White is the color of the world's most popular vehicle

In a recent survey released by the United States PPG Industries, leading manufacturer of automotive coatings, White was ranked as the most popular vehicle color in the world. About 21% of 2011 model-year cars around the world have been white. Silver and Black took second place, tied with 20%.

In South America, however, the silver and black keeps the lead, with 31% and 21% of the preference, respectively. Third comes the gray with 17.4%. The white appears in the fourth, with 16.1%. But it is noteworthy that silver and black have lost ground, while gaining gray and white.

"White preference was 10.2% in 2009, rose to 13.8% in 2010 and now has jumped to 16.1%," says Alex Lair Amorim, head of the Laboratory Development PPG colors of Brazil. Another color that also grew on consumer preference was gray, which in 2009 had 13.8% market share rose to 14.5% in 2010 and now has 17.4%.

"Meanwhile, silver fell 34.1% in 2009 to 32.9% in 2010 and has 31% this year, black and 26.2% had a preference in 2009, fell to 23.8% in 2010, and now has 21%, "Amorim shows, commenting that other shades also had a change in the context of preference:" the red rose from 4.8% in 2009 to 6.8% in 2011 showing that our preference is achromatic colors. "