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UK car colour insights
What are the most popular car colours in the UK? Would you pay more for a car in a certain colour? We commissioned a survey of 2,000 people* to find out all this and more…
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Full survey results
Black: 41%
Blue: 36%
Grey: 28%
Red: 27%
Silver: 26%
White: 25%
Green: 10%
Gold/bronze: 8%
Purple: 8%
Yellow: 5%
Orange: 4%
Pink: 3%
Other: 1%
No favourite: 3%
London: black
Birmingham: black
Leeds: black
Glasgow: black
Sheffield: grey
Edinburgh: black
Liverpool: blue
Manchester: black
Norwich: black
Bristol: blue
Cardiff: black
Nottingham: blue
Leicester: black
Newcastle: black
Brighton: blue
Plymouth: black/blue
Oxford: black
Cambridge: blue
Belfast: white
Stoke-on-Trent: black
Yes, definitely: 13%
Yes, possibly: 46%
No: 41%
£333: Stoke-on-Trent
£444: Brighton
£457: Cardiff
£469: Glasgow
£469: Plymouth
£483: Norwich
£485: Cambridge
£489: Sheffield
£502: Birmingham
£504: Leicester
£523: Bristol
£524: UK average
£539: Manchester
£540: Leeds
£550: Oxford
£568: London
£579: Liverpool
£587: Newcastle
£588: Nottingham
£591: Edinburgh
£673: Belfast
Yes, possibly: 14%
Yes, absolutely: 9%
No: 77%
Yes, possibly: 14%
Yes, absolutely: 9%
No: 77%
Favourite car colours
1st: Black
2nd: Blue
3rd: Grey
Would you refuse to buy a car because its colour represented a certain:
Political party
Yes, possibly: 22%
Yes, absolutely: 18%
No: 60%
Football team
Yes, possibly: 22%
Yes, absolutely: 16%
No: 62%
Favourite car colours
1st: Black
2nd: Blue
3rd: Grey
Would you refuse to buy a car because its colour represented a certain:
Political party
Yes, possibly: 13%
Yes, absolutely: 11%
No: 76%
Football team
Yes, possibly: 13%
Yes, absolutely: 11%
No: 76%
Favourite car colours
1st: Black
2nd: Blue
3rd: Grey
Would you refuse to buy a car because its colour represented a certain:
Political party
Yes, possibly: 11%
Yes, absolutely: 7%
No: 82%
Football team
Yes, possibly: 15%
Yes, absolutely: 5%
No: 80%
Favourite car colours
1st: Black
2nd: Blue
3rd: Red/silver (joint)
Would you refuse to buy a car because its colour represented a certain:
Political party
Yes, possibly 13%
Yes, absolutely 15%
No 72%
Football team
Yes, possibly 19%
Yes, absolutely 19%
No 62%
Favourite car colours
1st: Grey
2nd: black/blue (joint)
3rd: Silver
Would you refuse to buy a car because its colour represented a certain:
Political party
Yes, possibly 18%
Yes, absolutely 6%
No 76%
Football team
Yes, possibly 8%
Yes, absolutely 10%
No 82%
Favourite car colours
1st: Black
2nd: Blue
3rd: Red
Would you refuse to buy a car because its colour represented a certain:
Political party
Yes, possibly: 16%
Yes, absolutely: 8%
No: 76%
Football team
Yes, possibly: 19%
Yes, absolutely: 17%
No: 64%
Favourite car colours
1st: Blue
2nd: Black
3rd: Grey
Would you refuse to buy a car because its colour represented a certain:
Political party
Yes, possibly: 13%
Yes, absolutely: 17%
No: 70%
Football team
Yes, possibly: 14%
Yes, absolutely: 18%
No: 68%
Favourite car colours
1st: Black
2nd: Blue
3rd: Red
Would you refuse to buy a car because its colour represented a certain:
Political party
Yes, possibly: 15%
Yes, absolutely: 7%
No: 78%
Football team
Yes, possibly: 16%
Yes, absolutely: 11%
No: 73%
Favourite car colours
1st: Black
2nd: Red
3rd: Blue
Would you refuse to buy a car because its colour represented a certain:
Political party
Yes, possibly: 12%
Yes, absolutely: 5%
No: 83%
Football team
Yes, possibly:17%
Yes, absolutely: 1%
No: 82%
Favourite car colours
1st: Blue
2nd: Black
3rd: Grey
Would you refuse to buy a car because its colour represented a certain:
Political party
Yes, possibly: 9%
Yes, absolutely: 4%
No: 87%
Football team
Yes, possibly: 8%
Yes, absolutely: 3%
No: 89%
Favourite car colours
1st: Black
2nd: Blue
3rd: Grey
Would you refuse to buy a car because its colour represented a certain:
Political party
Yes, possibly: 8%
Yes, absolutely: 6%
No: 86%
Football team
Yes, possibly: 10%
Yes, absolutely: 3%
No: 87%
Favourite car colours
1st: Blue
2nd: Black
3rd: Silver
Would you refuse to buy a car because its colour represented a certain:
Political party
Yes, possibly: 16%
Yes, absolutely: 9%
No: 75%
Football team
Yes, possibly: 15%
Yes, absolutely: 5%
No: 80%
Favourite car colours
1st: Black
2nd: Silver/Grey/White
Would you refuse to buy a car because its colour represented a certain:
Political party
Yes, possibly: 14%
Yes, absolutely: 13%
No: 73%
Football team
Yes, possibly: 13%
Yes, absolutely: 13%
No: 74%
Favourite car colours
1st: Black
2nd: Blue
3rd: Grey
Would you refuse to buy a car because its colour represented a certain:
Political party
Yes, possibly: 14%
Yes, absolutely: 8%
No: 78%
Football team
Yes, possibly: 10%
Yes, absolutely: 8%
No: 82%
Favourite car colours
1st: Black
2nd: Blue
3rd: Grey
Would you refuse to buy a car because its colour represented a certain:
Political party
Yes, possibly 14%
Yes, absolutely 8%
No 78%
Football team
Yes, possibly: 10%
Yes, absolutely: 8%
No: 82%
Favourite car colours
1st: Blue/Black
2nd: Red
3rd: Grey
Would you refuse to buy a car because its colour represented a certain:
Political party
Yes, possibly: 19%
Yes, absolutely: 6%
No: 75%
Football team
Yes, possibly: 8%
Yes, absolutely: 6%
No: 86%
Favourite car colours
1st: Black
2nd: Silver
3rd: Blue
Would you refuse to buy a car because its colour represented a certain:
Political party
Yes, possibly: 11%
Yes, absolutely: 10%
No: 79%
Football team
Yes, possibly: 12%
Yes, absolutely: 7%
No: 81%
Favourite car colours
1st: Blue
2nd: Silver
3rd: Black
Would you refuse to buy a car because its colour represented a certain:
Political party
Yes, possibly: 9%
Yes, absolutely: 3%
No: 88%
Football team
Yes, possibly: 12%
Yes, absolutely: 7%
No: 81%
Favourite car colours
1st: Blue/black (joint)
2nd: Red
3rd: Silver
Would you refuse to buy a car because its colour represented a certain:
Political party
Yes, possibly : 32%
Yes, absolutely: 12%
No: 56%
Football team
Yes, possibly: 32%
Yes, absolutely: 9%
No: 59%
Favourite car colours
1st: Black
2nd: Blue
3rd: Silver
Would you refuse to buy a car because its colour represented a certain:
Political party
Yes, possibly: 7%
Yes, absolutely: 11%
No: 82%
Football team
Yes, possibly: 7%
Yes, absolutely: 4%
No: 89%
* Survey of 2,000 car owners conducted by Perspectus Global for Cazoo, September 2023