Silver, black and white are the top colours in the first-ever ranking of worldwide vehicle colour popularity. Now in its 57th year, the annual DuPont Global Automotive Colour Popularity Report is available at www2.dupont.com. Coverage of Asia includes South Korea, Japan, China and India.

China breakdown

According to the report, car colour popularity for the Chinese automotive industry was divided as follows: Silver 36%; black 23%; white/pearl 12%; grey 10%; red 9%; yellow/gold 2%; orange 1%; green 1%; brown 0%; others 1%