For the second year in a row, car buyers made the least colorful option the most popular car color in 2025. On the positive side, the percentage of buyers who chose white for their cars decreased slightly from 2024.

It is unclear why car buyers hate it when their cars actually have some color. Some of the coolest-looking cars in the world are yellow, red, orange, and purple. Apparently, most people are just more comfortable being boring.

It doesn’t get much more boring than the color white. And according to a new study by Axalta, 29 percent of all car buyers chose white in 2025. At least that number is down from 33 percent in 2024.

Take a wild guess at what car color was the second most chosen by car buyers in 2025? Hint: it’s the opposite of white. That’s right. 23% of car buyers chose black in 2025. So over 50 percent of cars sold in 2025 had literally no color.

But wait, it gets even more boring.

The color gray, if you can even call it a color, came in third at 22 percent. Now, we’re at almost three-quarters of all cars bought in 2025, and we still don’t have any color.

Next on the list just cements how color-averse people are when it comes to their cars. Silver was fourth at 7 percent. You have to go all the way down to fifth on the list, with blue at 6 percent, to actually get some color.

A different study of car colors comes up with similar results

To further hammer home the point that car buyers are a boring lot, the BASF Color Report for Automotive OEM Coatings for 2025 yielded similar results. In that study, 33 percent of car buyers chose white, 23 percent picked black, and 19 percent chose gray. Silver again came in fourth at 8 percent, followed by blue at 6 percent.

“Green emerges as the strongest chromatic signal worldwide, continuing its steady rise and surpassing traditional favorites,” BASF wrote. “Violet gains visibility, while beige adds subtle sophistication. Conversely, blue and red, once dominant, continue to decline year after year.”

That said, green was still at only 3 percent (tied with red), while beige was at 2 percent and violet was at 1 percent. Other colors at 1 percent were yellow and brown.