep it close to a 1970s royce colour. Appreciate your thoughts.

If the plan is to sell, and you want to maximise what you get for it, it needs to go back to original Willow Gold. Colour change will always reduce value.

[williamp]

"Resale red" is a thi for a reason, but the 70s are very in-vogue at the moment, so maybe the gold. Or a brown (yes i am serious!!).

If it was me, I would do Peacock blue. One of my favourite paint colours, regardless

[Sebastian Tombs]

Shadows and Corniches look very nice in dark navy blues, but I would paint it the pale metallic blue that Marc Ange Draco fictionally ordered for his Silver Shadow MPW DHC in On Her Majesty's Secret Service. It really suits the car. Apparently it is Astral Blue Metallic.

https://www.imcdb.org/v018619.html
https://autouniversum.wordpress.com/2012/12/18/the...

[Super Sonic]

Agree with ST above, pale blue metallic.

[ettore]

Dark Olive/Green or Garnet. Make the paintwork mint and you’ll have a wonderful smoker - these look better by the hour. Ideally need the full lambs wool rugs for peak chic.

[Luna12]

Thanks for all suggestions…garnet looks interesting as does indigo or Seychelles blue. Part of me thinks Onyx, but that is very marmite and the black interior would seem boring in comparison

[Riley Blue]

FWIW I think a black interior with a pale exterior looks better than with a dark exterior, especially in a large car.

[Luna12]

An olive interior with moorland exterior would be my go to. I really liked the 70s fashion for interior colours matching exterior…on a separate note I wish these cars would appreciate in value a bit more. The fhc and dhc of silver cloud era are nearly all 6 figure money now. I should have bought an old escort 😉

[Dinoboy]

Shy Torque said:

https://www.carandclassic.com/auctions/1975-rolls-...

Ignoring the ghastly wheel trims, I think it looks great in this colour.

Agree that's gorgeous!

[PositronicRay]

Riley Blue said:

FWIW I think a black interior with a pale exterior looks better than with a dark exterior, especially in a large car.

I agree a bright mid blue, kingfisher or azure come to mind.

[williamp]

All the factory standard colours

https://www.rrsilvershadow.com/EKleur/Kleur1.htm

[PositronicRay]

williamp said:

All the factory standard colours

https://www.rrsilvershadow.com/EKleur/Kleur1.htm

Carribe Aqua or Le Man's blue.

[aeropilot]

Luna12 said:

Thanks for all suggestions…garnet looks interesting as does indigo or Seychelles blue. Part of me thinks Onyx, but that is very marmite and the black interior would seem boring in comparison

If you must go non-original, then Oynx is a good shout IMHO.

Garnet and Indigo will look wrong with the black interior IMHO.

As said in another post, you need to go lighter external colour with the black interior, not a dark colour.

So, Onyx, Silver Sand, Willlow, Pewter, Caribbean Blue, Mediterranean Blue or Silver Mink are the colours I'd be looking at.

Only dark colour that will go with black interior and black everflex roof would be Masons Black, turning it into a 'triple black' car as the septics would say.

[Luna12]

The everflex roof went in 2007. I’ll try and upload pictures of it in the dark blue

[PositronicRay]

Luna12 said:

The everflex roof went in 2007. I’ll try and upload pictures of it in the dark blue

The only colours to complement that would be blue or silver coach work.