There’s no better place than an auto show to see a broad range of brand-new vehicles up close, and there’s also no better place to check out the latest trends in factory paint-color offerings. One of our Chicago Auto Show traditions is to scour the show floor on the hunt for interesting new or recently introduced colors—“double-take” hues that are more eye-catching that the usual whites, silvers, blacks, and grays (and, for that matter, straightforward fire-engine reds).

Here are the colors that made us look twice at the 2018 Chicago Auto Show (you can check out last year’s crop here). Some of these are extra-cost options, or are available only as part of a special package, but all are factory hues—no one-off custom stuff here. We’ve arranged them below in roughly Roy G. Biv order (who remembers that from grade school?), with a couple of outliers at the end. Which one is your favorite? Check out some new car colors:

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Frozen Dark Red

 

Cinnamon Glaze Metallic

 

Hot Pepper Red Metallic

 

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Sunset Orange

 

Orange Fury

 

Sebring Orange

 

Sunshine Orange

 

Saber Orange

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E-Copper

 

Orange Burst Metallic

 

Galvanic Gold

 

Turmeric Yellow

 

Sunset Yellow

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Racing Yellow

 

Lime Twist

 

Java Green

 

AMG Green Hell Magno

 

Jasmine Green Metallic

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F8 Green

 

ALPINA Green

 

Performance Blue

 

Tide Pool Pearl

 

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Cavalry Blue

 

Blu Denim

 

Purple Silk

 

Destroyer Grey

 

Rhino

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Local Color: Unusual Paint Hues at the 2017 Chicago Auto Show