Cars come in all sorts of different colors depending on what the person prefers. While the conventional black and white colors tend to be quite common because of how simple they are, white remains to be quite as popular as ever. But one of the many beliefs that car owners tend to have is that white cars rust faster. However, do white cars really rust faster?
No, white cars do not rust faster than any other color. This is merely an urban legend that many people believe because of how there are more white cars out on the road and how rust is seemingly more noticeable on a white car than it is on cars with other colors. Still, white cars do not rust faster.
Regardless of whether or not you have heard of this rumor, white cars do not rust faster than any other car color. There really is no scientific data that would support that myth. But the truth is that white cars do show rust faster because of how rust will easily stand out. Still, there is no reason for you to believe that white cars tend to rust faster as that shouldn’t be a reason for you to not choose white as the color of your choice for your next car.
Are white cars more prone to rust?
Buying a new car tends to be an entirely different journey because we go through different steps when we are looking to buy a new car. Not only do we check the safety features, fuel efficiency, and additional features that the car may have but we also tend to look at certain factors that may not immediately stand out for those who are new to the art of buying a car.
And after we are done filtering out the car models that we want to buy, we choose the best one that would ultimately become our car of choice. But the journey doesn’t end there because we still have to choose the car color that we want for our new car. After all, the color of the car is an expression of our inner selves and our own tastes. We need to choose a car color that best suits our own individual preferences and personalities.
When we choose different car colors, the colors that certain car models tend to come in depends on the model of the car. However, the usual suspects such as black and white tend to be quite common because of how people are more inclined to choose black or white since these colors are fundamentally simple and clean while also bearing the classic elegant touch that you would want your car to have.
However, while white cars tend to be favorites among different people as these are still the most common cars you can see on the road, some people tend to believe that white cars actually rust faster than most other car colors. But is there any truth to that? Do white cars really rust faster than any other car color?
Frankly speaking, that is merely a myth or an urban legend that you have no reason to believe. Probably the reason why people think that white cars tend to rust faster than any other car color is the fact that there are simply more white cars on the road. This will skew the statistics, which will tell you that there are more rusty white cars on the road precisely because of how there are just simply more white cars out on the road, to begin with. It’s that simple.
Moreover, rust is just simply more noticeable on white cars because of how they stand out so easily. Red or brown rust can easily stand out when they are out there on something as plain and as clean as a white car. And that is why, when you compare white cars to other car colors, you can still easily notice rust on white cars more than you would on any other color especially when you compare a rusty white car to that of a rusty black car or any other car with a dark color.
The reason why white cars don’t rust faster than any other car color is quite simple. It’s because it is not the paint that rusts but it is the metal underneath the paint that tends to rust. When the metal under the paint ends up rusting and the paint covering gets chipped off, it will be easier to notice rust when white is the only other color surrounding the brown or red color of the rust. That’s all there is to it.
What color car is more or less likely to rust and why?
So, now that you know that white cars are not more likely to rust compared to other car colors, you may be wondering which car color you should avoid if you don’t want to have a rusty car. So, what car color is more or less going to end up becoming rustier than others?
To answer that question, there is no color that is more likely to rust compared to other colors in the same way as there is no color that is less likely to rust as well. That is because car paints do not rust and that they are all more or less made of the same kind of paint but with different pigments that dictate the color of the paint.
Again, it is the metal under the paint that rusts and not the color of the car itself. That means that the paint itself will never rust and that there is no car color that is more likely or less likely to rust compared to other colors.
Still, if you want to avoid making rust seem more noticeable, you can avoid choosing white for your next car’s color because it really is easier to spot rust on a white car compared to other cars. But, again, white cars don’t rust quicker or slower. It still depends on how well you take care of your car and on different environmental conditions that contribute to rust on a car.
Sources:
https://www.pressreader.com/canada/montreal-gazette/20070428/282720517525272
