Based on the color of your car, you may be revealing more about yourself than you realize. This is what I just read in this somewhat old news. Unfortunately the story does not link to the original source of the scientific study, so there is an extra job for you if you would like to verify.

The study shows that your car color may reflect your personality to some degree. For example, the color silver, which over 30% of buyers choose, indicates wealth and prestige. (And I thought many choose silver because it comes standard, so they do not have to pay few hundred dollars extra on custom paint!)

If it is yellow, then you are probably idealistic and novelty loving. (When I see a yellow car on the road, I steer clear thinking the driver is advertising a big “L”, for learning, on the back. Don’t ask my why - I just do.)

Or, if you like green, you may have hysterical tendencies. (I mean come on! What about people “going green” in these days of global warming and environmental movement?)

The color red indicates lot of energy and zest, and the owner is likely to be fast mover. (No argument there - stay away from red cars on the freeway!)

And black car owners are supposedly aggressive, and have rebellious personality. (I don’t know about that, but I avoid black to keep the interior tolerable during summer afternoons.)

There is some speculation on whether auto insurance companies are using such psychoanalysis (psychobabble?) to set your premium. But it appears they cannot, even if they would like to. There is no easy way for them to know about your car color, unless they actually ask you about it while selling insurance (the color is not encoded in any of the 17 characters of the VIN). So, go ahead and zip around in your bright red (or yellow, or green) SUV.