69 Camaro COPO paint colors

[iluv69s]

Cool list..thanks for sharing.

Interesting how FG was so in vogue in 1969. green in general. Now it is not near the top of the list of favorite colors.

I assume it was a patriotic feeling from the war ? lots of soldiers also ordering cars or coming home in the next few years and buying cars also. Army/camo green??

any thoughts?

[Vern B]

Originally Posted by iluv69s

Cool list..thanks for sharing.

Interesting how FG was so in vogue in 1969. green in general. Now it is not near the top of the list of favorite colors.

I assume it was a patriotic feeling from the war ? lots of soldiers also ordering cars or coming home in the next few years and buying cars also. Army/camo green??

any thoughts?

As a vet returning home in 1969, personally, I wouldn't have bought a green car because of my attachment to my military days. I bought a new GTO in 1967 and my first color choice was burgundy, I couldn't find one in that color, so I ended up buying a gold one.

The really bright colors were just starting to come out in 68-69 and some of the colors were a bit bright for some, so they stuck with more traditional colors. Why the green's were popular I'm not sure, but I do remember that the darker shades of green were always on the lots .

I almost bought a dark green with white stinger 427/435 Vette coupe at VV Cooke in Louisville at the time I bought the GTO, but it was a bit much for a newly minted 2nd Lieutenant. I can still picture that car sitting in the showroom, it was beautiful.

Not surprising to me that HO is the most popular color on the Camaro. One of those 84 is mine and I think that would have been my color choice if I were buying back in the day.

[442w30]

Originally Posted by iluv69s

I assume it was a patriotic feeling from the war ? lots of soldiers also ordering cars or coming home in the next few years and buying cars also. Army/camo green??

Look around you with stuff from 1968/mid-1970s and you'll see Earthtones were in vogue.....greens, beiges, browns, yellows, and any variation of such. Visit a local estate sale and I bet the recently deceased 90 y-o didn't update his/her kitchen in 40+ years. Take a look at what it looks like and think back to our beloved cars because there's a symbiotic relationship.

The interesting part is our sensibility of colors and how colors have aged over time. Look at Azure Turquoise and it looks great today, but we know from observation that it was not a popular color for performance cars (can't speak for regular modes of transportation, but I bet it was middle-of-the-road at best).

And when it comes to green and other Earthtones? Lots of them haven't aged well to contemporary eyes. I think Fathom Green is alright, but there was plenty of other colors (some of the Mopar greens come to mind) that are simply gawdawful. Sometimes there's a color like Frost Green that is not to my liking (and is surprisingly uncommon for the COPO cars listed in the above registry), but when you see a fresh coat of that color you can see its strengths, although the choice of interior color plays a role on how tolerable it may be IMHO.