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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
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Worst car color in the history of the world! 
Original Kodachrome Slide: Scene at the Broadway-Crenshaw Center in Los Angeles, 1947.
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Would someone please tell to me what this color is? ....It's mind bogglingly awful.
Alice must have a date with Sam. She bought some new duds.
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Many problems with this photo. There's color shift in the slide, oxidation of the paint itself, fading from sunlight, etc.
In the decades before cars had a coat of gloss added to the finish, waxing a car was a big deal. It was an attempt to restore some life to the dull paint. I recall that a wax job seemed to remove half of the paint.....you could see it on your polishing rag.