The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-15
COLOR IDEAS
RUN RIOT At
MOTOR SHOW
ThrongS at City Exposition
DazzIed by HueS That
Dim the Rainbow.
OUTSIDE DEALERS HERE
Many From Other States in
Attendance on Special
Day.

Today is "Out-State Dealers Day, "
at the seventeenth annual auto
mobile show at the State fair
ground. Many dealers in the cars
represented who could not attend
the Chicago and New York shows
came here.
indianapolis turned out in full
force yesterday in observance of In
dianapoliS Day." Official recogni-
ton was given the motor car ex-
position last night by Mayor L. Ert
Slack, who with several of his Of
fetal family, inspected the many
new creations arrayed, row on row,
in the mammoth exposition build
ing.
An artist is needed to describe
the colorS shown in the many makes
of cars. Everything from jewels to
the Grand Canyon has been used
in the way of color or combinations,
with decidedly striking effect.
Striking COlOrs Shown
Falcon-Knight is appearing, for
instance, this year, with a sedan fin
ished in Granger brown below the
upper belt molding and Kalyuk drab
above.
Style and quality in Nash uphol-
stery offers a wide range of attrac-
tive hues, with striking two-toned
effects in black and mauve, smoke,
But listen TO this list of colorS:
Packard and Lincoln, probably using
the same dictionary, have corralled
such terms as Desert sand, Argen-
tine blue, Copra drab, Chicle drab
and Thrush brown.
Even the Fords have appellations
that smack of originality in color
designations. The four standard
colors Of the universal car" are
Arabian sand, Gunmetal blue, Mag
ara blue and Fawn gray.
The new Fordor sedan, displayed
in all its majesty upon a turntable
which gives the spectators chance
to see all sides and corners without
having the buttons of his coat pulled
off in the jam, is finished in Athe-
Man green.
Others Fancy, Too
And that's not such a bad name
at that when you consider that the
Ford color designers have combined
the glory of old Greece with the
latest in Fords. The Fordor sedan,
incidentally, is the Identical car dis
played at the shows in New York
and Chicago.
Again speaking Of fancy names
for color, Whippet statesmen are pro-
claiming that the Toledo-made car
is upholstered in gray corduroy
which harmonizes with the exterior
colors of Himalaya gray above and
VeSvidol red stripe below.
These are just a few of many
names that characterize the riotous
color effects of the body finishes
rivaled only by the profusion Of
colors used in the decorative scheme
Of the auto show building.
Despite the rainy weather of
Tuesday, a good crowd was in at
tendance, both during the day and
evening. The occasion was en-
livened by the splendid music of the
Trianon Girls Orchestra Of Chi
cago. which plays each afternoon
and evening.
Dealers Meet
Graham-Paige dealers met at the
Claypool Hotel today at luncheon,
when Joseph B. Graham, president
Of the Graham-Paige Motors Cor
poration of Detroit, with other COM
pany officials, discussed the 1928
sales program.
Motion pictures of the vast factory
facilities and a screen story behind
the principles of the Paige
organization founded on Integrity
and unity Of purpose" were shown.
The doors Of the show will open at
1890 o'clock this morning and the
closing hour will be 1890 tonight.