What color to paint with blue interior

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08Malibu

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the ppg stuff's thin,feels like activated basecoat.
I’ll pull it up in the computer on Saturday. Now is the time I miss my old job. I used to be able to get pretty much whatever I needed for free since my old boss was such a pain in the *ss to the supplier.
 
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I’m trying to decide on a color to paint my Malibu. I have a navy interior, and it’s currently white. I’m having trouble envisioning the car in any other color. I was thinking BMW San Marino blue, but I don’t think it will go with the navy interior. I’d love to hear some opinions. I’m pretty far away from painting, but I really need to figure out a color.
Hi, I'm coming into this thread a bit late, but with all the talk about painting your car blue or white, I thought why not both? So, please pardon the crude rendering, but I was thinking blue with white side insets and blacked-out window trim and door handles might be a viable option to work with your blue interior.
 

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I’m also coming late, but wanted to weigh in.
As stated at the start, any neutral color will work. If you want to get crazy, orange is “complimentary” to blue by definition, and personally I’m always a fan of a good pure yellow. Something like what Ford had in the earliest of the 2000s.
 
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Since the interior is going to be blue for now and probably dark gray or black later then I would be looking for a paint color that can work with all of these colors so regardless of which interior is in there the paint won't look out of place and IMO no two tones for that reason since you are adding yet another color.
 

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I was just looking for some ideas. I can’t see the car in any color but white. I may do it white in the end. I just hate painting white. I hate blending white. I hate looking at white in the sun. And I hate that white is a color that hides bad bodywork. That being said I do like the look of the car in white. I want to narrow and tuck the bumpers and brush or paint all the trim. If it’s white the trim will be done like the hyper color wheels.
 
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I was just looking for some ideas. I can’t see the car in any color but white. I may do it white in the end. I just hate painting white. I hate blending white. I hate looking at white in the sun. And I hate that white is a color that hides bad bodywork. That being said I do like the look of the car in white. I want to narrow and tuck the bumpers and brush or paint all the trim. If it’s white the trim will be done like the hyper color wheels.
Well I wish one of you would make up their mind what color you guys like.
 

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I was just looking for some ideas. I can’t see the car in any color but white. I may do it white in the end. I just hate painting white. I hate blending white. I hate looking at white in the sun. And I hate that white is a color that hides bad bodywork. That being said I do like the look of the car in white. I want to narrow and tuck the bumpers and brush or paint all the trim. If it’s white the trim will be done like the hyper color wheels.
Go with an accent color for a tu-tone or stripes to break up the white. Use the final color choice of the interior to pick it.
 
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I was just looking for some ideas. I can’t see the car in any color but white. I may do it white in the end. I just hate painting white. I hate blending white. I hate looking at white in the sun. And I hate that white is a color that hides bad bodywork. That being said I do like the look of the car in white. I want to narrow and tuck the bumpers and brush or paint all the trim. If it’s white the trim will be done like the hyper color wheels.
You would hate to live next to me. My Silverado is white, so is my wifes '10 Yukon, my daughters '19 Grand Cherokee, my sons Outback and his wifes Toyota. LMAO
 

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You would hate to live next to me. My Silverado is white, so is my wifes '10 Yukon, my daughters '19 Grand Cherokee, my sons Outback and his wifes Toyota. LMAO
I feel bad for whoever plows the driveway after a deep snowfall
 
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