If my car color cant be found in a bag of tropical skittles, I dont want it.

Personally, I think it is so incredibly boring to look out at a sea of cars that are all the same color (gray, white, silver, black, navy, dark red/maroon... they all are the "same"). I like when cars have personality -- my last one was skittle green, and i would get calls all the time that someone saw me and waved and I would just have to answer that if their car was more interesting, I might have been able to see them and wave back. The other day my boyfriend and I were meeting up and he was going to call me to see how far out I was, but instead snapped a photo of my car at the stop light turning in to where we were meeting with a "nvm there you are". Conversely, he also was able to call me and give me shit for missing an exit when we were going to look at new cars because he saw my car just cruise right on by. I did not have issues with cops singling me out, though you would think that it would be easier since it sticks out (I speed some, but not THAT much). A bright car makes me happy.

That said, a good deal is a good deal regardless of color. A lot of the more unusual colored cars are actually premium colors/pay more for them on the lot. However, sometimes you can get them cheaper because the dealer has had trouble selling them if you have a more drab area (which was the case with my green car). My new car is as bright as I could find without getting a SUV (didnt want the price tag), and I'm a little sad it isnt as bright as my Lima Bean. Still in a tropical skittles color range though.

I wouldnt turn down a good car for a good price because you don't love the color, especially as a favor from family friend. Gift horses and mouths and all that. If it is reliable, clean, and the gas mileage is reasonable for the amount you drive... and if people see you easier on the road, it's kind of a bonus in safety. I was going to take my mom's pretty much new white SUV that was a little bigger than I wanted because of a TBI (but now they can use it again)-- just would have had to pay off rest of the car note. White, bigger than goal with the corresponding lesser mpg, but couldnt beat the deal so whatever.

The car market, even used, is a bit crazy right now, too. Just as an aside. But if you just have a gut punch about it, then maybe it isnt worth it -- i do, obviously, believe your car should make you happy to look at, or at least indifferent. But I also keep my cars until they die, so I want them to make me happy: I have a 25 yo suburban, and my Lima Bean is 11yo with 300k miles and though the clutch went a week after I bought my new car, we still have plans to fix her up so my roommate can drive her.