Awful Colors

[vivalavinyl]

There’s plenty of discussion about the colors we love. Fiesta Red, Shell Pink, Sonic Blue. There are loads of great options. But is there a color that makes your skin crawl when you see it on an otherwise beautiful guitar?

For me it’s forest green. I love the color on clothing or old cars, but I’m not feeling it on telecasters. Maybe I just haven’t seen the right shade with the right neck/pickguard/hardware combo.

Is there a color you have no love for?

 

[Killing Floor]

This legal pad yellow background

 

[Jakedog]

Worst guitar colors ever-

#1 with a bullet- Sunburst.
#2 - any kind of blonde, but there’s a special hell for butterscotch.
#3- Black

 

[Peegoo]

Antigua.

Holy film noir, Batman. It's hideous!

 

[howardlo]

Black (on anything, not just guitars)
Antigua

 

[msalama]

Okay, ye geezers need an opponent here, because the absolute worst colors are actually Fiesta Red and the sparkly ones. Just garish and stupid all around.

The best? Antiqua, Walnut and Natural, followed by Sunburst and Blonde. Hey, the world needs more cheesy 70's grooviness!

 

[BorderRadio]

Fiesta/Dakota Red or anything not CAR/metallic or flake sparkle red. Pumpkin orange. Barney Purple. Joker Green. Neon anything.

Antigua though, Antigua is a class act!

 

[ndcaster]

Charvel's "slime green" is not my favorite color, but I'm down for most anything once.

 

[rdjones]

I have poor colour vision.
But most shades of pink and violet give me the creeps.
I'm not sure if the conditions are related.

I love most shades of green - on cars, guitars and in the right situations cloths.

 

[mexicanyella]

I can’t think of any particular color that would cause me to reject a guitar I otherwise liked. My own guitar is plain black/black/rosewood, and it’s boring looking but fine; its color is the farthest thing from my mind when I am playing it.

I’m not a natural wood finish enthusiast, but if I picked one up that felt and sounded great to me, I think I would get over that pretty quickly.

 

[mixmkr 2024]

Fiesta Red, Shell Pink, Sonic Blue

 

[Mike Eskimo]

Any blue darker than sonic.

And - it really depends on the guitar.

I looooooove the 60’s translucent cherry red that was a standard color you’d see on ES-335’s.

But only on those guitars and LP’s (crazy cool look on a Les Paul)

I saw it on some Collings and it wasn’t cool.

 

[Wooly Fox]

Black is the most boring colour for a guitar.

 

[teletimetx]

One is the loneliest number and pepto bismol pink is a crime against nature.

 

[TunedupFlat]

I like pretty much anything with the exception of...

Antigua (aka "the same color you find in a used baby diaper")

 

[green_henry]

A little too green, imho.

 

[Blackmore Fan]

Antigua.

Holy film noir, Batman. It's hideous!

If I was given an Antigua Strat tomorrow, my first mission would be to find a new body and pickguard for it...assuming I liked the neck. God those are awful looking.

 

[Blackmore Fan]

Black is the most boring colour for a guitar.

 

[Hodgo88]

Threads like this remind me that we are all different, and our opinions are as unique as ourselves which is what makes life so interesting.

Also, half of you are wrong.

 

[Midgetje94]

Worst guitar colors ever-

#1 with a bullet- Sunburst.
#2 - any kind of blonde, but there’s a special hell for butterscotch.
#3- Black

You heathen!

Sunburst EVERYTHING! It’s my favorite.
Followed by BSB/TV Yellow